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Universities all want higher fees and funding – but the government may prefer a more targeted approach

Like most of the UK, universities were surprised by the timing of July’s general election. They had no time to influence the incoming Labour government’s policy commitments.

The Conversation

Bishops’ automatic seats in House of Lords must be abolished, MPs tell Starmer

The second reading of the House of Lords Bill takes place on Tuesday

The Independent UK

British Army set to shrink to smallest size since before Napoleonic wars

Defence secretary says army personnel will drop below 70,000 next year - lowest since 1793

The Independent UK

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UK employer national insurance hike threatens jobs and pay rises, firms warn

Business body covering pubs, hotels and restaurants says budget tax change would increase costs

The Guardian - UK

What are employer national insurance contributions and what would raising them do?

Rachel Reeves has hinted she plans to put up the tax in the budget but some businesses have voiced concerns

The Guardian - UK

Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

The Independent UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer's prosperity plan for Britain is lacking some vital ingredients

Labour has read its John Maynard Keynes. It unleashed the “animal spirits” of a possible economic bounceback at its first investment summit yesterday, with an upbeat Keir Starmer pledging to “improve Britain’s brand” and promising a land of opportunity for global investors — and some “heritage Yookay“ experience thrown in…

Evening Standard

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Voters don’t believe Boris Johnson’s most controversial claims in new book, poll finds

Passages in the former Tory PM’s memoir ‘Unleashed’ have been disputed since it was released – including his claim he was asked to give Prince Harry a ‘manly pep talk’

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Voters may have missed the (very) small print on Labour's national insurance promise

Did Labour rule out a rise to National Insurance Contributions in its election manifesto? The document states that the party would “not increase taxes on working people”, including NICs. Yet every day, the signal grows clearer that employer National Insurance is set to rise.

Evening Standard

Ex-Bank of England chief Mervyn King urges Rachel Reeves to raise national insurance in Budget

Exclusive: In a dramatic intervention, the former governor of the Bank of England tells the chancellor she must be ruthlessly honest with the public

The Independent UK

David Cameron hits back at claim he threatened Boris Johnson over Brexit backing

Johnson claimed Cameron threatened to ‘f***’ him up forever’ if he supported Leave in the 2016 referendum

The Independent UK

Tax row: Will Rachel Reeves break Labour manifesto by raising National Insurance on employers in the Budget?

The jury seems to be out on this key question on Labour’s economic policy

Evening Standard

SNP's treatment of Alex Salmond 'pathetic and Stalin-esque', Fergus Ewing says

THE SNP’s treatment of former first minister Alex Salmond has been described as “pathetic” and “shameful” by one of the party’s most…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer twice refuses to rule out rise in employers’ national insurance

PM says it was ‘very clear’ in Labour manifesto that government would not raise taxes on working people

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Britain imposes new sanctions on Israel as Lammy condemns ‘inaction’ over West Bank settlers

It comes just hours after Lord Cameron revealed earlier Tory plans to sanction two Israeli ministers

The Guardian - UK

Cooling labour market adds to Reeves’s tax-raising dilemma

Hints at plans to increase employers’ national insurance contributions comes as demand for labour slows

The Guardian - UK

No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened

Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the government

Evening Standard

Alex Salmond died 'while trying to open bottle of ketchup', says eyewitness

Mr Salmond was reportedly helping the Alba Party chair open a bottle of ketchup when he suffered a heart attack and died during lunch

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour wooing private investors: don’t trade social protections for growth

Editorial: If Labour is committed to championing ‘working people’, the British state must mediate between workers and capital, rejecting corporate dominance

The Independent UK

FA Cup draw: Every first round tie after Wrexham, Birmingham and others find out their fate

The draw for the first round proper takes place on Monday night, and features teams from League One and League Two

The National (Scotland)

Watch as MPs pay tribute to Alex Salmond in House of Commons

MPs have paid tribute to Alex Salmond after the former first minister passed away over the weekend ...

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s House of Lords reform only scratches the surface of its problems

As the prime minister said himself in 2020, what it really requires is proper representation from the regions and nations. Where’s that conviction now?, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

OPINION - The hereditary peers are an antiquated anachronism in the Lords, so let them stay

The hereditary peers aren’t beholden to political patronage; they’re a unique part of the constitution.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour councillors slated for voting to 'protect MP' they work for

TWO Labour councillors have been slated after voting to protect an MP from their party – while working for him ...

The Independent UK

Reeves warned national insurance hike would be ‘straightforward breach’ of manifesto

Speculation is mounting that the chancellor is considering raising employer contributions

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