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Thursday briefing: What’s behind the allegations against Angela Rayner? And does anyone really care?

In today’s newsletter: Labour’s deputy leader has been accused by Tory MPs and the rightwing press of unfairly profiting from her council house sale – here’s why

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Sadiq Khan pledges to continue free primary school meals for children if re-elected

All primary school children in London will enjoy free school meals for another four years if Sadiq Khan is re-elected mayor, he promised on Thursday.

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Tory ‘attack dog’ reheats failed ploy used against Starmer to go for Rayner

MP Richard Holden, who is behind re-opening of inquiry into Labour deputy leader, also sparked Covid-era beer and curry furore involving the leader

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Business dismay at no-shows for mayoral hustings

City Comment: It is simply unacceptable that those whose lead these businesses did not get the chance to hear what the next four years of the Mayoralty could bring

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OPINION - Born after 2009? Rishi Sunak says you can't smoke. Ever.

It is sometimes said of the political Left that it wants everything to be filtered into three categories: free, illegal or obligatory. To which Rishi Sunak says: hold my Mexican Coke. The prime minister's proposal to ban young people from being ever able to legally smoke passed its first Commons hurdle last night,…

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PMQs sketch: Liz Truss is gone from No10 but still haunts Rishi Sunak

PM hits back at Labour attacks over Truss book by telling Keir Starmer to read Angela Rayner’s tax advice instead

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OPINION - The Standard View: Angela Rayner walks a tricky tightrope over tax row

It is the local election issue Labour would rather not talk about. The party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, is now facing a police investigation into multiple allegations relating to electoral law and capital gains tax, following the sale of her former council house nearly a decade ago. Rayner denies any…

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The 17 weirdest lines from Liz Truss's book Ten Years to Save the West

We read it so lettuce give you the lowdown

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Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – shamelessly unrepentant

The former PM’s account of her time in office is unstoppably self-serving, petulant, and politically jejune

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Keir Starmer calls tax accusations against Angela Rayner a ‘smear’

Labour leader defends deputy amid scrutiny of 2015 house sale, as police say she is facing investigation over ‘a number of assertions’

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London mayoral race: Tory candidate Susan Hall forced to defend criticism of free school meals at TV hustings

Sadiq Khan said claims that he will introduce pay-per-mile road pricing are ‘untrue’

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Angela Rayner 'has questions to answer' on home sale controversy being probed by police, says Cabinet minister

Greater Manchester Police are investigating the furore

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There’s a gaping hole at the centre of the Tory party where ideas should be. The risk is Liz Truss will fill it

Sunak likes to pretend his predecessor never happened. But are the moderates going to sit back and cede their party to fanatics, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Who were the prominent Tory MPs to oppose Sunak’s smoking ban?

Ministers and ex-ministers – some seen as having leadership ambitions – who voted against the bill include Badenoch and Braverman

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Nigel Farage is cancelled at last and he’s never been happier

Thanks to the Brussels police the National Conservatism usual suspects could feel they really were relevant and important

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How a new model of governance could empower small councils

Letters: Ronnie Hinds has a proposal for managing local authorities, John Clark says large city-based unitaries do not work for rural areas, and John Bullock believes that anyone standing for parliament should have a decade of local experience

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A bottle of the finest Chateau Sewage for our dearest Tory MPs

Brief letters: Polluted rivers | Donald Trump’s trial | Women walking alone | John Crace’s return | A better Britain

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Brussels Orders Shutdown Of Right-wing Meet Targeted By Protests

Brussels authorities on Tuesday ordered the shutdown of a controversial gathering of hard-right European politicians, after it was targeted by online protesters and bumped from its first two choices of venue.

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Labour write to CPS over Tories' 'pay per mile' Sadiq Khan attack leaflet

Labour have told the CPS their ‘principal concern’ is ‘the envelope that the leaflet has been distributed in’

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Labour plans review of carer’s allowance after thousands forced to repay

Alison McGovern says UK would ‘grind to a halt’ without unpaid carers and confirms party will review system if it wins power

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I’m glad Laurence Fox is off the ballot for London mayor. But I’d love a Jammie Dodger with his canvassers

Why the hell would anyone go out and campaign for Reclaim? Now I’ll never have the chance to find out, writes Zoe Williams

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Conservative libertarians slammed as minister describes her regret at starting smoking aged 12 ahead of vote

Victims minister Laura Farris hits back after criticism by Liz Truss of Rishi Sunak’s legislation aiming to prevent anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco

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Lib Dems pledge to clamp down on London sexual offences as party launches mayoral manifesto

Candidate Rob Blackie argues that victims are being ‘denied justice’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sadiq Khan's complicated vow to 'eliminate' rough sleeping

The West Wing remains amongst the worst things to ever happen to British politics. And I should know – I can still recite that speech in Latin.

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'National embarrassment' Liz Truss hints at new bid for Tory leadership

Promoting her new book, the former PM calls for the sacking of the Bank of England chief and backs Trump against Biden

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