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OPINION - Why Sadiq Khan is pressing ahead with Ulez extension

“Why are you doing this now?“ The greatest moment in election night history (and I’ve recently re-watched a bunch of them, sadly) wasn’t Michael Portillo in 1997 or Peter Mandelson in 2001, but Stephen Kinnock in 2017.

Evening Standard

'They're laughing at us': Boris Johnson ally sworn in as youngest life peer ever

A FORMER aide to Boris Johnson has become the youngest life peer in British history, after officially being sworn into the unelected chamber.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson’s former adviser becomes youngest peer in the House of Lords

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, 30, and Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, 36, took their seats in the Lords on Monday.

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Charlotte Owen: Former Boris Johnson aide becomes youngest ever peer after taking seat in House of Lords

Baroness Owen’s appointment to the House of Lords was branded ‘completely staggering’ by one No 10 insider

The Independent UK

Mordaunt: Government not dragging feet on infected blood victims’ compensation

The Infected Blood Inquiry heard how the former paymaster general had difficulties in arranging meetings with Treasury colleagues during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Lords' Levelling Up power grab 'must be fought tooth and nail'

A LORDS plot to unilaterally scrap Scottish environmental rules “must be fought tooth and nail”, the SNP’s president has said.

The National (Scotland)

Who is Charlotte Owen and why did she get a peerage?

The 29-year-old aide among controversial names on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list

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‘Labour are scared’: north-east party members quit to back Jamie Driscoll in mayoral vote

North of Tyne mayor has raised over £114,000 to run as an independent after Labour barred him from standing

The Guardian - UK

The obscure SNP rule that lets grassroots activists challenge leaders

MUCH media reporting and speculation has surrounded the news that Chris Hanlon, the SNP’s former policy convener, could force Humza Yousaf to…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Labour is learning that to win, it is better not to speak

On a fine morning in Tooting last Wednesday, the Labour tribe, Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan among them, gathered to pay its final respects to one of its winners. Margaret McDonagh had been number two in the party at the time of the 1997 election victory and the general-secretary for…

Evening Standard

Tories fume over upcoming Scottish independence paper on citizenship

UNIONISTS have hit out at the planned launch of a new independence paper this week, with Tories calling it a “blatant misuse of public money”.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak panned as Tories set to re-think UK's climate commitments

RISHI Sunak is coming under pressure from the right of his party to rethink the UK’s climate commitments.

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Keir Mather, parliament’s youngest MP, arrived at Oxford fully formed

I REMEMBER meeting him on a street in Oxford through a mutual acquaintance. It was the month Donald Trump won the election. He was wearing a Breton T-shirt and pea coat. Good posture. Firm handshake. Clean cut. Handsome, I thought. Same as today.

Evening Standard

Michael Gove claims government’s 300,000 housebuilding target was always optional

But housing secretary says he is ‘confident’ goal can be reached with intensive building in cities

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The Week

Will Sunak and Starmer drop green policies to win voters?

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak could water down or even drop much of their green agenda, as both look to prioritise the economy in a bid to win voters ahead of the next general election.

Evening Standard

Sir Gavin Williamson rebuffed in bid to avoid ‘inconvenient’ court hearing

Former cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson has made a failed bid to avoid an appearance in a criminal trial, after telling a judge he is too busy to attend court.

Evening Standard

Labour wars continue as Sadiq Khan has a coded pop at Keir Starmer on Brexit

Khan has told the New York Times that he’s ‘frustrated’ no one is talking about Brexit

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Rishi Sunak says he does not want to ‘hassle’ families with net zero targets

The PM signalled he could water down some policies amid pressure from the right of his party.

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Jackie Baillie left red-faced as key bid to scrap two-child benefit cap fails

QUESTIONS are being asked of Scottish Labour after Keir Starmer’s stance on keeping the two-child benefit cap was not reversed at the party’s…

The Independent UK

Tory chaos under Johnson and Truss ‘delayed plans to tackle Islamophobia within party’

The Conservative Party has had three leaders and seven chairs in the past two years

Evening Standard

Almost two-thirds of Ulez cameras installed ahead of August expansion

Transport for London has installed almost two-thirds of the 2,750 Ulez enforcement cameras it planned to erect in outer London, it can be revealed.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says net zero strategy must be ‘proportional and pragmatic’ – as it happened

Uxbridge and South Ruislip byelection win has led to some Tories arguing green measures that drive up costs for people should be delayed or abandoned

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak urged by senior Tories to hold General Election next spring

THE Prime Minister is being urged by senior Tories to hold a General Election next spring, with campaign strategists believing it may be the…

The Guardian - UK

Labour will lead on reform of transgender rights – and we won’t take lectures from the divisive Tories

We will modernise, simplify and reform gender recognition law. Our policies won’t please everyone but we will do what’s right

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to ‘modernise, simplify and reform’ Gender Recognition Act

Party chair says since act was passed by party in 2004, there is now a ‘much better understanding of the barriers trans people face’

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