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Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council tax

Exclusive: Thousands of people could be exposed to dangerous lead pollution if a planned housing development goes ahead, a lead refinery has claimed

Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader

Nigel Farage has cited freedom of speech concerns and says the act is an example of overreach by the government

The Deputy Prime Minister demanded Reform UK explain how it would keep young women safe after it vowed to repeal online safety rules.

COMMENT: Having previously worked in a crisp factory, I know all too well the perils of labour in extreme temperatures, says Sean O’Grady. But there’s a glaringly obvious problem with the deputy prime minister’s suggestion...

It comes as temperatures in parts of the UK surpassed 30C this week, during the fourth heatwave of the summer

COMMENT: Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her boss’s ability to lead his party into the next general election. But the race to replace the PM may already have begun, says Andrew Grice

Sir James Cleverly has demanded the Government share its assessments of how the move would hit local newspapers.

COMMENT : As a KPMG study lays bare years of falling job openings, and with the unemployment figure refusing to shrink, Britain’s bosses are stuck in hiring limbo that only Rachel Reeves can get them out of, says James Moore

Charlie Falconer calls on party colleagues to rediscover energy and not risk losing credit for big achievements