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Who is Josh Simons, the Labour MP who quit for Andy Burnham?

Makerfield MP is an ambitious Labour figure who only won the seat two years ago

The Guardian - UK

Labour Together ‘making clean break’ after former director resigns as minister

Thinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalists

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons resigns over Labour Together ‘distraction’

The Makerfield MP previously ran the prominent think tank.

Evening Standard

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Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s deputy tells him to ‘be more like Andy Burnham’ as he fights to survive as PM

In the aftermath of the Gorton and Denton by-election humiliation for Labour, deputy leader Lucy Powell has been critical of the decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor from standing as the party’s candidate

The Independent UK

Minister under investigation over targeting of reporters makes late donation declaration

Josh Simons failed to declare gifts from Labour donor within the stipulated 28 days of receiving them

The Guardian - UK

The minister and the alleged smear campaign: key unanswered questions

Josh Simons, who is at centre of scandal in which journalists were falsely linked to a ‘pro-Kremlin’ network, faces questions over candour of his statements

The Guardian - UK

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Keir Starmer opens investigation into Josh Simons over targeting of reporters

PM asks ethics adviser to examine conduct of Cabinet Office minister amid Labour Together scandal fallout

The Guardian - UK

Lobbyist in Labour Together scandal has been investigating Guardian reporter, say reports

Tom Harper reportedly made inquiries as recently as last week about Henry Dyer, who has been reporting on row

The Guardian - UK

Labour minister faces calls to be sacked over false claims against journalists

Guardian investigation showed Josh Simons falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

The Guardian - UK

Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

The Guardian - UK

The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide

He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Office looking into Starmer-linked thinktank after it investigated journalists

Liz Kendall says officials will be ‘establishing the facts’ about report that made false claims about journalists

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to investigate links between Government and ‘creepy spy scandal’

A think tank is said to have hired a PR firm to investigate reporters to identify their sources for stories about campaign funding breaches.

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer facing calls for inquiry into Labour thinktank’s investigation of journalists

Cabinet Office minister commissioned report that made ‘baseless claims’ about reporters who were investigating Labour Together

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister accused of hiring PR agency to investigate journalists’ sources

Josh Simons denies asking for reporters to be investigated in probe over leaked details on think tank’s funding

The Guardian - UK

Minister commissioned investigation of journalists looking into Labour thinktank

Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when director of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources

The Guardian - UK

Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney paid firm to investigate journalists

Labour Together hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations, documents suggest

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The Guardian - AU

Recycling alone won’t limit the scourge of soft plastics in our everyday lives

What else can Australian households and individuals do to reduce their soft plastic waste?

The Hindu

APCO offers 30% discount on handloom products for festive season

Discover new cotton sarees with lace work design at APCO showrooms in Andhra Pradesh, with a 30% festive discount.

The Guardian - AU

REDcycle’s collapse and the hard truths on recycling soft plastics in Australia

Shoppers are still being incorrectly told they can return food packaging to supermarkets a year after the program ended. So is any soft plastic being recycled?

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s plan to phase out expanded polystyrene packaging is failing and was never possible, industry says

Exclusive: the plan is more than a year behind schedule, with peak bodies saying there is ‘no viable alternative’ to the material

Fortune

Renewable exec on ‘relentless consumption’ driving the climate crisis: 'It seems as if people are behaving in a way that we would never tell our children to behave’

WasteFuel’s Trevor Neilson spoke at the Fortune Global Forum in Abu Dhabi on consumption, biofuels and climate activists: “They’re an interesting bunch.”

The Hindu

Week-long handloom exhibition to mark National Handloom Day in Vijayawada from August 7

APCO will host week-long handloom exhibition in Vijayawada during August 7-12. Chief Secretary K.S. Jawahar Reddy will inaugurate the event, wherein 50 handloom production associations from across India will participate.

AAP

Govt to force change on packaging industry

Australia's packaging industry will be forced to clean up its act under new mandatory regulations, the government says.

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