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Starmer feels the effects of setting high standards for his party in opposition

Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration the prime minister and some in his cabinet have been caught out

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves latest: Key emails from estate agent in chancellor’s rental licence row published

The PM is thought to have become aware of the messages on Thursday

The Independent UK

Lettings agency takes blame in Rachel Reeves licence row

Agency says staff member offered to apply for licence to allow chancellor to rent out family home, but failed to do so

The Guardian - UK

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No 10 refuses to say if Rachel Reeves broke Ministerial Code over rental licence

Sir Keir Starmer is seeking to draw a line under the row surrounding the Chancellor’s breach of local housing rules.

Evening Standard

Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letting agent apologises – as it happened

No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves’ husband and letting agent

The Guardian - UK

Prisons minister defends £500 payoff to migrant sex offender with golf analogy

Lord Timpson tells Parliament ‘if someone wants to give you a putt, you take it’ as he faces questions over a ‘slush fund’.

Evening Standard

Hadush Kebatu makes bombshell claim: 'I tried to hand myself in to police before arrest'

The Metropolitan Police has said it is ‘not aware of any evidence’ to support Kebatu’s claim.

Evening Standard

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Quelling public disquiet is worth extra cost of barracks asylum housing, says No 10

Government defends prospect of paying more for barracks, saying people ‘don’t want asylum seekers in hotels’

The Guardian - UK

Migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from prison to be deported ‘imminently’

Downing Street has insisted that Hadush Kebatu will be deported ‘imminently’ as Justice Secretary David Lammy is set to face MPs.

Evening Standard

Prince Andrew latest: King Charles ‘must confront Andrew face-to-face’ for him to leave Royal Lodge

The King has long been said to have tried to encourage his younger brother to move out

The Independent UK

‘Coalition of the willing’ meets in London as Kyiv presses for more missiles

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London this Friday for a meeting of the country’s key supporters, where Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles to help Kyiv maintain its momentum against Moscow.

Radio France Internationale

Focus intensifies on Andrew amid controversy over his Royal Lodge lease

The former duke has had a peppercorn rent deal on his Windsor mansion for more than 20 years.

Evening Standard

Royals want MPs to focus on ‘important issues’ not Prince Andrew, No 10 says

Downing Street said the Government would not allocate time for a Commons debate on Andrew’s conduct or his living arrangements.

Evening Standard

Downing Street dismisses calls for MPs to be given time to debate Prince Andrew

On Wednesday, Keir Starmer said he would support ‘proper scrutiny’ of the crown estate arrangements

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down

Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost

Evening Standard

Cabinet secretary Wormald ‘continues to have PM’s support’ says No 10

Downing Street was responding to speculation the country’s top civil servant could be moved from his role within months.

Evening Standard

Tories call for ethics investigation over China embassy application

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of ‘being weak (and) kowtowing to China’.

The Guardian - UK

Mark Sedwill is frontrunner to become new UK ambassador to US, sources say

Former cabinet secretary seen as favourite despite running risk of angering No 10 with China spy trial comments

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The Independent UK

UK hits back after China warns of ‘consequences’ over London mega-embassy delay

Beijing says UK has failed to ‘honour its commitments’ over approval of new embassy, which No 10 denies

Evening Standard

UK rejects claims of ‘commitments’ over proposed Chinese embassy

Beijing has threatened ‘consequences’ if ministers reject planning permission for the new embassy in London.

The Guardian - UK

China threatens UK with ‘consequences’ over delayed London mega embassy

Diplomatic tensions escalate amid rows over planning hold-ups and collapse of spying trial

The Guardian - UK

Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse

Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropped

The Guardian - UK

No 10 moves to end China spy row – but threat of further fallout lingers

Questions remain over trial collapse even as publication of key evidence scuppers Tory’s main line of attack

The Guardian - UK

Questions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy row

Keir Starmer releases documents submitted by deputy national security adviser to Crown Prosecution Service

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Powell: the trusted aide Starmer is shielding from China spy row

National security adviser has become most influential foreign policy figure in government

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