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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg review – debut nerves? Yes, for Liz Truss

Launching a new live broadcasting show is normally pulse-thumpingly stressful for the host, not her guest

The Guardian - UK

Don't write Boris Johnson off, says UK PM's former aide

People should not write off Boris Johnson, a former close aide to the leader said on Sunday, suggesting the outgoing British prime minister could make a return to high office one day despite being forced from power.

Reuters

Labour guided by ‘common sense’ not ideology to fix country, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer warned that the ‘centre is not holding.

The Independent UK

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Pack cabinet with Johnson loyalists at your peril, Liz Truss is warned

Senior Tories tell likely leadership winner that she needs to appoint an inclusive team as row looms over Partygate report

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson discussed mystery 'improper conduct' probe with ethics chief before he quit

Downing Street is keeping the identity of the subject of the investigation secret - along with messages between Lord Geidt and the PM in the days before he resigned as ethics advisor

Daily Mirror

No10 spent £130,000 of public money on lawyers to call Boris Johnson probe 'unfair'

A legal opinion commissioned by the government criticised the Commons investigation into the PM's conduct - and cost £130,000 of taxpayers' money

Daily Mirror

Brendan Hughes: Big challenges but low bar of expectations for next Northern Ireland secretary

For a role long seen as a poisoned chalice, it is perhaps refreshing that someone appears to actually want to be appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

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Downing Street spends £130,000 on legal advice for PM in partygate probe

LEGAL opinion commissioned by the Government from a top lawyer criticising the Commons investigation into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson's 15 worst scandals and gaffes from hiding in a fridge to fighting Marcus Rashford

The Chris Pincher affair was the last straw but there were many scandals before then that added to the frustrations about Johnson within the Conservative Party.

Daily Record

Lord Pannick advice on ‘unlawful’ probe cost £130,000

Downing Street commissioned the legal advice from the crossbench peer and published it on Friday in a highly unusual move.

The Independent UK

Factbox-How will Britain's next prime minister be announced?

Britain will get a new prime minister next week, with either Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former finance minister Rishi Sunak being announced on Monday as the next leader of the governing Conservative Party, and the next prime minister.

Reuters

Truss and Sunak urged to end ‘toxic culture’ at Westminster with new process for sexual misconduct claims

Next PM must ‘clean up’ system, says Prospect union amid fresh allegations

The Independent UK

The Queen and Boris Johnson: Constitutional problems, parties and apologies

Mr Johnson, who will tender his resignation to the head of state next week, had a controversial time as PM.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters ‘wreaking havoc’ and costing millions, says No 10

Downing Street said Boris Johnson backed Home Secretary Priti Patel in condemning the protest group.

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Evening Standard

Watch: Emily Maitlis says BBC ‘sought to pacify’ No10 after Newsnight rebuke

Emily Maitlis said the BBC “sought to pacify” Downing Street by issuing a swift apology for her Newsnight monologue about Dominic Cummings.The journalist added her introduction received “way more attention than in truth it ever deserved”.Maitlis, 51, who left the BBC this year for rival media group Global, used the…

Evening Standard

BBC ‘sought to pacify’ No10 after Newsnight rebuke, says Emily Maitlis

Emily Maitlis said the BBC “sought to pacify” Downing Street by issuing a swift apology for her Newsnight monologue about Dominic Cummings.

The Guardian - UK

Emily Maitlis says ‘active Tory party agent’ shaping BBC news output

Former Newsnight presenter says former No 10 communications chief Sir Robbie Gibb on board acting as ‘arbiter of impartiality’

The National (Scotland)

Downing Street responsible for energy bills and inflation, say Greens

Decisions made in Downing Street are responsible for rising prices, energy bills and the highest rate of inflation in the G7, the Scottish Greens…

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The Independent UK

Government ‘has head in the sand’ over sewage pumped on to UK’s beaches, says Labour

No 10 says it is duty of water firms to protect customers

Daily Mirror

Exactly how MPs voted on dumping sewage into UK seas and rivers – fact-checked

Campaigners say 265 Tory MPs betrayed the environment in an October 2021 Commons vote. But the MPs said overall they're tightening the law, and the plan they rejected wasn't practical. Here's the argument explained

The National (Scotland)

Downing Street insists people shouldn't panic over energy supplies

HOUSEHOLDS and businesses will not face blackouts this winter, Downing Street insisted as gas shipped from Australia was set to dock in the UK.

The Independent UK

Government ‘has head in the sand’ over sewage pumped on to UK’s beaches – Labour

Amid growing calls for ministers to clamp down on those contributing to pollution, Number 10 said it was the duty of water firms to protect customers.

Daily Mirror

No need to panic or cut your energy usage over 'power shortages', No10 tells public

Downing Street sought to reassure worried households after a week of grim headlines about gas supplies and spiralling prices when cold weather sets in

Daily Mirror

Chilled Boris Johnson will spend stretches of final fortnight working from Chequers

The announcement that the outgoing PM would be splitting his time between Downing Street and Chequers came just 24 hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg lashed out at the "rotten culture" of civil servants working from home

Reuters

Western powers stress importance of nuclear safety in Ukraine - Downing Street

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the leaders of the United States, France and Germany on Sunday stressed the importance of ensuring the safety of nuclear sites in Ukraine in a call, Johnson's office said.

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