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Emily Thornberry ‘sorry and surprised’ not to be given cabinet role by Starmer

Former shadow attorney general says she wishes cabinet well and nothing can detract from party’s ‘historic victory’

The Guardian - UK

Football, faith and Fabianism: what books by the new frontbenchers tell us about the way Labour will govern

Ed Miliband’s ideas are more radical than his party’s; Emily Thornberry is alarmed by Trump; Rachel Reeves has an unlikely role model. What else do the new cabinet’s tomes reveal?

The Guardian - UK

Row over Labour’s private school tax raid as Bridget Phillipson insists class sizes will not increase

Keir Starmer said it was wrong for shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry to suggest that Labour’s plan to add VAT to private school fees would lead to larger class sizes in the state sector

The Independent UK

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Minister ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Sunak’s D-day blunder

Chris Philp says PM has apologised for missing events, and will be ‘back bouncing around the campaign trail’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer forced to deny shadow Cabinet minister claim that VAT on private schools may push up state class sizes

Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry suggested on Sunday that ‘it would be fine if we have to, in the short term, have larger classes’

Evening Standard

VAT on private schools may lead to ‘larger classes’ in state sector – Thornberry

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said pupils would be impacted by ‘Labour’s politics of envy’.

Evening Standard

Digested week: kids’ art and sending Boris packing – the poll clerks’ small joys

Using schools for polling stations must have its perks. Plus, sympathy for the enslaved girl heckled by Plato

The Guardian - UK

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David Cameron under fire for hiring £42m luxury jet for central Asia tour

Foreign secretary’s use of Embraer Lineage 1000 follows £348,000 bill for James Cleverly’s eight-day trip in similar plane in 2023

The Guardian - UK

Labour to give police emergency powers to charge domestic abuse suspects

Crime crackdown plan also gives victims of rape and sexual assault the right to specialist support throughout justice process

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage lobbied senior Tory minister over NatWest complaint

Emily Thornberry accuses Farage and Andrew Griffith of ‘secretly conspiring’ over de-banking issue

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch voted Tories’ favourite minister of the year

Survey puts Badenoch narrowly ahead of Suella Braverman and Penny Mordaunt in race to succeed Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

May election is ‘worst kept secret in Westminster’, says senior Labour MP

Emily Thornberry says country is desperate, and Labour is ready, for general election

The Guardian - UK

There is a reason Starmer is under fire for his record as a lawyer – and a good reason he should defend it

The scrutiny is inevitable given he has used his past to political benefit. But he should stand up for the system he was part of, says author and legal affairs specialist Robert Kerkaik

The Guardian - UK

The Westminster Rizz Rankings 2023

The Londoner has catalogued the least and most rizzy MPs

Evening Standard

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Rishi Sunak intervened to ensure VIP helicopter contract was not cancelled

Prime minister – often criticised over fondness for air travel – asked Grant Shapps to act

The Independent UK

Dominic Cummings: A timeline of Boris Johnson’s ex-chief adviser’s role in Downing Street

Controversial political strategist testifying at UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday

The Independent UK

‘Work commitments’ keep Labour’s new ‘Tsar’ (and Boris Johnson’s ex-wife) Marina Wheeler from party’s conference

Women who are bullied and sexually harassed in the workplace will be given new protections under a Labour government

The Independent UK

Starmer acts to protect women who blow whistle on sex-pest bosses

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s former wife Marina Wheeler is to be Labour’s ‘whistleblower tsar’

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Evening Standard

Full list of names in the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet

The cabinet has gone through a lot of changes in the past year

The Independent UK

Hopes on Claire Coutinho to speed up net zero drive

Campaigners and industry experts see a fresh start in the new energy secretary’s appointment.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s private jet to Scotland may have breached ministerial code, says Labour

Emily Thornberry calls on PM to explain why he did not use available scheduled flights

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak slammed for ‘helicopter lifestyle’ as he claims to be ‘on the side’ of drivers

Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry condemned Mr Sunak’s ‘helicopter lifestyle’

The Independent UK

Labour says ministers have unforgivable lack of urgency over rape victim report

Emily Thornberry claimed that ministers have yet to lift a finger on recommendations made by the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorate.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak changes declaration again over private jet travel expenses

Questions continue to be raised about £38,500 for travel to Tory events, now declared to be from millionaire Akhil Tripathi

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly’s use of £10,000 an hour Succession-style jet ‘ludicrous’

Exclusive: UK foreign secretary has been using type of private jet featured in hit TV show for Caribbean and Latin America tour

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