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The Parthenon marbles: George Osborne wants to return the statues to Athens, but can he? A legal expert explains

George Osborne – former UK chancellor and now chair of trustees at the British Museum – is reported to have negotiated the repatriation of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon marbles to Athens.

The Conversation

Brexit is just one of the three Tory errors that have brought Britain to its knees

Years of austerity, and then the Truss-Kwarteng fiasco, have compounded the self-inflicted isolation of leaving the EU

The Guardian - UK

53% of public support sending Elgin Marbles back to Greece

The findings come amid reports that the British Museum has moved closer to a landmark deal with Athens that could see the artefacts returned

Evening Standard

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British Museum in 'constructive' talks with Greece over return of Elgin Marbles

The museum's chairman - former Tory austerity Chancellor George Osborne - has been engaged in negotiations over a possible deal with the Greek authorities for the 2,500-year-old cultural treasures

Daily Mirror

Elgin Marbles could ‘soon be returned to Greece’ as part of ‘cultural exchange’

Current laws prevent British museums from legally giving away items considered national treasures.

The Independent UK

Inside Rishi Sunak's Downing Street flat as PM and wife upgrade to opulent curtains and jewel coloured sofas

The Sunaks funded the remodelling themselves, in contrast to the row over Boris Johnson’s attempts to get a Tory donor to pay for a lavish revamp of his home.

Daily Record

Inside Rishi Sunak's No10 flat - opulent curtains replace George Osborne's 'tired' decor

Rishi Sunak and his heiress wife Akshata Murty will be living in 'far less glitz' than Boris Johnson and his family as they seek to move Downing Street away from the 'court of Carrie'

Daily Mirror

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'Out-of-touch Tories forcing NHS staff towards industrial action amid strike chaos'

The Voice of the Mirror warns that junior doctors possibly being forced onto the picket line along with nurses, paramedics and ambulance crews bodes ill for the future of the NHS

Daily Mirror

Jamie Oliver calls for free school meals for all families on universal credit

‘Best value of a taxpayer’s buck,’ campaigning TV chef tells Rishi Sunak government

The Independent UK

Delay for ban on junk food TV ads ‘very disappointing’, says George Osborne

The former chancellor also hit out at the ‘Tory dance’ over free school meals.

The Independent UK

George Osborne to earn share of £26.5m payout in first year at City advisory firm

Robey Warshaw did not specify how much the former chancellor would collect

The Guardian - UK

Is the writing on the wall for the British Museum’s BP deal?

Chair of the museum, George Osborne, says it no longer wants to be a ‘destination for climate protest’

The Guardian - UK

Public duty? For these Tory defectors, being an MP is just another career move

The Conservative ship is sinking – and MPs from Matt Hancock to Sajid Javid would rather make more money than face the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

‘No plan’ for law change to allow return of Elgin Marbles from British Museum to Greece, says Downing Street

Former chancellor George Osborne holding ‘secret talks’ with Greek prime minister

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The Independent UK

No plans to change law over Parthenon Sculptures row, says No 10

The British Museum is prevented by law from disposing of objects in its collection except in limited circumstances.

Evening Standard

George Osborne holding ‘secret negotiations with Greece’ over Elgin Marbles

The negotiations between the former chancellor and Kyriakos Mitsotakis have reportedly been taking place since November 2021.

AFP

UK, Greece in 'secret talks' on Parthenon Marbles: report

Athens (AFP) - The British Museum and the Greek prime minister are in the "advanced stage" of "secret talks" over the "possible return" of the Parthenon Marbles, local media reported on Saturday.

Evening Standard

PMQs: Starmer calls for end to private school tax breaks

Red walls and blue walls, remainers and leavers, Bennites and Gaitskellites, these things come and go but one constant of British politics endures: dividing lines.

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The Guardian - UK

Competence, what competence? Tory chancellors like Jeremy Hunt always spell disaster

Look at the record, from Lawson to Osborne –they have consistently overseen rises in poverty and falls in the pound, says Best for Britain’s Naomi Smith

The Guardian - UK

What is the Tory party’s legacy after so many years in power? Pretty thin gruel

Rishi Sunak is rehearsing reasons for voters to choose his party again with MPs wavering over standing at the next election

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne’s family business raises directors’ pay by 30%

Osborne & Little, which accepted coronavirus and furlough support grants, triples profits

The Guardian - UK

Did Jeremy Hunt’s budget rescue the Tories – or is the game up?

In the shadow of the Truss debacle and with hard times ahead, the chancellor faced a ‘politically impossible’ job, according to a former Tory minister. But the party’s morale is at rock bottom

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Britain’s financial crisis being made in Russia – oh, come off it, Jeremy Hunt

Britain is largely in the mess it’s in because of a decade of Tory austerity policies, compounded by the destructive lies told about Brexit

The Guardian - UK

A stark lesson for Keir Starmer from the budget: the Tories won’t just lose, you have to beat them

Labour’s path to victory was clear when Truss was in office. A politically cunning autumn statement has made it harder, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Irish Independent

Hunt set to cut spending and increases taxes as UK faces ‘into the storm’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt faces a clear yet far from straightforward task Thursday: reassure markets he can stabilise UK public finances, but without inflicting devastating damage on public services.

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