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Ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's secret family holiday in Ireland as armed gardai kept watchful eye

Exclusive: Sources said it was 'unprecedented' and 'unusual' that a former head of the British parliament would holiday here - security concerns remain, albeit at a lower level than in the past.

Irish Mirror

Respected musician retires from West Lothian pipe band after more than 30 years

The leading drummer has stepped down after more than three decades of service.

Daily Record

Petition demanding emergency budget amid cost-of-living crisis exceeds 100,000 signatures

Campaigners want to see Universal Credit boosted again

Wales Online

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More than 120,000 call for emergency budget NOW as Tories continue to squabble

This morning former Chancellor Sajid Javid said he "assumed" the Treasury was drawing up options to present to the new Prime Minister next month, as alarmed Brits back calls by Gordon Brown to hammer out a response sooner

Daily Mirror

Almost three in four Tory voters want energy firms nationalised during crisis

72% of Tory voters support temporary public control, while 85% back Labour idea of price cap freeze

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of Tory voters back temporary nationalisation of energy firms – poll

Opinium poll also shows overwhelming support for Labour’s policy to freeze price cap

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says his radical plan to freeze energy bills is needed to cut inflation

Labour leader contrasts his party’s proposal to help households with the inaction of ‘lame duck’ government

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'Nationalisation is no longer a dirty word, so put energy firms in public hands'

Mirror Columnist Kevin Maguire questions why energy firms can't go back into public ownership permanently as the Tories battle for the No10 crown 'while household budgets burn'

Daily Mirror

Labour announces plan to freeze energy price cap with reinforced windfall tax

Keir Starmer says people won’t pay ‘a penny more’ and that plan would reduce inflation

The Guardian - UK

Big Brother's most notorious moments

The Channel 4 show birthed some of television's most controversial moments ever

Liverpool Echo

How to Lose an Election Two Years Early – there’s no happy ending in this Tory romcom

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be leading a government that has little appetite to solve the economic crisis or even win the next election

The Guardian - UK

Labour demands energy price cap freeze amid rising cost of living

Starmer’s party joins Lib Dems in calling for October freeze, as Treasury considers plan to reduce cap

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer demands ban on raising energy prices

Exclusive: Labour calls for the price cap to remain at £1,971 as charities warn Tory leadership candidates of catastrophic impact on the cost of living

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Vicky Featherstone’s cultural highlights

The Royal Court’s artistic director raves about a non-binary memoir, admires Gordon Brown’s stand on poverty and salutes Cornelia Parker’s proper mermaid

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The Independent UK

Businesses and wealthy people ‘handed £36bn tax cuts under Rishi Sunak’

Tax Justice UK calculates at least £35.8bn handed to businesses in tax cuts

The Independent UK

Labour vows to end ‘outrageous’ energy premiums faced by prepayment customers

Labour says policy is first in package to be unveiled in coming days

The Guardian - UK

Britain is sliding towards an energy precipice. So where are its leaders?

Gordon Brown’s solutions highlight a vacuum that extends beyond the Tories and to the party he once led

The Conversation

Gordon Brown economics versus Liz Truss tax cuts: a new twist in the battle to resolve the UK’s cost of living crisis

The ongoing Conservative Party leadership hustings haven’t seen much agreement between candidates, but they have resulted in the creation of a new political narrative: “Gordon Brown economics”. Foreign secretary Liz Truss explained away her rejection of cost of living “handouts” for households with the phrase. But even as she indicated…

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The Independent UK

UK meets energy firms but no help yet for hard-hit consumers

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior ministers have held inconclusive talks with energy companies amid mounting pressure to help people cope with soaring gas and electricity prices

The Guardian - UK

What is a windfall tax and will it be extended to UK energy providers?

Explainer: Up to £4bn could be raised from levy on electricity generators, but ministers are rowing back on idea

Daily Mirror

Lame duck Boris Johnson pops in to energy crisis talks - but there’s STILL no plan

The Prime Minister made a surprise appearance at talks in Downing Street, where he lives and works, as bills rise to £4,200 - but announced no new measures to help struggling Brits

The Independent UK

Energy bill price cap rise should not go ahead, says Nicola Sturgeon

The First Minister said the UK Government was ‘missing in action’ on energy bills.

Daily Record

Energy bills could peak at £5,000 a year for households according to latest forecast

The cost of living crisis will deepen over the winter according to a new forecast as Boris Johnson is jogged into attending a meeting with energy companies.

The National (Scotland)

Martin Lewis and Gordon Brown pile pressure onto Tories as bills could hit £5000

THE UK Government is coming under more pressure than ever before to get its act together and take action over the ever-growing energy bill crisis.

Daily Record

Gordon Brown calls for energy firms to be nationalised if they fail to cut household bills

The former Prime Minister said urgent action was needed to meet the cost of living crisis that he compared to the 2008 banking crash.

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