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Tax rises, handouts, law-breaking: what do the Tories stand for now?

After a week in which Boris Johnson’s character has been at the heart of public debate, Conservative MPs worry about what has happened to their party

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s tax rises: three of the biggest examined

Analysis: Increases to income and corporation tax and higher NICs have contributed to the biggest UK tax burden since the 1950s

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak insists £15bn cost-of-living package will have ‘minimal’ impact on inflation

Chancellor denies package is un-Conservative, after thinktank describes it as ‘something Gordon Brown could be proud of’

The Independent UK

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UK Government has ‘lost critical trust’ in Northern Ireland, says ex-minister

Lord Hain said the Government is no longer trusted in the way it was when led by former prime ministers John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

The Independent UK

A brief history of windfall taxes: who used them and why

Windfall taxes have been used by Tory governments at least three times in the last 40 years

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth line: ‘Historic’ day for London as Crossrail finally set to open in huge boost to capital

The first westbound train is due to leave Abbey Wood station at 6.30am, followed three minutes later by an eastbound service from Paddington

Evening Standard

Steph McGovern almost threw up on Gordon Brown while hungover in an interview

The lunchtime talkshow host was summoned to Number 10 to interview then-Prime Minister Brown alongside Robert Peston – but she was so drunk from the night before she threw up inside the famous building

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Timeline of troubled Crossrail project

The scheme has suffered a number of problems.

The Independent UK

NatWest’s Sir Howard Davies: ‘I’m quite pessimistic. Brexit was a significant mistake’

The banker and former regulator has seen many crises in his career, but war and political division have him worried

The Guardian - UK

FACT CHECK: Gordon Brown claims Union helps Scots video game industry

Does being in the UK help Scotland's world-class video game industry?

The National (Scotland)

Rangers fan breaks down in tears as brother hands him surprise ticket to Europa League Final

Heartwarming footage shows the brother in disbelief as he is handed a ticket to the biggest Gers' game in over a decade.

Daily Record

‘I saw two Tory whips having tequila for breakfast’: Margaret Beckett on Blair, the Iraq war and half a century in politics

She is Britain’s longest-serving female MP. As she approaches retirement, she remembers the thrill of Westminster in the 70s, the successes and failures of the Blair years, and nominating Corbyn for the Labour leadership

The Guardian - UK

Rethinking Scotland: Can the nation lay down a vision of a new era?

WAY back in 1975, when a young Gordon Brown believed in social democracy, he edited what became the influential Red Paper on Scotland. Brown was…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson’s civil service job cuts are ambitious – and ideological

Analysis: policy aims to save money, but also chimes with government’s suspicion of a public sector stuffed with pettifogging remainers

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The Independent UK

World complacent on Covid, warns Gordon Brown

Political leaders are still not listening to medical advice, says Mr Brown

Daily Mirror

Next Labour Party leader odds as Keir Starmer stakes future on Beergate gamble

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has gambled his leadership on being cleared by Durham Police in an investigation of allegations he broke Covid lockdown rules while having a curry. Starmer has said he is "absolutely clear" no rules were broken

The Guardian - UK

Here’s what we have learned: Starmer can’t dazzle like Blair, but might still rid us of Johnson

After these elections, prospects of a 1997-style landslide looks remote, but just ousting this government would be enough, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Independent UK

Timeline of troubled Crossrail project

When was it supposed to open and what was its first budget?

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Independence day: why Gordon Brown gave the Bank the right to set interest rates

Analysis: New Labour’s chancellor revealed his plan to a surprised Eddie George and his private secretary, now governor, Andrew Bailey

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown to star in one-off Edinburgh Fringe show

GORDON Brown is set to star in a one-off show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Stanley Johnson’s China trip is stumbling block for Boris

In today’s Diary: Stanley Johnson heading to China / Queen’s gardener on why he sometimes wishes he was a dog / Eddie Marsan takes pop at upper crust theatre world / Ed Balls enjoys an oyster feast courtesy of Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves promises Labour will close ‘non-dom’ tax loophole

Shadow chancellor says it ‘isn’t right that those at the top benefit from outdated tax perks’

The Guardian - UK

Ed Balls rules out political comeback for Labour in Wakefield byelection

Former shadow chancellor says he has ‘no intention’ of putting himself forward to stand for the West Yorkshire seat

The Independent UK

Ed Balls rules himself out of battling Wakefield by-election for Labour

The former education secretary said he had ‘no intention’ of putting himself forward as the candidate.

The Independent UK

Former child migrant lifts lid on UK’s ‘biggest sex abuse scandal’

Gordon Brown had called child migration ‘government-induced (human) trafficking’ which was a ‘bigger sex scandal’ than Jimmy Savile.

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