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Kemi Badenoch surrenders to the Brexit Nostalgia festival

Conservative leader’s attempts to refight the past suggests she won’t be happy until her party sinks even lower in the polls

The Guardian - UK

Youth mobility scheme shouldn’t only benefit ‘middle class kids’ – Labour MP

Sir Keir Starmer had told the Commons the newly-agreed ‘youth experience scheme’ will allow young British people to travel and work in Europe.

Evening Standard

Why Canadians might want to beware what they have wished for with Mark Carney

NEWS ANALYSIS: Mark Carney has pulled off a stunning victory in Canada but his legacy in the UK from his time as governor of the Bank of England is mixed, David Maddox writes

The Independent UK

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Jarvis urges Glastonbury to think carefully about line-up after Kneecap comments

Conservative former minister Mark Francois said it would be ‘unconscionable’ for the Irish rap trio to perform at the festival.

Evening Standard

TalkTV Explodes as Alex Phillips Calls Ed Miliband a 'Nutter' Over Net Zero Plans

TalkTV descended into chaos as presenter Alex Phillips launched a furious tirade against Ed Miliband.

The Fashion Central

Starmer ‘running out of excuses’ as legal case for handing over Chagos Islands unravels

Exclusive: Opposition MPs hope that the unravelling of a major part of the legal case to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius could persuade Donald Trump to veto the deal at the last minute

The Independent UK

Calls to spend billions more on bombs and drones spark alarm

CALLS for the UK Government to spend billions more on “off-the-shelf” bombs and drones have sparked alarm.

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Starmer’s security reason for giving up Chagos Islands ‘blown out of water’ by junior minister

Exclusive: Communications minister Sir Christopher Bryant has rubbished claims that satellite communication could be removed from Diego Garcia

The Independent UK

Government has no idea how it will pay for £9bn cost of Chagos deal

Exclusive: Written parliamentary answers suggest government could raid the under-pressure defence budget to pay bill

The Independent UK

Could Reform shock politics with a high-profile Tory defector?

ANALYSIS: Boris Johnson has appeared on a wishlist of disaffected Tories sought by Reform UK. Wishful thinking, writes David Maddox, but it underlines the scale of ambition of a party that wants to win a general election in 2029

The Independent UK

Fears Starmer deal won’t stop China building rival military base on Chagos Islands

Revelation comes as minister insists that deal can be saved after Mauritius government demanded talks are reopened to get more concessions from UK

The Independent UK

Starmer’s ‘historic’ trip to Cyprus overshadowed by fears for UK bases and Turkish Cypriot snub

Keir Starmer is set to be the first UK prime minister to hold a bilateral meeting in Cyprus since Ted Heath 53 years ago but he will arrive with questions over the future of the UK’s bases on the island and tensions over the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of hiding cost of retaining key airbase under Chagos Islands deal

Exclusive: Government accused of holding back information on cost to the taxpayer of maintaining UK-US Diego Garcia airbase

The Independent UK

Tory MP Mark Francois who used ‘racial slur’ made shadow defence minister by Kemi Badenoch

Arch Brexit supporter Mark Francois apologised for the comments which led to an official complaint from the Japanese government - one of the UK’s key defence allies

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Evening Standard

MP urges Commons to collectively ‘can the cones’ during slow roadworks

Mark Francois told the Commons some firms lack ‘any palpable sense of urgency whatever to get the job done’.

Evening Standard

Prime Minister denies throwing veterans ‘to the wolves to pander to Sinn Fein’

Former defence minister Mark Francois pressed Sir Keir Starmer on plans for the Northern Ireland Legacy Act.

Evening Standard

See off ‘uncertainty’ over Ukraine by seizing frozen assets, MP urges minister

Helen Maguire urged Defence Secretary John Healey to quickly repurpose frozen assets to bolster Ukraine’s war chest.

The Independent UK

British Army set to shrink to smallest size since before Napoleonic wars

Defence secretary says army personnel will drop below 70,000 next year - lowest since 1793

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The Independent UK

Fears over future of Falklands after Chagos Islands deal dubbed ‘strategic disaster’

Exclusive: A group of indigenous Chagossians are planning to stage a protest over the decision to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius, The Independent understands, accusing the government of excluding them from talks

The Independent UK

Furious Tory MPs claim plot to stitch up leadership contest after 1922 vote controversy

Election of Bob Blackman ignites Tory civil war over fears race to replace Rishi Sunak is being manipulated

Evening Standard

OPINION - If the polls are right, soon Tory squabbles won't matter a jot

What does Mark Francois think? Is this acceptable to Richard Drax? Can we keep Pauline Latham on board? For the last 15 years, these have been important questions, and for good reason.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Gibraltar: a deal with the EU is long overdue

Editorial: Belated progress is being made towards a formal trade and border deal for the British overseas territory, in which 96% voted remain

The Guardian - UK

Lindsay Hoyle fights back as Sunak criticises speaker’s ‘concerning’ choice

PM says parliamentarians should never be intimidated by ‘extremists’ after furore over Gaza vote

The Guardian - UK

Mordaunt meets Labour’s olive twig with theatrical fury after Gaza omnishambles

At a time when people were hoping for something better from their MPs, Penny chose to kick them in the teeth again

The Guardian - UK

Hoyle says Gaza debate decision was motivated by threats against MPs

Commons speaker fights back against Tory and SNP attempts to oust him after chaotic scenes over ceasefire motion

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