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Government ends contract worth billions with one of largest providers of asylum seeker hotels

Review raised concerns over performance and behaviour of Stay Belvedere Hotels, which houses people waiting for asylum decisions in 51 hotels as well as the Napier Barracks

The Independent UK

Minister appears to criticise Chancellor over Sabrina Carpenter freebie

Matthew Pennycook said he does not ‘personally think it’s appropriate’ to take a hospitality offering to gigs at the venue.

Evening Standard

'Not appropriate' to get free O2 tickets, says Labour minister as Rachel Reeves Sabrina Carpenter concert row grows

Greenwich and Woolwich MP Matthew Pennycook said he had never accepted a free ticket for the flagship music venue in east London

Evening Standard

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Planning reforms will ‘avoid bat tunnels’, says minister

The Government is set to publish wide-ranging reforms to planning laws on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

UK politics: MPs highlight ITN’s use of NDAs in employment rights debate – as it happened

Louise Haigh and Layla Moran cite broadcaster in arguing for amendment that would ban such agreements that stopped staff revealing harassment

The Guardian - UK

Fires ‘still raging’ after vessels collide in North Sea

Minister Matthew Pennycook said Coastguard aircraft were monitoring the site of the collision off the East Yorkshire coast.

Evening Standard

What Happens When Leasehold Flats Get Banned In The UK? What You Need To Know

The UK government is moving forward with plans to eliminate the creation of new leasehold flats in England and Wales.

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No plans to cap service charges for leaseholders, housing minister tells MPs

In the Commons, Matthew Pennycook argued a cap would ‘prevent necessary funds being raised for legitimate purposes’.

Evening Standard

Leasehold flats to be banned in overhaul of centuries-old system

The sale of new leasehold flats will be banned under government plans to make commonhold the default tenure, handing homeowners greater control over their properties

The Independent UK

New leasehold flats to be banned – what will it mean for home buyers?

The move promises to dismantle a system long criticised for its archaic practices

The Independent UK

Centuries-old leasehold system to be abolished in England and Wales

Exclusive: Housing minister says overhaul of feudal-era system would take place before end of this parliament

The Guardian - UK

Leasehold flats ban beginning of the end for ‘feudal’ system, minister says

Homeowners will not have to pay extra costs such as ground rent under the proposed reforms.

The Independent UK

Leasehold flats ban to mark beginning of the end for ‘feudal’ system

The Government has proposed bringing the leasehold system to an end which would give homeowners more control over how buildings are run

Evening Standard

Half a million homebuyers face £11k cliff-edge in race to beat stamp duty changes

The average time to sell a property currently sits at five months

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Evening Standard

Fact check: Ukraine aid, immigration figures and growth projections

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Government expresses support for FCA proposal to review mortgage rules

The Government said it wants the Financial Conduct Authority review to be as ambitious and rapid as possible to help people achieve homeownership.

Evening Standard

Greenfield land likely to be included in proposals for new towns, says minister

Matthew Pennycook said some ‘standalone’ areas of undeveloped land could be included in the recommendations.

The Guardian - UK

UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – as it happened

Foreign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs minister

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Ukraine ‘must be at the heart’ of any peace negotiations, says Healey

The Defence Secretary said that ‘Russia remains a threat well beyond Ukraine’.

The Independent UK

British military chiefs rage over fears of Trump sell out of Ukraine

John Healey says ‘no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine’ in robust warning to Donald Trump

Evening Standard

What was said in the Labour WhatsApp group? Diane Abbott calls for MPs to quit

Diane Abbott has called for everyone involved in the racist WhatsApp group to “step down from whatever position they have in Labour”

The Independent UK

Labour WhatsApp group: Everything we know about the MPs and messages at the heart of the scandal

More Labour MPs and councillors dragged into the WhatsApp scandal which has already seen the dramatic sacking of health minister Andrew Gwynne

The Independent UK

Second Labour MP apologises over WhatsApp group row as Tories demand wider investigation

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan, who has been revealed as a second member of the WhatsApp group, apologises for not speaking out against ‘completely unacceptable’ comments

The Guardian - UK

More Labour figures may be suspended as party investigates WhatsApp group

Minister says Labour is looking into ‘whole incident’ as Andrew Gwynne sacked over allegedly offensive messages

The Independent UK

WhatsApp group investigated after Labour minister sacked over messages with party officials

Andrew Gwynne posted messages in a WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers

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