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Tax hikes will ‘devastate’ London’s live music venues and raise ticket prices, warns O2 boss

Tax changes could result in higher ticket prices, fewer concerts and some grassroots music venues closing down, with London particularly vulnerable

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure

Editorial: This week’s partisan blame game is the wrong response to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying case. The failure of governance runs deeper

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The China spy row is uniquely damaging to public confidence

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The collapse of a spying case ahead of the trial is not just an embarrassment for Keir Starmer, it is a reminder that his government must strike a more effective balance in its approach to Beijing – by protecting national security without compromising diplomatic and economic…

The Independent UK

Ministers plan high-level visits to China despite espionage trial outcry

National security adviser, education secretary and science minister to visit before end of year as part of policy to reset relations

The Guardian - UK

China spying case: dream job turns into nightmare for DPP Stephen Parkinson

Having long desired to lead the CPS, Parkinson now finds himself at the heart of a political row over the collapsed case

The Guardian - UK

Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ took the reins of the party last month.

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Greens neck and neck with Labour, new poll shows, as voters turn away from Starmer

Voters are continuing to turn to both Reform UK and the Green Party amid growing discontent with Keir Starmer’s government

The Independent UK

UK delays deadline for decision on China ‘super embassy’ as spy row intensifies

The decision on whether to approve the ‘super embassy’ has been pushed back to December

The Independent UK

China ‘super embassy’ decision put back to December

The development comes after a parliamentary committee urged Housing and Planning Secretary Steve Reed to block the plans.

The Independent UK

MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ by China spy case as No 10 defends Starmer’s approach

Sir Ken McCallum warned ‘Chinese state actors’ present a national security threat to the UK ‘every day’.

Evening Standard

China spy case row shows why most MPs prefer conspiracy theory over cock-up

The facts had changed so MPs simply amended their conspiracy theories to fit the new evidence

The Guardian - UK

Labour tax pledge stands, says No 10, as Reeves rolls pitch for hikes on wealthy

The Chancellor has acknowledged she is looking at potential tax rises and spending cuts at her November 26 Budget.

Evening Standard

MI5 chief piles pressure on Keir Starmer over spy crisis

MI5 chief expresses 'frustration' at failure to prosecute two men accused of passing intelligence from parliament to Beijing as he reveals UK faces 'daily' national security threats from China

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Starmer orders NHS antisemitism review after ‘clear cases not dealt with adequately’

Prime minister also announces £10m funding to provide security for Jewish amenities, including synagogues and schools

Evening Standard

China spy case: The five biggest revelations from the witness statements

The newly released witness statements in the China spying case involving Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry shed light on UK-China relations

Evening Standard

Starmer intervention in China spy case collapse would have been ‘absurd’ – No 10

The CPS dropped the case after deeming the evidence did not show China was a threat to national security.

The Independent UK

Starmer orders review of antisemitism in NHS as part of wider crackdown

The Prime Minister said the review would be led by the Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism Lord John Mann.

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China spy row: what do the witness statements say and what is their significance?

Statements are at heart of row about who, if anyone, was to blame for collapse of case against two men accused of spying

The Independent UK

China spy case decision taken ‘purely’ by CPS – minister

The minister also rejected accusations of political interference by Sir Keir Starmer’s Government as ‘completely untrue’.

The Guardian - UK

Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

The Independent UK

The China spy case evidence raises more questions than it answers

EXPLAINED: Political correspondent Archie Mitchell runs through what we know – and the unanswered questions – about the collapsed China spy case

Evening Standard

How Starmer's Chagos fiasco sent a London council into meltdown

The PM’s Chagos giveaway has brought an influx of islanders to Heathrow — leaving Hillingdon council in crisis

The Guardian - UK

No 10 says Badenoch’s claim PM should have intervened to stop China spy trial collapsing ‘absurd’ – as it happened

Downing Street says had Starmer intervened he would have been interfering in a case related to a previous government

Evening Standard

China spy case row: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as witness statements are revealed

In the statements, deputy national security adviser Matt Collins called China ‘the biggest state-based threat to the UK’s economic security’

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