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Council defends four-day working week after minister raises concerns

The leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council said her local authority remained ‘exceptionally high performing’ after instituting the change.

Evening Standard

Councils in England face clampdown on four-day working weeks

Steve Reed writes to South Cambridgeshire council raising concerns over performance and value for money

The Guardian - UK

Chinese embassy decision will consider ‘all relevant issues’, says minister

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy had urged Steve Reed to reject Beijing’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London.

Evening Standard

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Bankrupt Woking to get £500m bailout in Surrey council shake-up

‘Unprecedented’ move helps to smooth over creation of two new ‘mega council’ unitary authorities

The Guardian - UK

Government approves two new Surrey councils as reorganisation milestone reached

A local government minister said the approved proposal is more likely to be financially sustainable.

The Independent UK

Mansion wealth tax wouldn’t fill Budget black hole, economists warn Reeves

Former IFS director Paul Johnson says a mansion tax ‘wouldn’t raise anywhere near enough to fill a significant hole’ in the public finances

The Independent UK

Prison custody manager ‘scapegoated’ over bungled release of Hadush Kebatu, union claims

Mistakes happen all the time amid jails chaos, warns chief inspector of prisons

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Starmer ‘angry’ over asylum accommodation ‘mess left from last government’

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

Evening Standard

London 'will avoid worst of Angela Rayner's council funding raid' after fears of huge tax rises and service cuts

Former deputy prime minister had proposed to channel funding away from the capital into more deprived areas of the country

Evening Standard

Home Office could move asylum seekers into pop-up buildings as it scrambles over migrant hotel crisis

Minister says plans to move away from using migrant hotels will be announced ‘within weeks’

The Independent UK

Accidental release of migrant sex offender is sign of a ‘broken’ justice system, minister says

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Progress on ending asylum hotels to be announced ‘within weeks’ – minister

Steve Reed said the Government was looking at ‘modular’ forms of building to ensure sites could go up quickly.

The Independent UK

England and Wales prison checks to be enhanced after inmate released in error

Justice secretary David Lammy to announce series of measures after Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed

The Guardian - UK

Prisons to begin extra checks after asylum seeker debacle

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly allowed to walk free after sexually assaulting a teen

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Evening Standard

Prisons to start ‘strengthened’ checks after migrant released in error

David Lammy will set out a series of measures aimed at strengthening the system as he faces questions about the blunder from MPs.

The Independent UK

Awaab’s Law: What to know as landlords issued warning over damp and mould

Campaigners are calling for new tougher requirements on fixing reported hazards to be applied urgently to the private rented sector

Evening Standard

Rental bidding wars to be banned but damp and mouldy homes still an issue as new laws come in

Awaab’s Law comes into effect forcing landlords to deal with issues of damp and mould in homes

Evening Standard

'See you at the High Court,' London residents' threat to Government in row over new China mega-embassy

Beijing is piling pressure on the Government to back the new super-embassy by threatening “consequences” if it does not do so.

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Foreign Office and Home Office drop demand for security changes at new Chinese mega-embassy in London

EXCLUSIVE: Two Whitehall departments had been requesting that a planning condition be a new ‘hard perimeter’ for part of the controversial new diplomatic complex at Royal Mint Court in Tower Hamlets

The Guardian - UK

Ministers confirm plans to reduce London’s affordable housing quotas

Developers will qualify for fast-track planning status if they include 20% affordable housing instead of current 35% target

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan gets go-ahead to slash affordable housing ratio to 20% to tackle London housing crisis

New target is announced by Housing Secretary Steve Reed after weeks of speculation - but critics say it won’t solve housing emergency

The Guardian - UK

Don’t cut London’s affordable housing quotas, Labour MPs urge ministers and mayor

Exclusive: Housing secretary and capital’s mayor face calls from within party for rethink on homebuilding plans

Evening Standard

Tories call for ethics investigation over China embassy application

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of ‘being weak (and) kowtowing to China’.

The Independent UK

UK hits back after China warns of ‘consequences’ over London mega-embassy delay

Beijing says UK has failed to ‘honour its commitments’ over approval of new embassy, which No 10 denies

Evening Standard

UK rejects claims of ‘commitments’ over proposed Chinese embassy

Beijing has threatened ‘consequences’ if ministers reject planning permission for the new embassy in London.

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