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Why ‘grifter’ has become the go-to political insult of 2025

These days it’s not enough to disagree with opponents – it seems we have to accuse them of being con artists too, says Britain editor of the New Statesman, Anoosh Chakelian

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch plays down prospect of leadership coup after Tory reshuffle

The New Statesman reported that many MPs who backed Mrs Badenoch in the last leadership contest have privately turned on her.

Evening Standard

Unite canvass members on cutting ties with Labour

LABOUR faces losing its biggest union backer as reps are being canvassed on cutting ties with the party, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

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Who is Rachel Reeves' sister? Meet the Labour MP Ellie Reeves

Ellie Reeves is a Labour MP and the sister of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Evening Standard

Voices: Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you

COMMENT: The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine)

The Independent UK

Labour peer calls for ‘arrogant’ attorney general to be sacked

Blue Labour founder Maurice Glasman also calls Richard Hermer a ‘progressive fool’ in New Statesman interview

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour top brass brand Keir Starmer's government 'shitshow' – reports

SENIOR Scottish Labour figures believe the party’s first seven months in power have been a “shitshow”, reports say ...

The National (Scotland)

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Who is Torsten Bell? The new pensions minister pegged as Britain's future chancellor

From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister

Evening Standard

'It is false': Wife of Noam Chomsky says reports of linguist's death are untrue

NOAM Chomsky’s wife says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue.

The National (Scotland)

Noam Chomsky's wife says reports of 95-year-old activist's death are false

Chomsky is seen by many as a global symbol of protest and independence

Evening Standard

Noam Chomsky’s wife debunks ‘false’ reports of famed linguist’s death

Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue

The Independent UK

‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor

He called her Tiny. She called him Bruno. In this speech from today’s memorial service to the novelist, the legendary magazine editor celebrates her cocky, beguiling and witheringly funny star writer

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Buchi Emecheta

The Nigerian author of Second Class Citizen wrote from real-life experience about the universal problems of poverty and oppression that could be the burdens of women everywhere

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s richest 10% don’t think they’re wealthy – and that’s disastrous in the fight against inequality

Labour’s plan to charge private schools VAT has caused predictable uproar and revealed skewed perceptions of wealth, says the New Statesman’s Anoosh Chakelian

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Evening Standard

Derek Draper: the man he was before his tragic Covid battle

A 'ruthless' political lobbyist, a 'huge character' and the love of Kate Garraway's life. Emma Loffhagen looks back on the life of Derek Draper

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Lumsden obituary

Journalist and leading gay rights campaigner who helped set up Gay News and the first Pride march in 1972

The Guardian - UK

Loud and uncowed: how UnHerd owner Paul Marshall became Britain’s newest media mogul

UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it – who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories – is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?

The National (Scotland)

Labour bid 'to block debates on Brexit and two-child cap at conference'

LABOUR are facing stiff criticism amid reports that internal rules will be tweaked to block grassroots attempts to discuss issues such…

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The Guardian - UK

From the brains behind Brexit: an HS2 for the north that doesn’t actually go there

The Conservatives have turned a promising national upgrade into an absurdity, says writer and journalist Jonn Elledge

The Guardian - UK

In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta review – ‘a documentary novel’ from the 1970s

Reissued as a Penguin Classic, the late Nigerian-born novelist’s debut work evokes life at the mercy of the welfare state in London with a sharp and wry eye

The Week

Why are so many local councils on the brink of bankruptcy?

As many as 30 councils are at risk of bankruptcy and the UK’s local government funding system is “completely broken”, according to a new survey of the sector.

The Guardian - UK

Former newspaper editor given suspended sentence for viewing child sexual abuse

Peter Wilby, former editor of the Independent on Sunday, had more than 100 indecent images of children on his computer

The National (Scotland)

UK Health Secretary's former aide calls for 'full privatisation' of NHS

A FORMER aide to Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called for the “full privatisation” of the NHS.

The Week

Early retirees: should they get on their bikes?

Although for decades he was greeted by cries of “on your bike” wherever he went, Norman Tebbit never told anyone to get on a bike, said John Elledge in The New Statesman. He merely recalled, at the Tory conference in 1981, that during the Depression, his father had pedalled around…

Fortune

Meet the 29-year-old doctor leading Bryan Johnson’s $2 million per year reverse aging process, which reportedly costs up to $1,000 an hour

“I love competition, and turning rejuvenation into a scientifically valid competition is very exciting,” Zolman once said.

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