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Post Office Horizon inquiry told of ‘incomplete curiosity’ and ‘toxic culture’

Former chair of Whitehall agencies overseeing state-owned businesses gives view on what went wrong

The Guardian - UK

What is devolution and how will Keir Starmer’s Labour change Westminster’s relationships with the UK?

In the UK, devolved authorities operate in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as well as in other areas including London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Tees Valley

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner scraps levelling up 'slogan' branding it a 'gimmick'

The new Labour government said levelling up ‘wasn’t a thing that people felt in their communities’

Evening Standard

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Thames Water to tap investors for funds as it will run out of cash by next June

Company is laden with £15.2bn of debt, up £1.3bn on the previous year, most of which could be added to the public purse

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner to kickstart new era of devolution

On fifth day in office, PM and deputy will meet England’s regional mayors as Labour draws up new bill for king’s speech

The Guardian - UK

Labour must avoid release of high-risk offenders in prison plans, charity warns

Refuge raises concerns over measures to ease overcrowding in England and Wales after mistakes made under Tories

The Guardian - UK

Poor state of Thames Water a ‘critical risk’ to UK, Starmer and Reeves told

Exclusive: Whitehall warns firm’s deteriorating infrastructure and £15.6bn debt pose urgent problem

The Guardian - UK

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Tony Blair’s new dawn of 1997 offers landslide lessons for Keir Starmer

The Guardian’s political editor in 1997 recalls the optimism then and what went wrong in the transition from opposition to power

The Guardian - UK

Maurice Wright obituary

Other lives: Former professor of government at Manchester University whose focus shifted from Whitehall to the tiger economies of Asia

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves, Morgan McSweeney: the Labour power list as Sue Gray resigns

As Sue Gray exits, read our ultimate guide to the most influential figures in the Labour government

Evening Standard

‘No-drama Starmer’: How Labour would govern

‘It’s not politics as spectacle. It’s politics designed to get better outcomes,’ says one insider, as Starmer looks to cut NHS waiting lists and improve security

The Guardian - UK

Lacking hope, desperate for change: the UK towns devastated by Tory rule

Across Britain, the impact of austerity has reached breaking point, but few believe Labour will turn things around

The Guardian - UK

Sir Howard Bernstein obituary

Public servant who spearheaded the regeneration of post-industrial Manchester as the city council’s chief executive

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak: I'll fire up London with plan to ease housing crisis and boost West End

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister speaks to the Evening Standard on how the Tories would get London’s economy thriving

Evening Standard

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The National (Scotland)

Parliamentary sovereignty must end to protect Union, politics expert says

PARLIAMENTARY sovereignty should be removed in the UK and the Sewel Convention must be immediately enshrined into law to protect devolution and…

The Independent UK

Labour consider biggest Whitehall shake-up in decades as Keir Starmer strives to deliver key manifesto pledges

Plans to help party drive its policies through the civil service overseen by Sue Gray, who wrote Partygate report into Boris Johnson

Homes & Gardens

These are the most stylish front door numbers you can shop right now – for a beautiful first impression

Upgrade your entryway with these front door number ideas to improve your curb appeal

The Conversation

Keir Starmer’s Trident triple lock: how Britain’s obsession with nuclear weapons has become part of election campaigns

With a campaign slogan of “change”, Keir Starmer is on a mission to persuade the electorate that the Labour party of 2024 is different to the one of 2019. Part of this is his unequivocal “triple lock” commitment to Trident, the UK’s nuclear weapon system.

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The Guardian - UK

Why Labour staffers and MPs don’t say no to ‘power behind the throne’ Sue Gray

Starmer’s chief of staff came with a reputation as an inquisitor and is not one to work in the shadows

TechRadar

UK Government security debt is putting public sector cybersecurity at risk

New research shows that the UK public sector has a worrying amount of security debt, and it will take a while to fix

The Guardian - UK

Can Labour bring Britain the major reset we need?

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Martin Kettle on Britain’s democracy and governance

Evening Standard

OPINION - There is something very British about the infected blood scandal

As much as the seven-volume report that it launched, Sir Brian Langstaff’s remarkable speech yesterday at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster was a milestone in the history of the modern British state. Its specific theme was the contaminated blood scandal in which 30,000 people were infected with HIV or…

The Independent UK

‘Nothing will change’ after damning blood report warns Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings

Also accuses prime minister Rishi Sunak of delivering a ‘bullshit’ apology for the scandal

The Independent UK

Infected blood scandal: Calls for Hillsborough law to stop future NHS cover-ups as £10bn compensation unveiled

A £10 bn compensation package is set to be outlined in parliament today for all those affected by the blood scandal

Evening Standard

Police to look 'very carefully' at corporate manslaughter charges for infected blood scandal, says minister

The Infected Blood Inquiry delivered a damning report into the biggest treatment scandal in NHS history

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