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Watch: National flagship plans terminated by Defence Secretary

A £250 million scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped as part of a squeeze on government spending. The national flagship plan was sunk by Rishi Sunak’s administration as Whitehall braced for cuts in the November 17 autumn statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The…

Evening Standard

Sunk: Boris Johnson’s £250million ‘national flagship’ plan scrapped in cost cutting drive

Plan to create Royal Yacht Britannia successor sunk by Rishi Sunak’s administration as Whitehall braces for autumn statement cuts

Evening Standard

Secretive medal committee which denies honours to veterans will be reviewed, vows Labour

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey promises to "look again" at the system for honouring service personnel after a series of scandals

Daily Mirror

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Rees-Mogg’s plans to axe all EU laws will cripple Whitehall, says leading Brexiter

MP Theresa Villiers says proposal to axe thousands of laws is unworkable and unnecessary

The Guardian - UK

Health chiefs 'running emergency drills' in case bird flu spreads among humans

The bird flu virus that is causing havoc for poultry farming could spread to humans and Whitehall officials have reportedly said that emergency drills are being practiced in case it should happen

Daily Mirror

MPs criticise Whitehall free-for-all on reporting emissions

Committee says vague guidance and lack of follow-up make it hard for public to hold government to account

The Guardian - UK

More austerity, more division, more decline: Sunak is merely a sequel in a tired Tory franchise

The new prime minister’s main redeeming quality is that he is not his predecessors. What a sorry waste of 12 years in power

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Government is failing to lead on cutting carbon emissions, say MPs

The Commons Public Accounts Committee said fragmented and vague guidance has led to low compliance in Whitehall with net zero target

Wales Online

Government tests energy blackout emergency plans as supply fears grow

Exclusive: Whitehall officials have ‘war gamed’ Programme Yarrow, a blueprint for coping with outages for up to a week

The Guardian - UK

'Under the Tories the rich get richer and the poor get poorer - let's vote for change'

Mirror reader Eric Roberts is furious that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won't say where the inevitable spending cuts will fall, as well as postponing the much-anticipated Autumn Statement. Is it time for an overhaul at Whitehall - what do YOU think?

Daily Mirror

Latest on £3bn North East devolution deal as councils start talks with Rishi Sunak's government

One council chief executive warned that the recent upheaval in Westminster has made it 'really tricky' to know when the long-awaited deal could be agreed at last

Chronicle Live

UK ministers to scrap target of cutting 91,000 civil service jobs

Graduate fast-stream recruitment to resume but jobs target could be replaced by budget cuts

The Guardian - UK

System of government in England ‘overly centralised’ and ‘opaque’

MPs have said Whitehall wields too much power as they called for an overhaul of governance systems.

The Independent UK

Mobiles are inherently insecure, which might be a surprise to British politicians

We may never know just what happened with Liz Truss’s mobile, but it’s clear that ministers need to up their security game

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Tory peer apparently misled watchdog investigating his alleged misconduct

House of Lords watchdog has been examining Earl of Shrewsbury over his work for healthcare firm

The Guardian - UK

Taxes must rise to plug £40bn black hole in Sunak and Hunt’s budget

There’s limited scope for further spending cuts so the PM and chancellor must surely look to higher taxation to repair damage done by the mini-budget

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t embarrass the king’: Liz Truss told to forgo a lengthy honours list

Former prime minister could be told to limit rewards for allies and friends after her disastrous seven-week tenure

The Guardian - UK

Voters choose Sunak’s Tories over Labour to repair economy, new poll reveals

Rishi Sunak’s arrival in Downing Street is already helping to rebuild the party’s reputation for financial management

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Manchester Evening News

Could levelling up mean ditching directly-elected mayors?

The report considered the Government's Levelling Up White Paper and made seven recommendations

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman ‘was probed over national security leak’ in January OLD

Opposition claims Home Secretary is nicknamed ‘leaky Sue’ by officials on Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England left in the dark ahead of new interest rate decision

With fiscal statement deferred and mixed government messaging on tax and spending the BoE has little to go on

Wales Online

The full devolution of criminal justice to Wales is the best way forward, argues new book

A new book makes a powerful case for the devolution of criminal justice to Wales

The Guardian - UK

Sunak vows to bring ‘integrity’ to No 10 but gambles by restoring Braverman

New PM pledges to fix ‘mistakes’ of predecessor but return of former home secretary alarms some MPs

Daily Mirror

Former RAF pilots who went to China to train its air force stole secrets for Britain

A small group of British pilots were asked to "wear two hats" by the British government in a bid to play "China at its own game”, it has been revealed by Whitehall sources

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall fears Hunt’s spending cuts could tip UK into deep recession

Chancellor’s fiscal plan by Halloween would be too rushed, say officials

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