The Guardian Europe
Claire Ainsley's new book argues the centre-left can win by giving people back a sense of control - a novel idea for a party that keeps losing it.
The Guardian
HS2's Euston works will permanently consume 14,404 sq metres of green space, the replacement park is cancelled, and locals are channeling their rage into a byelection.
The Guardian Europe
UK ministers scrap plans to cut jury trials after lawyers complain, but keep plans to give magistrates more sentencing power - because nothing says 'justice' like a rushed compromise.
The Guardian
A grassroots film says sharing climate dread together beats doomscrolling alone - a bold pitch in a week that also brought 450,000 predicted El Niño deaths and a suppressed security report.
BBC Politics
Former cabinet secretary Lord Wormald got a record £860k pay-off after being fired by Starmer, proving that failure is just success with a bigger severance package.
The Guardian
Green Party members have thrown their weight behind Zack Polanski for a byelection in a Labour stronghold, because who doesn't love a good political gamble?
BBC Politics
Burnham's first Commons address as PM: a plan for more devolution, public control of essentials, and a promise to fix the 'wrong turns' since the 1980s, while Badenoch rolls her eyes.
BBC Business
Millennials still have a 25% shot at homeownership, but at least it's not as bad as it was - unless you're a construction firm, in which case, good luck.
BBC Politics
Keir Starmer donates his own biography to the Downing Street library, joining a collection of political self-promotion and eclectic reads.
BBC Politics
Watchdog slaps down Starmer and co. for calling the defence budget an 'increase' when it's really just the total - because who needs accuracy in government numbers?
BBC Politics
The Burnham bounce is real but modest, and Labour's revival owes as much to Reform's self-inflicted wounds as to the new PM's charm.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham becomes Labour leader and prime minister, promising to reverse 40 years of neoliberal policy and bring hope back to working-class communities, while keeping his actual policy plans a closely guarded secret.
BBC Politics
Sadiq Khan joins 25 others in the House of Lords, because apparently the only way to fix an unelected chamber is to keep filling it.
BBC Politics
Sir Keir Starmer bows out of PMQs with tears, standing ovations, a vintage clock, and a surprising amount of goodwill - plus jokes about Count Binface and England's World Cup hopes.
BBC Business
In a shocking move that surprises absolutely no one, the UK government nationalises British Steel to prevent the country from losing its ability to make virgin steel - and because private investors mysteriously weren't lining up to buy a plant…
The Guardian
Starmer tries to squeeze in a landmark accountability bill before his time runs out, because nothing says 'legacy' like a last-minute sprint through Parliament.
The Guardian
The UK's defence plan gets a thumbs-down from the guy who wrote the review, just in time for a chilly Nato summit.
BBC Politics
John Healey says the Treasury treats defence spending like a cost rather than an investment, leaving the UK lagging on NATO pledges and creating a £5bn hole for the next PM.
BBC Politics
Outgoing PM Sir Keir Starmer warns Andy Burnham he'll be stuck dealing with global chaos too, because apparently the world doesn't care about your domestic agenda.
BBC Politics
PM says sorry for 185,000 forced adoptions, finally admitting the state was indeed the one doing the forcing.
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