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 leader Zack Polanski faces a local rival who says the seat needs a real presence, not just a leaflet - and he won't even move there.
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.
The Guardian
Family of Adrian Howe, a former Vodafone manager who drowned days before his franchise launch, calls for 'Adrian's law' to protect franchisees after Vodafone settled a £85m claim over alleged 'unjust enrichment.'
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…
BBC Politics
MPs are expected to finally pass the Hillsborough Law, which requires public officials to tell the truth - a radical concept that took 36 years and 97 deaths to propose.
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
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.
BBC Politics
Outgoing PM Starmer leaves Burnham with a £4.7bn defence funding gap, because who wants a clean handover?
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