BBC Business
Chancellor John Healey unveils a £150m fund for northern firms, promising growth in every postcode, while experts and opposition leaders question whether it's enough to move the needle.
BBC Business
PwC report reveals that for 46% of UK households, economic growth is like a rumor - everyone's heard of it, but no one's seen the benefits, especially north of Watford Gap.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham's first PMQs showed that even a social media-savvy PM can't escape the ancient ritual of political mud-wrestling.
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 Politics
Tugendhat swaps one shadowy role for another, Patel goes on a global conservative charm offensive, and Cleverly chases a mayoral dream that's still a few years and a lot of paperwork away.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham's summer of love ends as Parliament returns, where he'll face PMQs, a tricky prisons row, and a Budget that could define his premiership - all while trying to keep his own MPs happy.
The Guardian Europe
James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, claiming the city is the 'philosophical heart' of the Tories. Sadiq Khan, meanwhile, may or may not be 'asleep at the wheel'.
BBC Politics
From #Milifandom to pub snack memes, UK politicians are desperately trying to be 'relatable' online, but does any of it actually win votes? Spoiler: maybe not.
BBC Politics
Kemi Badenoch writes a letter to Clacton promising a 'serious' Tory candidate - but only after Nigel Farage's self-serving by-election circus winds down.
The Guardian Europe
A former Tory chief whip sees Kemi Badenoch overtaking Nigel Farage in the betting odds, and thinks she might just be the one to save the Conservatives from themselves.
BBC Politics
Tories pick ex-neo-Nazi jailed for antisemitic abuse as candidate; leader says he's rehabilitated, but a peer suggests there should be a bar for public office - like, say, not being a Nazi.
The Guardian
The Telegraph publishes climate change pieces that make sense, prompting readers to wonder if they've stumbled into an alternate dimension.
The Guardian
Andy Burnham races the clock to decide which rapists stay locked up while the prison system threatens to collapse under its own weight - because apparently, there's no room at the inn.
BBC Politics
Lucy Powell says student loans are 'egregious' and at the top of her in-tray, which is basically the political equivalent of putting something on your to-do list and hoping it resolves itself.
BBC Politics
Kemi Badenoch demands emergency legislation to stop early prisoner releases - a scheme her own party started, then left Labour to clean up.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham's first day as PM involves working from a new northern branch of No 10 in Manchester, because why not decentralize power with a side of irony?
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham's transition from Manchester mayor to PM forces a wardrobe reckoning: will the king of casuals surrender to the tie, or keep his Adidas trainers in No 10?
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 Politics
Andy Burnham's Labour promises speed and emotional openness; opposition parties want actual policies, not just a relocated postcode.
The Guardian
Lucy Powell says No 10 was a boys club that silenced women via nasty briefings, and hopes Andy Burnham will bring a meritocracy where feet stay on the floor.
The Good Times
One sardonic roundup, delivered on your schedule. Free. Unsubscribe whenever your tolerance for wit runs out.
Already subscribed but we never reach your inbox? Check your spam folder and hit 'Not spam' (or 'Remove from spam') to bust us out of junk-mail purgatory. You'll be helping everyone else too.
The Good Times
One sardonic roundup, delivered on your schedule. Free. Unsubscribe whenever your tolerance for wit runs out.
Already subscribed but we never reach your inbox? Check your spam folder and hit 'Not spam' (or 'Remove from spam') to bust us out of junk-mail purgatory. You'll be helping everyone else too.
Don't open any of our emails for a month and you'll be automatically removed from the mailing list.