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Elementor #577889January 10, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Ex-Post Office chief hands back CBE as scandal grows The Guardian says the former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells is to hand back her CBE over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of staff, with over 100 more potential victims having come forward in recent weeks.Vennells said on Tuesday she would return the award given to her in 2019 as the fallout from ITV’s drama about the scandal continues to grow.The front page reports on France’s new Prime Minister – who has taken up office…

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Elementor #577882January 10, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Vennells hands back CBE and apologies: At last! The Metro leads with former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells agreeing to give back her CBE following a national outrage.The Post Office scandal, which saw hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters wrongfully prosecuted because a faulty computer system made it look like money was missing, continues to dominate the papers. The paper says the news that Paula Vennells, head of the Post Office between 2012 and 2019, has forfeited her CBE after an online petition gained 1.2 millio signatures.The…

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Elementor #577869January 10, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Kate stood by me … now I want justice for all of us The postmaster who ran the Post Office in the Berkshire village where the Princess of Wales and her family lived has demanded for every conviction issued during the scandal to be overturned, writes The Sun.Hasmukh Shingadia, 63, runs a shop in Upper Bucklebury, the village where Kate grew up, and says she and her family, the Middletons, “supported me a lot” while he fought to get a suspended sentence for false accounting…

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Elementor #577863January 10, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Rebels fire warning shot at PM over Rwanda bill Rishi Sunak will face a showdown with Tory rebels after they issued a series of demands to toughen up the new Rwanda deportation laws, The Daily Express leads with.The paper says around 30 MPs are backing plans put forward by former immigration minister Robert Jenrick that would include measures to stop European courts from blocking deportations. It quotes Mr Jenrick saying that the “stakes could not be higher”. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t…

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Elementor #577856January 10, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Post Office Scandal: Shameful A widow has told the Daily Mirror how her husband was “destroyed” by the Post Office scandal. Marion Holmes tells the paper that husband Peter died in 2015 still considered a criminal because he was blamed after £46,000 appeared to go missing from the Post Office he ran. The paper also says it’s “shameful” that Fujitsu, the tech company behind the software that caused the scandal, still earns £100m a year from government contracts. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t…

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Tory group of MPs aim to force changes to Rwanda Bill A team of Conservative MPs, led by former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, aims to bring amendments to the government’s main Rwanda Bill.  The group, consisting of approximately 40 MPs, say that these changes will “strengthen” the law and help curb people smuggling into the UK via small boats. According to Jenrick, the current draft of the Bill is insufficient. Backing Jenrick’s stance are former prime minister Liz Truss, former home secretary Suella Braverman, former party leader Iain Duncan Smith, and former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg. At least nine former…

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China tells US it will ‘never compromise’ on Taiwan China recently held its first military talks with the US since 2021, emphasising that it will “never compromise” on the Taiwan issue. In the discussions, China urged the US to “stop arming Taiwan” and take its concerns seriously. It comes just before important elections in Taiwan, which could influence the island’s relationship with Beijing. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, while Taiwan considers itself separate from the Chinese mainland.  The ministry emphasised that the US must take China’s concerns seriously and insisted that China would not make any concessions…

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How Gabriel Attal became France’s youngest-ever prime minister EU

After a swift rise up the ranks, 34-year-old Gabriel Attal took the reins as France’s new prime minister on Tuesday. With a background steeped in privilege, the first openly gay head of government is expected to bring new energy to President Emmanuel Macron’s government, which has been weakened by months of protests over pension reform, the lack of a parliamentary majority and low approval ratings.

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Succession? Macron picks Gabriel Attal as youngest French Prime Minister EU

New year, new face.France’s youngest-ever president naming the country’s youngest-ever prime minister. We willl ask why Emmanuel Macron chose to replace Elisabeth Borne with Gabriel Attal and chart the meteoric rise of a 34-year old Parisian who has already enjoyed stints as city councilor, party spokesperson, budget minister, government spokesperson and most recently education minister.

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