The Guardian – ‘Ruthless reshuffle, lays ground for election’
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The Guardian – ‘Ruthless reshuffle, lays ground for election’
The Guardian suggests that the PM is laying “the groundwork for the next general election”. The paper looks at what it calls the “surprise” appointment of Nadine Dorries as culture secretary, claiming the move appears to signal No 10’s determination to continue pursuing the culture wars. However, it quotes Downing Street sources as saying she had not been put in place to pursue an “anti-woke agenda”.
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Head of government’s new value for money office to be paid £950 a day
Head of government’s new value for money office to be paid £950 a day David Goldstone to advise chancellor and chief secretary to the Treasury on ways to cut public spending. David Goldstone, the government’s new value for money chair, will receive a daily salary rate of £950, it has been reported. The position was announced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as part of Wednesday’s budget statement. She said Goldstone, who will be in post
Rachel Reeves’s big tax-and-spend budget dissected – podcast
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Nuclear submarine shipyard fire at Barrow-in-Furness leaves two in hospital
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AI images, child sexual abuse and a ‘first prosecution of its kind’ – podcast
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Researchers study treatment for chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors
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Reeves’s radical change to fiscal rules could go further – New Zealand shows how
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