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Rishi Sunak’s NFT – ‘national embarrassment’ – a look into the strange NFT announcemnt from the UK government.

Rishi Sunak says ‘smears’ over wife’s tax affairs are a ‘political hit job’ The Metro says Rishi Sunak believes revelations about his wife’s tax affairs…

The Guardian says Rishi Sunak’s wife has potentially avoided up to £20m in UK tax by being non-domiciled and pays £30,000 a year to keep the status.

BBC News says Rishi Sunak has defended his wife’s tax affairs, calling reports on her non-domicile status “unpleasant smears”.

The Metro says Rishi Sunak’s wife does not pay taxes to the British government for money she earns abroad, it has been revealed.

The Metro says President Joe Biden endured an awkward moment with lawmakers ignoring him and flocking to ex-President Barack Obama, who returned to the White House for the first time since terming out.

UK government freezes assets of Russia’s largest bank in latest sanctions The Independent says the UK has imposed an asset freeze on the Kremlin’s largest…

The Independent says the Government has promised to take back control of energy prices through boosts to nuclear, wind, solar and hydrogen in its long-awaited energy strategy.

The Guardian says the UK will impose an asset freeze on Russia’s largest bank, place sanctions on eight more oligarchs and end imports of oil and coal by next year, the foreign secretary has said.

The Guardian says Rishi Sunak’s multi-millionaire wife claims non-domicile status, it has emerged, which allows her to save millions of pounds in tax on dividends collected from her family’s IT business empire.

The Guardian says about 50 Tory MPs could force the government to toughen up its ban on conversion practices by backing a move to extend the protections to transgender people.

The Independent says the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said the national insurance rise comes “at the wrong moment” amid the cost-of-living crisis, as the tax hike for millions for workers kicked in.

The Independent says Cabinet minister Sajid Javid has repeatedly dodged questions of whether Boris Johnson presided over “widespread criminality” in No 10 as the Metropolitan Police continue their partygate probe.

The Independent says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to make an historic address to the Irish Parliament later.

The Guardian says it was one of the Conservatives’ most controversial cuts: waging war on the UK’s “benefit culture” by restricting social security payments that supposedly enabled “welfare scroungers” to have large families they could ill-afford.

The Guardian says ministers are refusing to disclose any pictures taken by official No 10 photographers of illegal gatherings held inside Downing Street.

Aljazeera says Gotabaya Rajapaksa has revoked a state of emergency after dozens of MPs walked out of the ruling coalition, which has been struggling to quell protests over economic downturn.

The Metro says Chancellor Rishi Sunak has asked the Royal Mint to create the UK government’s first ever NFT.

The Metro says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to give a speech to MPs in the Commons on Tuesday, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.

The Independent says LGBTQ charity Stonewall and 80 other organisations have pulled out of a UK government conference over its transgender conversion therapy U-turn.

The Independent says Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition lost its majority in parliament on Tuesday amid growing unrest in the country over an economic crisis.

The Guardian says civil service chiefs are braced for the behaviour of top Whitehall officials to be severely criticised in the Sue Gray partygate report.

The Guardian says Nadine Dorries, is pushing ahead with controversial plans to privatise Channel 4, with the government backing proposals to sell off the broadcaster after 40 years in public ownership.

The Guardian says the west must not lift sanctions against Russia until all its troops have left Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is unable to mount such an offensive again, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.

In this week’s In Conversation, journalist Yvonne Ridley discusses Scottish independence with Kevin McKenna ‘who speaks without favour or influence from any political party or politician.