NEW: Labour is getting fighty again on Brexit Ministers are now deliberately talking about Brexit harms to pitch-roll for the budget, where the OBR will say the impact of leaving is worse than thought But there are overlapping strategies and huge danger https://t.co/Ucx0zQ8qdP

💼🧐 Since she was moved in the reshuffle, Yvette Cooper has been directing the FCDO to work more closely on tackling illegal migration — redeploying staff — ordering cooperation between FCDO and Home Office staff abroad — prioritising migration in international summits

Every quarter since Labour took power has set a new record high for homeless families in England. Today's update takes the figure to 172,000 children in temporary accommodation. This is the primary metric on which I will judge Labour on housing. It is failing badly.

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Interesting pivot from Government, calling out Brexit's role in on our economic woes Started in Starmer's conference speech But invites question: how much closer should we get to EU to fix this? Customs union? Single market? Rejoin? Is that where they want the discussion to go?

Russia trying to make it a very difficult winter for Ukraine, via Veronika Melkozerova in Kyiv European allies may have to step in and shore up Ukraine's gas supplies https://t.co/AVV1kV83LB

⚖️ NEW: Inside Britain’s broken justice machine ⚖️ I spent a week visiting crown courts in England to see how f*cked it all is ⚖️ Trials being scheduled for Dec 2029 — hence the 80k case backlog ⚖️ But also endless delays mid-trial & for sentencing etc https://t.co/v8JzSL4f7V

🧨NEW: Westminster Insider. Where next for the Tories? Populism? Centrism? Relevance? Irrelevance? @MelJStride @JamesCleverly @PennyMordaunt @RobertBuckland @grantshapps Heseltine @NewsAnnabelle And @KemiBadenoch in the @politico pub. Listen here!

"One of the most interesting articles I have ever read on POLITICO" says one very kind reader (via email, not on X of course, no-one's that nice here) Nevertheless... give it a read: https://t.co/tjvDwEUyHi

Jon Butterworth oversees thousands of miles of transmission pipelines transporting gas to power the UK — but that's just his day job. If enemies like Russia were ever to attack British energy supplies, he’s the man on the frontline. https://t.co/gxaEoDD1OB

You probably don't know what - or who - Britain's Network Emergency Coordinator is But come an energy shock (say, a Nord Stream style attack on British gas pipelines), one official has sweeping powers to keep supplies flowing to essential services @CharlieCooper8 story ⬇️

Europe's big Russian LNG buyers still struggling to kick the habit...

- Reveals government considering putting national gas control room into a bunker for security reasons - In emergency, as "NEC" he'd be the Chris Whitty figure, informing + warning the public and making huge decisions about gas supply for industry + homes https://t.co/tjvDwEU0RK

NEW: Our interview with National Gas boss Jon Butterworth on his little-known role as "network emergency coordinator" should the UK experience a gas supply crisis - Geopolitical situation + Russia threat has increased risk, he says 👇

Behind the curtain of “charity,” the same elite networks pull every string — shaping education, media, and policy from the top down. When philanthropy becomes theater, democracy takes a back seat.

NEW Former Tory PM Theresa May calls Kemi Badenoch's plan to scrap the Climate Change Act "a catastrophic mistake" "I am deeply disappointed by this retrograde step which upends 17 years of consensus between our main political parties and the scientific community."

🔴 NEW: Welcome to the "let Keir be Keir" era Calling Farage policy "racist" was unplanned — he just spoke his mind, says a person who knows PM well Yesterday's speech was product of his own thoughts, teased out for months Our big conference wrap ⏬ https://t.co/tN2PCHRoDT

International climate action is a long way from the top of the Labour conference agenda But it still really matters to the grassroots of the party — who will want to see Starmer representing on the world stage again this year https://t.co/GjE5xm0CHr

🔥Burnham would beat Starmer among Labour members by two to one if there were a leadership contest today - exclusive poll for Sky News. A poll of 704 Labour members taken a week ago by YouGov found that 62% would back Mr Burnham, 29% would back Sir Keir. https://t.co/CHGkvg9XoP

Anas Sarwar rules out any kind of Scottish Labour deal with Reform — via @9andrewmcdonald interview

I wrote this about the dawn of the post-literate society and the end of civilisation https://t.co/V0xxKeS8MJ

EU to "fast-track" phase-out of Russian LNG to 1 Jan 2027 (Although that will be nearly five years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine so, actually, not very "fast" at all)