🚨📝 NEW COLUMN Energy bills need to come down Otherwise, net zero is dead Labour says it (finally) gets it - but the Budget is only a start No wonder Blair's think-tank is saying 'cheap power' must come before 'clean power'

The guest on the next episode of Private Passions is Keir Starmer! https://t.co/4UjvXuJ9OW Will be *very* interesting - believe he has a genuine love of classical music, let's see if he allows his passion to show for once...

@theipaper Story here by @whazell & @rhaniealalas:

PM told @theipaper et al: "The only area in which it will be mandatory is proving your right to work. Beyond that, totally voluntary. If you want to work, you’ve got to have it. That’s because we’ve got too many people who are working illegally, and we’ve got to clamp down on it"

NEW JERSEY: Get to know MIKIE SHERRILL: —Voted to RAISE taxes by $3,700 —Voted to give ILLEGALS taxpayer-funded healthcare —Voted to CUT the child tax credit And Sherrill has NO idea what to do as Governor. 🤯 Vote AGAINST her on Nov. 4th.

Starmer relaunched digital ID yesterday - insisting that it *won't* be compulsory (unless you want to get a job or claim benefits!) He also denies that the policy will force people to carry smartphones: "If they do want an ID, we will make another form available to them"

🚨SCOOP: UK AISI has hired GCHQ's former chief AI officer as its new interim director. Adam Beaumont recently took over from Oliver Ilott, @ReadTransformer learned. @AISecurityInst confirmed the news when we asked for comment.

#MISSING | Have you seen Matthew, 15? He was last seen on Tuesday, 7 October wearing a grey Nike jumper and joggers with white and blue trainers. Matthew has links to North-East London. If you have any information, please contact the police on 101, quoting reference

Now confirmed. Govt will also offer housebuilders time-limited relief from Infrastructure Levy, which pays for roads, schools etc in bid to get houses built faster. Big changes to building in the capital...

Further evidence for what I've written about for @theipaper this week. After a blip following Covid, crime is generally on a downward trend in the UK. But you wouldn't know it from social media

Political elites have tried 'eat your vegetables for the greater good' before It didn't work Read the column here @theipaper:

Reform and (to a lesser extent) the Tories are offering a simple solution - ditch the net zero agenda and don't worry about climate change If voters face ever-higher bills, then this solution will seem increasingly attractive

Story in @theipaper here:

Exclusive: Labour to allow London developers time-limited cut to affordable homes target or risk having to share profits with councils

Model Y Standard & Model 3 Standard are here

@theipaper @eleanormia @paulwaugh The first edition of our new-look newsletter, Politics Unwrapped, is out now - looking at the politics of the state pension in the run-up to the Budget Read it here: https://t.co/iQFip9Fx6w Subscribe here:

RT @alexwickham: NEW: Bloomberg @economics estimates that lower government borrowing costs caused by falling bond yields over the past week…

Some big reductions in gilt yields in recent days. It's unclear whether or not the OBR have already closed their forecast window, and so unclear whether it will feed directly into Budget calculations, but it's good news for the Chancellor regardless.

Remember the UK gilt freakout from early September?

@theipaper @eleanormia Exciting new chapter for our politics email offering, originally helmed by me and then by @paulwaugh before he jumped ship for a different life - @eleanormia will do a great job with this new format

Big day for @theipaper - we're relaunching our politics email Politics Unwrapped, helmed by @eleanormia, will take the biggest Westminster stories and break them down so they actually mean something Sign up here to get it in your inbox every afternoon: https://t.co/vKDJgxaJtR

The legacy continues Full story 📝 https://t.co/li9vwFIuKZ 🐻 #YouBears

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