The Government’s counterintuitive approach to house-building
Plus: Huw Edwards and the BBC; GPs take action; Labour’s pensioner squeeze; silly sports commentary; and the best way to open champagne
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Plus: Huw Edwards and the BBC; GPs take action; Labour’s pensioner squeeze; silly sports commentary; and the best way to open champagne
Institute for Government says frontbenchers should decamp to government buildings away from capital to improve performance
TfL to hand millions to councils across London to build more of the controversial traffic prevention measures
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Mayor of London courts young people with bandwagon-jumping reference to viral pop trend from singer Charli XCX
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I’m never going in the water again, says woman who filmed footage of the creature swimming near London’s Hammersmith Bridge
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Abdul Ezedi threw himself off London’s Chelsea Bridge as officers launched their search
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Four people arrested on suspicion of the murder of Rene Graham after reports of rising tensions between youths in the area
The grey Burmese suffered a slight graze to its chin but did not break any bones after landing on a pile of leaves