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Whitehall official rounds on ‘outdated’ and ‘completely incompetent’ department

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Social Democrat positioned himself as the outgoing chancellor’s ‘natural heir’

Governors’ association says inmates might have to be released early as jail population grows

Political ‘bulldozer’ hits the skids as Green Party quits governing coalition

PM’s inner circle in spotlight after weeks of disorder and damaging headlines

Tories said to be ‘sharpening their knives’ after rambling address and rebellion in the Commons

Tory MPs concerned PM ‘lacks strategy’ and presides over a cabinet of ‘nodding dogs’

Is there any point promoting ‘Global Britain’ while the threat of an EU trade war lingers?

Boris Johnson has ‘a moral duty to set this right’, said The Observer

Last week, a record 1,185 migrants crossed the Channel to Kent in small boats

Cuts to high-speed rail links ‘undermine’ government’s key policy, say northern leaders

Boris Johnson claims sleaze attacks do ‘disservice’ to citizens of genuinely ‘dirty’ nations

Ex-governor wooing ‘never Trumpers’ in early bid for Republican support in presidential contest

Labour say Johnson’s new proposals are ‘not specific’ and ‘watered down’

Tory branded a ‘Jurassic embarrassment’ after blocking Owen Paterson U-turn

Boris Johnson says triggering the clause is ‘perfectly legitimate’ as Northern Ireland Protocol talks remain deadlocked

Vice president’s allies reportedly fear for her political future

Former president to sell Washington D.C. hotel for hundreds of millions of dollars

Former minister’s resignation amid sleaze row triggered vote in the traditionally Conservative constituency

Glasgow climate summit could be extended to find agreement as fraught talks continue

Two Labour lawmakers and 15 Tories claimed total of £1.3m for rental costs while letting out own properties

Labour’s Charlotte Nichols blames medication after allegedly being removed from Gibraltar airport in wheelchair

Tory MPs angry with Johnson for ‘marching them up the hill only to march them down again’

Vicki Young and Jon Sopel tipped as potential successors

Tory MP accused of ‘brazen breach of the rules’ after new video footage emerges

Boris Johnson has been reprimanded by standards committee for ‘over-casual attitude’ to parliamentary rules

Covid passports and ‘no jab, no job’ rules are becoming more commonplace across the world

Robin Swann’s lawyer says defamation proceedings against music legend are ‘at an advanced stage’

Owen Paterson case shines light on financial activities outside Westminster

Conservative lead over Labour falls following dramatic U-turn over MPs standards watchdog

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