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The cost of renting is hitting record highs – but it’s not the same everywhere

Gray’s report on Downing Street lockdown parties is due out today

Civil service chief Simon Case could bear the brunt of the report’s findings, while Johnson looks set to hold off backbench rebellion for now

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

Virus could become endemic, EU health chiefs warn

UK braced for ‘summer of discontent’ over threats to staff pensions and jobs

Fresh evidence that PM attended lockdown event triggers more questions about misleading Parliament

Industry source points to ‘red flashing light’ of Ofcom contingency plans for nationwide outages

The backbench pressure group is among a growing number vyying for political influence

Sinn Fein’s rise amid Northern Ireland Protocol row is a ‘critical moment’ for nation

How the country celebrated the Queen’s major milestones across the decades

Cabinet Secretary at risk of being used as ‘human shield’ when Sue Gray reports

Economists predict Scottish transition would fail to curb increasing interest rates and inequality

PM warned Sue Gray report could force him to quit

Eight towns have been honoured to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne

Anglo-Indian brothers top this year’s list of the country’s billionaires

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PM to bolster Downing Street at expense of Cabinet Office

PM plans to cut a fifth of the civil service, or 91,000 jobs, within three years

Conclusion of police investigation paves way for senior civil servant’s Partygate report to be published

The Queen makes a surprise visit to Paddington Station to open new line

Watt absent from ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial after being accused of doing her client’s ‘dirty work’

Jet left Scottish airport after flights were banned between UK and Russia

Home secretary proposing to curb mayoral influence over Met hiring and firing decisions

The government was elected in 2019 on an ‘unrealistic’ pledge to build 300,000 homes a year

Sources say chancellor may bring forward 1p income tax cut roll as inflation hits 40-year high

Conservative Party bracing for further sexual misconduct allegations

‘Toxic combination’ of factors make Britain especially vulnerable to economic pain

Spike in deadly attacks blamed on ‘impulse purchases through lockdown’

The government announced earlier this month it would send £1.3bn in military support to war-torn country

Proposal for upper house to move out of London causes a stir

Blackpool forward, 17, is the UK’s only openly gay male professional footballer

Speculation mounting that Labour and the Lib Dems will agree a joint anti-Tory strategy

A one-off levy could fund measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis, says Labour