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TROTT ON!
Just weeks after chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott's excruciating Radio 4 appearance, she was named one of the top 100 "Women in Westminster".

IN THE BLAIR PIT
Blair-era dinosaurs are returning to the watering hole, enmities intact, with Jack Straw renewing hostilities with Peter Mandelson.

GOLDEN DIGGER
Tory donor Lord Bamford (chairman of JCB) has retired from the House of Lords, having made just five speeches in ten years.

NEWS IN BRIEFINGS?
Lobbying firm Cicero's political briefings say nothing negative about Team Starmer – which might be explained by the allegiances of its exec chairman.

MOB MENTALITY
Lycamobile, the UK telecoms firm recently fined in France for fraud and money laundering, held a Godfather-themed birthday party for its owner.

FIXING THE FIXER
Sir David Davis did not hold back in the Commons when lambasting fixer Mohamed Amersi and challenging the authorities to take action.

CALLED TO ORDURE
The liaison committee's subcommittee on scrutiny of strategic thinking in government delivered a masterclass in the complex lingo of Whitehallese.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS
An extraordinary admission by the EU's humanitarian aid commissioner over the UNRWA 7 October affair somehow caused barely a ripple.

LA VISA LOCA!
New deals to run visa and citizenship application services for the Home Office have been awarded to the usual giants despite their track records of failure.

HOUSING NEWS
Time is running out for badly needed reforms, with the Renters (Reform) Bill and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill both stalling.

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Belize and thank you
Slicker on the tax arrangements of Lord Ashcroft

Drax vs facts
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Photo finish
The cracked relationships behind the royal portrait storm

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