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PERSONAL CAPITAL
Rachel Reeves gave plenty of support in her Mansion House speech to the fund managers who expensively shift people's money from one pot to the other.

REVOLVING DOORS
Daisy McGregor, who was a key figure in AI policy under Rishi Sunak, has left the civil service to joining top US firm Anthropic.

CALLED TO ORDURE
Two hearings of the public administration committee revealed that the Office for National Statistics has had the corporate equivalent of a nervous collapse.

HOUSE OF LANDLORDS
While the House of Lords debated the Renters' Rights Bill, as many 25 peers declared property interests.

CRACKED CHINA
The new parliamentary rep for the British Chinese Council is, er, Neil Coyle MP, once suspended after making racist remarks to a British-Chinese reporter.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Many EU officials thought Donald Trump's tariff war would lead Brussels and Beijing to bury the hatchet, but it hasn't worked out like that.

CYPRUS PLANT
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a de facto state recognised only by Turkey – but it certainly has at least one vocal supporter in Westminster…

ALMS TRADE
Another top British officer signed up with Boston Consulting Group while it was involved in creating the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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