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FRAUD FIESTA
No one in government seems to know how much has been recouped from the voluntary scheme to claw back wrongly paid Covid support.

RAKE'S PROGRESS
"Moderate" Labour group Progressive Britain has tried to disassociate itself from Peter Mandelson, but in truth the ties run deep.

FAULDING PATTERN
Matt Faulding, the Lord Alli-linked Labour official who had a formal role selecting candidates for the 2024 general election, is now a lobbyist for Anacta.

ODEY, OH DEAR...
Senior Reform UK figures took aim at Keir Starmer for having appointed Peter Mandelson US ambassador – but they should take a look in the mirror.

CALLED TO ORDURE
Passive-aggression levels were high in the Lords as "respectful" peers spent another long Friday debating the assisted dying bill.

LOCAL ZERO
Robert Jenrick has led Reform UK's attacks on the government over its attempt to cancel some council elections – but he had a very different view in 2021.

LAI IN WAITING
Hong Kong industrialist Jimmy Lai's 20-year jail sentence says much about Keir Starmer's lobbying of Chinese president Xi Jinping on his behalf.

PARTY CRASHERS
Internal elections for Your Party's central executive committee have done nothing to heal the divisions within the left-wing party.

MUSK'S RAT
Rupert Lowe and his Restore Britain party have the backing of Elon Musk – and Lowe has returned the favour with a bizarre comment in the Commons.

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Mind matters
MD on mental health in the NHS

Spooks & scoops
Bizarre internal strife at the Sunday Times

Midterm mayhem
Trump's disturbing plans for the November elections

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