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MOD CONS The mandarins who ran the Ministry of Defence since the £6bn Ajax deal was signed are copping flak from ministers past and present for the ill-fated project.

RED CARPET The peerage for Professor Geeta Nargund continues the fertility entrepreneur's rapid progress in the Labour party's more elevated circles.

HOUSING NEWS As many as 382,600 people could spend Christmas homeless in temporary accommodation, but the number of families in B&Bs is coming down.

IT ALL ADDS UP... Before the 2024 election, EY donated "staff costs" worth more than £360,000 to Labour. Since then it has won government contracts totalling more than £128m.

CALLED TO ORDURE Digital minister Liz Lloyd is New Labour nobility, but her performance in front of the science, innovation and technology committee left the MPs in disbelief.

OPENAI FOR BUSINESS George Osborne's quest to do every job there is has now taken him to the company behind ChatGPT, heading up the OpenAI for Countries initiative.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS The wails of Elon Musk at the European Commission's decision to fine X €120m brought much needed pre-Christmas cheer to the EU's executive.

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