Top stories in the latest issue:
ROTTING ON REMAND
Prison reformers are pinning hopes on the new justice secretary to fix problems with remand, even as special measures are taken to avoid systemic meltdown.
CRASH COURSE
With the chancellor touting the City as "the jewel in the crown of the UK economy", she wants regulators to further the growth agenda.
DOUBLE SEATS
Nearly two months on from the general election, around 50 new MPs have yet to confirm whether they will give up their work on councils.
POND STRIFE
Baroness Shafik has resigned as president of Columbia University in New York to return to the Lords, having voted just eight times since 2020.
CIVIL SUITS
Raised eyebrows as Jess Sargeant from Starmerite think tank Labour Together is recruited to the Cabinet Office's, er, "propriety and constitution group".
SPAD MEMORIES
Damian McBride, former spin doctor to Gordon Brown, is back in government to advise the home secretary, having resigned in disgrace all those years ago.
COURT CIRCULAR
What is the government up to with the Crown Estate, a £16bn portfolio of land, property and marine holdings notionally owned by King Brian?
HOUSING NEWS
With rents up 8.6 percent and loss of a private tenancy the biggest cause of homelessness, a planned housing benefit freeze for renters looks tricky.