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“It’s over” is the Daily Telegraph’s verdict on Sir Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street, as the row over Lord Mandelson’s vetting continues. The paper has spoken to one government source who said the “wheels had stopped turning” in Number 10 – while the Guardian says the prime minister is looking “increasingly isolated” as divisions emerge in the cabinet. The i Paper says that allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting are open to a “pact” with former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner as they look to avoid a “bloody” leadership contest to replace Sir Keir.
The front page of the Daily Telegraph is dominated by an investigation into Attorney General Lord Hermer. The paper says he pursued a “witch hunt” against British troops who had served in Iraq, despite warnings the allegations were false. A spokesman for Lord Hermer said he had always acted with the highest professional standards, and the claims were categorically untrue.
The Sun leads with warnings that rising energy costs linked to the war in the Middle East mean that phone data could have to be “rationed”. It’s a “phoney war” is the paper’s headline.
If you’re driving, and have just hit a pothole, then don’t worry – they were also a problem 300 years ago, according to the Times. It highlights research by British and American academics who have mapped the journeys taken by more than 100 diarists from the mid-1600s through to 1820. The writers described the roads back then as “execrable, vile and detestable”.
