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Cheltenham festival is a reflection of Britain as a fractured isle. A day out to the Gloucestershire racetrack is like an episode of The Only Way is Essex, populated by people who believe they would star in an episode of Peaky Blinders. Read more as Jessy Parker Humphreys spent the day at the races: bit.ly/4bDTqdw

A veritable den of iniquity 😜#thecoldtownhouse Edinburgh Feisty state of hospitality in Scotland debate @scothospgroup hosted by #BernardPonsonby featuring some wee guy , councillor , who owns a coffee shop from @snp , they couldn’t be bothered sending a minister 🤦🏻 @djohnsonmsp @RussellFindlay1 @willie_rennie @Malcolm_Offord

Plans to charge drivers entering the Capital are being brought back to the table 20 years after they were rejected i.stv.tv/4agb4SG

EXCLUSIVE Rachel Reeves has told me she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the Budget -- in her first interview since being briefed on the scale of the black hole by the OBR. The Chancellor told Sky News that “of course, we're looking at tax and spending as well” when asked how she would deal with challenges in the November 26 Budget. She was speaking to me as part of Sky's year long series on blockages to growth. Do watch this masterful film by @JoeCookJ @tsueyek - for the body language and insights as well as her words. Reeves also appeared to concede the existence of a tax doom loop by saying she wants to break out of it. Asked if she could promise she won't allow the UK economy to get stuck in a doom loop cycle, she replied: “Nobody wants that cycle to end more than I do, Sam.” She said that’s why she was trying to grow the economy, and only when I pushed her a third time did she suggest she “would not use those (doom loop) words” because the UK has the strongest growing economy in the G7. Watch for yourself