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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 New towns on the horizon 🏘️ Housing minister @mtpennycook, Labour MP @SEANLWOODCOCK, urbanism professor Susan Parham, @shortthought from the National Federation of Builders, and housing correspondent @Victoria_Spratt join @Alain_Tolhurst to discuss the government's plan to build seven new towns in England 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/3c3869

Keir Starmer has reiterated that the conflict in Iran is "not our war" and the UK is "not going to be dragged into it" as the government tries to protect households from the economic impact of the ongoing conflict The PM will today host a roundtable with industry leaders amid growing concern over rising energy and food prices politicshome.com/news/article/s…

There has been a 13-fold increase in the use of court orders that deny children freedom to move and associate in the last seven years. @justinesmithUK explores the reasons behind this huge increase in what are supposed to be emergency orders politicshome.com/news/article/d…

Until recently, we'd had vision, then frustration, followed by more vision and more frustration However, the Whitehall reforms announced by the government this week look like the start of a meaningful plan to reform the civil service writes the @instituteforgov's Hannah Keenan politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

NEW: “I spoke to a gentleman who’d had a bilateral amputation, and he sat up in his bed, clearly in a lot of pain, and said, ‘I’d do it all over again’” My interview with Labour MP Sonia Kumar on her recent trips to Ukraine, training clinicians there, her background as a physiotherapist and why she quit the NHS, and her secret mentor… 👇 politicshome.com/news/article/s…

Labour MP Sonia Kumar tells @siennamarla about travelling to Ukraine with a team of British clinicians to train local therapists, helping injured soldiers recover faster @SoniaKumarMP: “The hospitality of Ukrainians was second to none. They made sure that we were looked after; that we knew where the security was. We all had the app on our phones. It would tell you when to… well, to run, essentially" politicshome.com/news/article/s…

Thousands of students face having to pay back student loans they were wrongly given by their universities The Education Secretary has condemned the unis for having "let down" the students through "incompetence” and “abuse of public money” “Universities must take immediate action to support students who will face financial difficulties as a result," Bridget Phillipson told PolHome The loans amount to nearly £200m of taxpayers' money politicshome.com/news/article/u…

Out of the rough - cricket's battle to open up to all politicshome.com/news/article/r…

New: I spent the morning with Brian Leishman, the former pro golfer, academy football player and firebrand Labour MP. We talk about life as a rebel, playing snooker with Stephen Flynn and how Zack Polanski is winning with "[basic] Labour Party stuff". politicshome.com/news/article/b…

"A tense and atmospheric tale of a group of German women forced to eat Hitler’s food to check for poison, don’t watch it late at night by yourself as I did..." 🎬 @HayteratLords reviews 'The Tasters', directed by Silvio Soldini bit.ly/3Q4a7q7

One hell of a @josh_salisbury story for PolHome: Bridget Phillipson has accused a small group of universities of "incompetence" and "abuse of public money" after they wrongly spent £190m of taxpayers' money on student loans Affected students face having to repay thousands

Scoop for @politicshome: A student loans mistake by universities has seen up to £190m of taxpayers’ money wrongly given to unaware students, leaving thousands of them facing repayment orders. politicshome.com/news/article/u…

Over a dozen universities wrongly spent £190m of taxpayers' money on student loans, PolHome can reveal Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has accused the universities involved of “incompetence” and “abuse of public money” Around 22,000 students are estimated to be affected, according to a DfE letter seen by PolHome, with many facing the prospect of having to repay the financial support they mistakenly received, reports @josh_salisbury politicshome.com/news/article/u…

After a life in golf and football, Brian Leishman finds himself at the sharp end of the new government’s whipping operation. He speaks to @BenGartside politicshome.com/news/article/b…

Grassroots sport needs grass – the government must protect our playing fields ✍️ Jill Scott politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

Grassroots sport needs grass – the government must protect our playing fields ✍️ @JillScottJS8 politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

"We've been really clear that in the final analysis, we'll make decisions in the national interest" Speaking to @Alain_Tolhurst on the latest episode of The Rundown, housing minister Matthew Pennycook says building "exemplary" new towns will help reduce nimby sentiment “We have a chance here to show that we can do really good development in a different way" politicshome.com/news/article/r…

At this year’s @BetGameCouncil AGM, industry leaders warned that unlicensed operators are already attracting millions of British gamblers – and that recent tax changes risk accelerating the shift away from the regulated market. #PartnerContent politicshome.com/members/articl…

A mother gives birth in a health centre without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene every two seconds. The government must bear this in mind before going ahead with planned cuts to aid spending, writes Labour MP @LeePitcherMP politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

Attorney General Richard Hermer has warned that failure by the Labour govt to improve Whitehall delivery will pave the way for Reform UK to "dismantle" the civil service "We cannot leave the defence of effective govt to those who would dismantle it" politicshome.com/news/article/i…