- Labour party conference
1.a Ministers Gifts.
PM will no longer accept donations to pay for clothes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyvpv1lzq6o
1.b Scraping the social care cap.
Labour ‘failing a generation’ by scrapping social care cap
https://www.channel4.com/news/labour-failing-a-generation-by-scrapping-social-care-cap
Ditching of social care plan is a tragedy – Dilnot.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g9m7p199no
1.c Labour’s employment rights from day one.
Sickness benefit claimants should look for work - PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8g5z67lzo
1.d Winter fuel allowance.
Labour leadership loses conference vote on winter fuel payments
1.e Labour’s housing challenge as planning permission at record low
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn034n47528o
1.f Too much emphasis on doom and gloom.
Starmer says he knows what's wrong - but can he fix it?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vk93dnpwpo
Growing unease in NHS about 'broken' messaging, BBC told
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k0449747o
2. Reform Party conference.
Reform’s conference is all blame, grumpiness – and no idea how to fix things
Party conferences 2024: What do Britons think of Reform UK?
Reform UK’s Trump-style rally fires up new members
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjrvl7vkp5o
Nigel Farage channels Eminem, then preaches to the Reform megachurch
https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-reform-brexit-britain-conservative-far-right
Farage vows to vet Reform candidates 'rigorously' as he sets his sights on becoming PM
3. Al Fayed Rape allegations.
Should rape accused benefit from anonymity? It has been claimed that if victims knew that there were other victims more would come forward.
How Al Fayed built a corrupt system of enablers to carry out his sexual abuse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8ejd9l00lo
Ex-Harrods boss saw 'abhorrent' behaviour from Fayed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy807zg8nxyo
We were lambs to the slaughter, says Fayed accuser
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrg7281e0o
4. University Tuition fees
Raise tuition fees to ease pressure on English universities, says Peter Mandelson
Unis float £12,500 fees as freshers pack for term
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clywr60d2q7o
5. How were your political views decided?
A grey matter? Nature, nurture and the study of forming political leanings
6. Were we right not to invite Elon Musk to our investment summit?
Musk hits back after being shunned from UK summit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c756d56d2dro
7. Oxford street regeneration.
The Guardian view on Oxford Street: a pedestrianisation project with legs
8. Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons.
Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yjej0rvw0o
9. Last of the Evening Standard
Stop press: it is the very last Evening Standard in London today. And that tells us a lot about Britain in 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/evening-standard-london-local-paper
10. Organ donation.
More families refusing to donate relatives' organs