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• 매슈 페니쿡(Matthew Pennycook) 장관은 주택 공급에 타격을 주고 법적 함정에 빠지는 것을 피하기 위해 리스홀드(Leasehold) 제도 폐지는 서서히 진행되어야 한다고 말했습니다. • 주택부 장관은 정부의 단계적인 제도 해체 시도를 옹호하며, 잉글랜드와 웨일스의 신규 리스홀드 부동산 금지 조치가 다음 선거 이후에나 시행될 가능성이 높다고 밝혔습니다. • 2024년에 신축 주택에 대한 리스홀드 금지가 통과되었고 정부가 신축 아파트에 대해서도 곧 통과시킬 계획임에도 불구하고, 오랫동안 약속된 제도 종료까지는 "전환"하는 데 수년이 걸릴 것이라고 매슈 페니쿡 장관은 언급했습니다.

• 공화당 소속 Chris Carr가 기소를 통해 주지사 출마 가능성을 되살리려 한다는 비난을 받고 있으며, 이는 ‘죽어가는 자의 마지막 숨결’과 같다는 평가가 나오고 있다. • 조지아주의 최고 법 집행 책임자인 Chris Carr 법무장관은 ‘캅 시티(Cop City)’로 알려진 애틀랜타 경찰 훈련 센터 시위자들을 대상으로 새로운 기소를 제기함으로써, 자신의 직위를 이용해 정치적 입지를 넓히려 한다는 비난을 받고 있다. • “안티파(antifa)에 맞서 전선을 유지하겠다”는 허풍 속에서도, Chris Carr 법무장관은 지난주 후반 3명의 활동가를 기소한다고 발표했다. 이는 5월 19일로 예정된 경선 전 여론조사 지지율이 한 자릿수에 머무는 등 주지사 공화당 후보 지명 도전이 난항을 겪고 있는 상황에서 이루어졌다.

Lawsuit alleges DoJ breached transparency law by withholding records on Jeffrey Epstein and over-redacting disclosuresTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, engaged in a “brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation” of a law requiring the justice department (DoJ) to release the entirety of the so-called Epstein files, a lawsuit filed in Washington DC alleges.The action on Monday by Katie Phang, an investigative journalist and legal analyst, seeks to hold Blanche personally responsible for the DoJ’s alleged failure to publish all the documents the government holds about Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender. A full release was mandated by a landmark transparency act passed by Congress in November, with a deadline of 19 December. Continue reading...

Ellen Mulvey ran up huge betting losses online and wrote ‘addiction is the worst disease’ before she diedA family is calling for wholesale reform of the gambling industry after an inquest heard details of the life and death of Ellen Mulvey, a “generous and caring” woman with a high-flying City job who also had a secret addiction.Mulvey’s family believe she lost hundreds of thousands of pounds gambling without their knowledge, first via mainstream operators and then on unlicensed platforms. Continue reading...

Alex Greenwich says inquest crucial to understand what failures led to Bikram Lama’s death and avoid similar deaths Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales attorney-general, Michael Daley, has been urged to order an inquest into the death of Nepali rough sleeper Bikram Lama in Hyde Park.The death of Lama – who was also known as “the birdman” for his love of the area’s pigeons – has prompted widespread calls for change, after Guardian Australia revealed last week that the young migrant’s body lay unnoticed for up to a week in bushes near a busy thoroughfare into St James station. Continue reading...

Trump and first lady were safely evacuated and police arrested Cole Tomas Allen of southern California at eventThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday morning.Blanche also said officials believe that the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where he checked in as a guest at the hotel where one of the capital’s glitziest annual events was being held, the Washington Hilton. Continue reading...

Prime minister says his job is not at risk over Mandelson vetting as allies back him against claims of wrongdoingKeir Starmer has said he will lead Labour into the next general election as his Downing Street allies denied claims of any wrongdoing over the appointment and vetting of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, told Sky News’s Trevor Phillips on Sunday show that “no wrongdoing by the prime minister has been proven in relation to Lord Mandelson’s appointment”, adding “the whole situation is regrettable”. Continue reading...