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首相将在 2024-26 议会会期的最后一次 PMQs 中面对 Kemi Badenoch 及其他议员。早上好。最初 Keir Starmer 希望今天不需要举行 PMQs，但现在确定将举行一次，且这绝对是 2024-26 议会会期的最后一次。这将是 Starmer 回顾所有已通过立法的一个机会。政府轻松赢得了关于 Kemi Badenoch 要求将 Starmer 移交给特权委员会的投票，这让人们感到有些宽慰。以下是 Pippa Crerar、Ben Quinn 和 Jessica Elgot 为我们带来的隔夜报道。继续阅读...

Wiltshire town councillor Andrew Edwards has ‘a big collection’ and was visible throughout livestreamed proceedingsIt was blockbuster viewing for politicos across the country: the livestreamed grilling of Olly Robbins. While the sacked Foreign Office civil servant was billed as the star of the show, for many he was upstaged by a well-dressed man wearing a cravat.“I’ve got a big collection,” said Andrew Edwards, the scene stealer in question. Continue reading...

Report reveals the Howard-era settings are helping fuel intergenerational inequality in Australia’s housing marketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor has given one of its strongest signals yet the capital gains tax discount will be reworked in the May budget, with a parliamentary inquiry finding the Howard-era settings are helping fuel intergenerational inequality in Australia’s housing market.A Greens-led parliamentary inquiry said the 50% discount “skewed the ownership of housing away from owner-occupiers and towards investors”. Continue reading...