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BYLINE TIMES: THE’s Hungary sponsorship has ended, but its silence on allegations involving Reform figure James Orr remains. With Orr leading a Hungarian-funded foundation, the episode exposes how media money can shape scrutiny. - by Samantha Asumadu

THE INDEPENDENT: A 2.5% deposit scheme could make buying possible for some - but upfront costs still average £15,952, and deposits range from £3,950 in Liverpool to £27,320 in Kensington & Chelsea. - by Joanna Hodgson

DAILY MIRROR: On Aberfan’s 60th anniversary, Andy Burnham commemorated 144 lives lost, including 116 children, and warned that coal mine safety remains of critical importance. - by Dave Burke

openDemocracy: Heritage president Kevin Roberts offered training to Colombian civil servants as Project 2025’s influence expands in Latin America. Christian-nationalist organisations fund and train activists seeking to roll back rights and civil liberties. - by Diana Cariboni

THE INDEPENDENT: Downing Street rebukes Trump’s defence secretary for diminishing Britain’s Afghanistan role: more than 450 UK personnel died, while Britain suffered Nato’s second-highest military death toll. - by Athena Stavrou

CITY AM: Kemi Badenoch will co-host a Goldman Sachs lunch with its international chief executive Anthony Gutman after Labour’s Budget, as the Tories pitch deregulation and oppose a banking surcharge rise expected to raise some £2bn. - by Samuel Norman

THE GUARDIAN: England’s “children’s lottery”: poverty, unsafe streets, failing schools and NHS delays make childhood harder in deprived areas. The commissioner calls for minimum standards and investment. - by Patrick Butler

TRIBUNE: France’s revolt pits people’s sovereignty against finance’s rule: students are rising as Macronism’s neoliberal bargain collapses, while debt, austerity and police repression expose a system in terminal crisis. - by Frédéric Lordon

BBC News: Bereaved families affected by Civil Service Pension delays could face tax bills if death benefits miss HMRC’s two-year deadline, MPs and unions warn. - by Becky Morton

NOVARA MEDIA: The police cleared Sarah Helm over a Palestine Action post, exposing the discretion behind Britain’s terror laws - and offering Defend Our Juries protesters a powerful legal argument. - by Steven Methven

THE INDEPENDENT: Serbia’s student movement has turned anti-corruption protests into an electoral challenge to Aleksandar Vucic’s 14-year rule, using leaderless faculty assemblies amid government crackdowns and fears of violence. - by Jovana Gec

BBC NEWS: Amanda Bland’s defection leaves Reform UK Scotland with one fewer MSP than Labour and raises questions about its breakthrough at Holyrood. The party says she should resign her seat; Bland has yet to explain her decision. - by Angus Cochrane

DAILY MIRROR: Inflation is expected to have risen to around 3.4% in September, with fuel prices pushing up the rate, according to expected ONS figures. - by Graham Hiscott

THE GUARDIAN: ITV exposed Reform councillors’ extreme comments. Owen Jones argues that statements by Farage, Jenrick, Braverman and others about migrants and protests raise questions about their effect on impressionable people. - by Owen Jones

POLITICS.CO.UK: Support for raising Machine Games Duty falls to 23% if it closes bingo halls. Modelling says doubling the rate could make 41% of clubs loss-making, threaten 3,000 jobs and deepen social isolation. - by Alex Hackett

DAILY MIRROR: New ‘vampire’ appliance rules proposed by DESNZ could curb standby energy waste and cut household bills - if ministers turn promises on efficiency into enforceable standards. - by Levi Winchester

THE INDEPENDENT: From 6 November, the government says it will outlaw pornography depicting strangulation, incest and adults roleplaying as under-16s. - by Harry Taylor

DAILY MIRROR: An NHS leader warns maternity services across the nation are “not fit for purpose”, with some birthing units facing closure due to a lack of resources and key staff. - by Elizabeta Ranxburgaj

FINANCIAL TIMES: Andy Burnham’s devolution pitch faces a hard limit: John Swinney says avoiding an independence “drama” won’t shift the SNP from its commitment to break Scotland away from the UK.

CITY AM: Councils could fine bus passengers £100 for loud music under new powers, pending transport secretary approval. A campaign will remind train passengers they can already face fines of up to £1,000. - by Felix Armstrong

POLITICS.CO.UK: Fewer than one in 10 people in the UK smoke, but 4.9 million still do. England is not on track to be smokefree by 2030. Fund cessation support in deprived communities and consider a tobacco levy estimated to raise £5bn over five years. - by joshself

BBC NEWS: Andy Burnham says nearly a million 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training is an “economic catastrophe and moral failure”. He called for investment in young people’s success rather than paying for failure through benefits. - by Harry Sekulich

POLITICS.CO.UK: Some 27% of 15 - 18-year-olds say they have engaged with a cryptocurrency-related product, but fewer than a quarter feel confident explaining digital assets. Educators, firms and policymakers must help young people navigate them safely. - by joshself

POLITICS.CO.UK: Clinical negligence costs exceed £3.2bn a year, with legal fees dwarfing compensation in some lower-value claims. Fixed recoverable costs could save £50m annually without cutting frontline NHS care. - by joshself

THE GUARDIAN: After 29 years leading Mebyon Kernow, Dick Cole leaves as Cornish devolution shifts from pipe dream towards possibility - while warning that “tweaking local government” won’t tackle Cornwall’s poverty or housing crisis. - by Steven Morris

FINANCIAL TIMES: Businesses want the Budget to cut energy costs and ease rates for small firms and banks - but will ministers deliver support without making workers and public services pay?

LABOURLIST: Households have paid £14,000 extra since 2021, while big banks make £1bn a week. A living standards Budget should tax windfalls, cut energy bills and rebuild public services and industry. - by Paul Nowak

FINANCIAL TIMES: A Welsh mother’s search for answers after her daughter was poisoned by lead exposes how the health risks of industrial pollution remain unaddressed - an enduring injustice rooted in Britain’s past.

FINANCIAL TIMES: Degree apprenticeships have plateaued as employers face higher hiring costs, with firms blaming red tape and minimum-wage rules - putting earn-as-you-learn routes under pressure.

FINANCIAL TIMES: A behind-the-scenes look at Rutherford Hall’s work as a critical communications strategist in UK politics.

THE GUARDIAN: UK steelmakers now pay nearly £30/MWh more for electricity than French rivals after gas prices surged. About 75% of exported steel, worth £3bn, goes to the EU. - by Jasper Jolly

DAILY MIRROR: Andy Burnham faces growing calls to consider Britain rejoining the EU as Donald Trump’s unpredictability and waning US support for Ukraine expose the risks of relying on Washington. - by Sophie Huskisson

THE GUARDIAN: Alan Milburn urges shifting welfare spending to employment support for 1m young NeETs, saying ill health is driving higher rates and the system is not delivering the jobs young people want. - by Anna Bawden and Kiran Stacey

THE GUARDIAN: Shabana Mahmood will hold EU talks on rejoining some police and security databases and Eurodac, the migration database. The meeting comes as Frontex reports a 43% fall in small boat Channel crossings. - by Lisa O’Carroll

THE INDEPENDENT: An undercover sting has exposed Reform UK members’ racist, sexist and violent rhetoric - from deportation fantasies to calls for beheading the King - while senior figures argue over whether to expel them. - by Harriette Boucher

DAILY MIRROR: Labour faces pressure to act as 372,000 of England’s poorest private renters are left with £7 or less a day after rent and basic bills - too little for a weekly food shop. - by Sophie Huskisson

THE GUARDIAN: Lucy Powell’s push to give oracy equal status with reading and writing is welcome. But with SEND reform, qualifications upheaval and school fatigue, the real test is choosing priorities - not piling on more change.

DAILY MIRROR: In the UK’s worst-hit dental deserts, only one in five adults sees an NHS dentist, a Mirror investigation for its Dentists for All campaign reveals. - by Martin Bagot

DAILY MIRROR: Hundreds of British families whose loved ones go missing abroad each year will receive tailored assistance, following a sister’s plea not to leave a missing person’s file on the shelf. - by Alexander Brown

THE GUARDIAN: Reform mayor Luke Campbell is under police investigation over allegations he showed naked, sexualised images to a female colleague, who said she was humiliated and later lost a job offer. He denies the claims. - by Josh Halliday

METRO: England’s “childhood lottery” is laid bare: mental health waits range from six days in Leicester to 118 in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. All regions feature among the 25 hardest areas to grow up; devolution offers a chance to reduce inequality. - by Craig Munro

DAILY MIRROR: Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani says Nigel Farage’s asylum plan betrays Britain’s proud history and contradicts Christian values - a rebuke from inside the House of Lords. - by Dave Burke

THE INDEPENDENT: Wales’ government has called in plans for a deep-space military radar at Cawdor Barracks. Labour cries “anti-American” obstruction; campaigners cite safety, tourism and security - raising who gets to shape defence policy. - by Athena Stavrou

THE GUARDIAN: A £55m loan to Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour, made through a GMCA housing fund while Andy Burnham was mayor, will be investigated. GMCA has not disclosed the interest rate or eligibility rationale. - by Josh Halliday

FINANCIAL TIMES: The Treasury is imposing “military-style” security measures to stop Budget leaks, restricting information flows around Chancellor John Healey’s fiscal plans - and raising questions about transparency in UK politics.

DAILY MIRROR: Yvette Cooper says NHS staff who accessed tiger attack victim William Chapman’s records inappropriately must face investigation and dismissal, highlighting the need to protect patient privacy. - by Liam Doyle

METRO: A Russian-linked crypto operation recruited men for arson attacks on properties tied to Keir Starmer. One was jailed for seven years; another deported - while conspiracy theories obscured the alleged foreign interference. - by Craig Munro

THE GUARDIAN: Ed Davey survives a Lib Dem leadership scare, but discontent over blue-wall tax cuts and a cautious identity is growing. The party’s strategy: win seats, secure PR - and hope everything goes right. - by Peter Walker

DAILY MIRROR: Yvette Cooper has vowed to end corridor care for children and apologised to Finlay Roberts’s parents after their two-year-old son died following nine hours in a hospital corridor. - by Sophie Huskisson