UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a month
New all-electric town in Kent strikes deal to supply power back to the grid Otterpool Park’s 8,500 homes will run on solar power and batteries – with enough renewable energy to help keep lights on elsewhere
Reeves and Starmer to roll the pitch for tax rises in a difficult autumn budget Exclusive: The Guardian has been told that discussions about increases include a near-certain gambling levy
UK’s surveillance flights over Gaza raise questions on help for Israeli military Government says it controls what information is shared as critics question the role of intelligence gathering
‘Gift from Grenada’: grapefruit trees win protection after London campaign Trees to remain as memorial to Marline Anderson, who died recently, and who planted them in Battersea in 1980s
First people to be returned to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal People detained after arriving in small boat expected to be returned within three weeks, says Home Office
Home Office reveals how people will be chosen to come to UK from France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme – as it happened People will be chosen via three-stage process, with government expected to accept around 50 migrants a week when scheme starts
Why are proposals for China’s super-embassy in London so contentious? Angela Rayner has asked China to un-redact parts of the plans that had been ‘greyed out’ in the application
Raw sewage reported ‘seeping’ on to beach from Welsh Water pumping station Senedd member demands Welsh Water invest in infrastructure after sewage leaked on to West Shore beach
Shared prayers and tears: how Lammy wooed JD Vance and the White House Analysts say foreign secretary’s empathy and pragmatism make relationship-forming easy despite political divides