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Starmer scraps flagship mission unit as part of latest reset

The prime minister has removed the group central to Labour’s ‘vision for government’, which included boosting economic growth, in his latest reset

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Mandatory digital IDs considered to crack down on illegal immigration

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‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

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Top chef crowdfunded new venture — after two bankruptcy petitions

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ANALYSIS

PATRICK MAGUIRE

Housing crisis is a bigger threat to Rayner than media scrutiny

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ANALYSIS

PATRICK MAGUIRE

Housing crisis is a bigger threat to Rayner than media scrutiny

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INTERVIEW

‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

INTERVIEW

‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

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Round-the-world adventurer’s motorbike stolen in Nottingham

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Sacked Nestlé chief ‘promoted his mistress within the company’

Top chef crowdfunded new venture — after two bankruptcy petitions

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PATRICK MAGUIRE

Housing crisis is a bigger threat to Rayner than media scrutiny

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INTERVIEW

‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

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Round-the-world adventurer’s motorbike stolen in Nottingham

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Sacked Nestlé chief ‘promoted his mistress within the company’

Top chef crowdfunded new venture — after two bankruptcy petitions

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ANALYSIS

PATRICK MAGUIRE

Housing crisis is a bigger threat to Rayner than media scrutiny

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INTERVIEW

‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

Top chef crowdfunded new venture — after two bankruptcy petitions

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Top chef crowdfunded new venture — after two bankruptcy petitions

Food & Drink

NEW

ANALYSIS

PATRICK MAGUIRE

Housing crisis is a bigger threat to Rayner than media scrutiny

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ANALYSIS

PATRICK MAGUIRE

Housing crisis is a bigger threat to Rayner than media scrutiny

Politics

INTERVIEW

‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

INTERVIEW

‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

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Round-the-world adventurer’s motorbike stolen in Nottingham

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Sacked Nestlé chief ‘promoted his mistress within the company’

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Chloe Malle, daughter of Hollywood royalty, replaces Anna Wintour

After 37 years, the fashion doyenne will step back from day-to-day US Vogue editorship

Fashion

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Pregnant British ‘drug mule’ could be freed if family pays large fine

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British sailor missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found

Starmer urges police to prioritise serious crimes after comedian’s arrest

Pregnant British ‘drug mule’ could be freed if family pays large fine

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British sailor missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found

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British sailor missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found

Starmer urges police to prioritise serious crimes after comedian’s arrest

Pregnant British ‘drug mule’ could be freed if family pays large fine

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British sailor missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found

Starmer urges police to prioritise serious crimes after comedian’s arrest

Pregnant British ‘drug mule’ could be freed if family pays large fine

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British sailor missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found

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British sailor missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found

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How Maori tradition will help choose next Archbishop of Canterbury

Green Party’s new leader aims for a galaxy far, far away

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Green Party’s new leader aims for a galaxy far, far away

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Starmer’s aide is ‘more right-wing than me’, Tony Blair joked

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THE TIMES DIARY

Starmer’s aide is ‘more right-wing than me’, Tony Blair joked

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Editor's picks

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We proved Bafta and the critics wrong — Downton Abbey bows out

The upstairs-downstairs saga is ending after 15 years. Its creator and cast talk about snobby reviews, real-life romances and Maggie Smith’s legacy

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China sends message to the West with its great weapons parade

President Xi claims revealing his nation’s high-tech military strength to the world in a march through Beijing shows its commitment to peace

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Kim Jong-un’s success story in his friendship with Xi and Putin

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Gérard Depardieu faces trial over alleged 2018 rape of actress

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Business

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Prax Lindsey oil refinery had only £203 when Glencore pulled plug

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Gold hits record price amid fears for American economy

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Tesla sells only 600 cars in India since July

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Sport

Nandre Burger celebrating a wicket during an England vs South Africa cricket match.

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STEVE JAMES

Exhausted and underprepared — this was new low for cricket’s crazy schedule

England training with depleted squad before collapse against South Africa was something else in scale of infamy and insouciance regarding the calendar

Cricket

Lucas Paqueta of West Ham United during a Premier League match.

EXCLUSIVE

Paquetá facing six-figure fine for failing to co-operate with FA

Football

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MARTYN ZIEGLER

Europe plotting how to rein in Premier League’s financial might

Football

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US OPEN

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JAMES GHEERBRANT

Farewell to Ederson, pass-master goalkeeper who changed the modern game

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GREGOR ROBERTSON

Player power? Usually it’s toxic clubs forcing someone out the door

Football

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COMMENT

MARTIN SAMUEL

League’s £3bn spend masks a sterile and cautious market dominated by loans

Football

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US OPEN

Round of golf with García is only worry for flawless Alcaraz

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JAMES GHEERBRANT

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GREGOR ROBERTSON

Player power? Usually it’s toxic clubs forcing someone out the door

Football

COMMENT

MARTIN SAMUEL

League’s £3bn spend masks a sterile and cautious market dominated by loans

Football

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Paquetá facing six-figure fine for failing to co-operate with FA

Football

MARTYN ZIEGLER

Europe plotting how to rein in Premier League’s financial might

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Culture

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The 19 best new and returning TV shows to watch this autumn

From the finale of Stranger Things and the return of Slow Horses to new drama from Sally Wainwright and The Celebrity Traitors, there’s lots to look forward to

TV & Radio

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REREADING

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Books

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FIRST NIGHT

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John Gregory Dunne was so much more than Joan Didion’s husband

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Travel

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TRAVEL DOCTOR

‘We were overcharged by our car rental company in Naples’

Plus how not to get caught out by the name on your passport, where to go hiking in the Caribbean, and how to visit Provence’s lavender fields before the crowds