New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’
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GOOD TO EAT: Horseradish flowers, featured In Root to Bloom
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Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a pessimistic novel in which Hitler is removed from history, to little effect
NATHAN CRITCH hails a new law, which will go some way to prevent state cover-ups, as it passes through the Commons
NEW Vegetable Garden Techniques by Joyce Russell (White Lion, £18.99) is the best guide for the keen beginner that I’ve seen in a while.
Terrifically practical and full of money- and time-saving methods, it’s also attractively laid out, with exceptionally helpful photographs making it easy to follow.
Fans of the world-famous Haynes Workshop Manuals won’t be disappointed with Shed Manual by John Coupe and Alex Johnson (Haynes, £24.99).
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