Yahoo News Friday evening news briefing: Labour's economic policy 'in tatters'
Good evening. The Tories claimed that Labour’s main economic policy was “in tatters” after Rachel Reeves scrapped the party’s flagship plan to spend £28 billion a year on green investment. We have the latest from Westminster, as Nadine Dorries quit as an MP shortly before Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list was published.
Johnson’s resignation honours list published
Boris Johnson’s long-awaited resignation honours list has been released, with the former prime minister handing peerages to former London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen.
Former cabinet ministers Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel were given a knighthood and a damehood respectively.
Nadine Dorries announced that she is standing down as a Tory MP with immediate effect.
Her decision means there will be a by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency. You can follow the latest news from Westminster on our Politics live blog.
It comes as Labour’s shadow chancellor said the party could no longer commit to its green investment figure from day one of a Labour government because of economic uncertainty and would instead look to “ramp up” investment every year with the aim of eventually hitting £28 billion.
Matt Oliver and Melissa Lawford explain why the eye-watering cost of Labour’s green pledge didn’t add up.
Secret recording ‘proves dam explosion was Russian sabotage gone wrong’
Russian soldiers may have accidentally blown up the Kakhovka dam in a sabotage stunt gone wrong, according to intercepted transcripts. Ukraine has released an audio recording of what it says is a conversation between two Russian soldiers that proves Russia blew up the dam.
James Kilner has more details on what the soldiers said to each other. Get up to speed with the latest news on the conflict by reading our Ukraine live blog.
Meanwhile, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon explains why British-made tanks are about to sweep Putin’s conscripts aside.
Two pupils in hospital following attack at top boarding school
Two pupils are in hospital after being attacked in the early hours of Friday at a boarding school in Devon. Police were called at 1am to Blundell’s School in Tiverton, which charges fees of up to £40,000 a year.
Officers said that three people, including two pupils, had been assaulted.
A 16-year-old boy from Tiverton has been arrested on suspicion of three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Heatwave | Workers should be allowed to finish early or work from home in high temperatures, a union boss has said. Meanwhile, Alex Barton reports that experts have warned that the South East of England is set to have a Mediterranean climate within a decade.
Bambos Charalambous | Labour shadow minister suspended after misconduct complaint
Qantas | Airline ditches mandatory heels and make-up for female cabin crew
Scotland | Death of schoolboy, 14, the result of natural causes, police say
Egypt | Tiger shark ‘eats’ Russian swimmer in front of family
France | Macron strongarms supermarkets into cutting food prices
Comment and analysis
Daniel Johnson | The West must remove Putin from power
Tom Harris | Net Zero is political insanity – as Labour’s climbdown shows
Kate Andrews | To be sick on the NHS is becoming a death sentence
Daniel Korski | Ulez is pointless eco-posturing
Telegraph readers | ‘If Harry wishes to criticise country and government he has lost the right to be a British prince’
Pictured: Smelly seaweed row erupts as council refuses to remove kelp for eco reasons
Beachgoers told to ‘embrace the raw beauty of nature’ as they wade through ‘rotting mat’ to reach the sea
World news: The ‘backpack hero’ who confronted Annecy knifeman
A 24-year-old Catholic pilgrim on a tour of France’s cathedrals has been hailed as a national hero after using his rucksack to take on a Syrian knifeman. Henry Samuel has the latest news from Annecy after the knife attack left four small children fighting for their lives. Emmanuel Macron said a British girl stabbed at a playground while on holiday with her parents has “woken up” from surgery and is watching television.
Interview of the day
Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis on fillers: ‘I have been ridiculed relentlessly’
Ahead of a new series of And Just Like That, the actress discusses her real-life rapport with co-stars and the Kim Cattrall fallout
Business news: Bank of England unlikely to cut interest rates until 2025
The Bank of England will not cut interest rates until 2025, according to new forecasts from Oxford Economics, which said policymakers were likely to “err on the side of caution”. Follow the latest Business news on our live blog.
Editor’s choice
Money | The tax loophole that lets parents stash £36,000 into an Isa in a single year
Style | The seven fashion mistakes British people make during a heatwave – and how to avoid them
Wellbeing | Ten daily habits that will boost your happiness, according to an expert
Sport Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Football | I went to Saudi Arabia to watch Cristiano Ronaldo – this is what it is really like
Rugby | IRFU taking over London Irish could work for all parties
Manchester City | Inside Pep Guardiola’s 12-year wait to win the Champions League again
Boxing | Josh Taylor: Teofimo Lopez wants to kill me but I will retire him in his own backyard
Cricket | Marnus Labuschagne woken up by dismissal that brought him to crease - watch
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Katie Morley investigates | ‘We’re scared bailiffs will come knocking over unpaid £20,000 medical bill’
Howse and Kelly | Cheese is the latest victim of the bland police – I demand proper cheddar
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