Labour’s UK wealth fund ambitions at the mercy of statisticians bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Philip Aldrick

Rachel Reeves on China in Bloomberg TV interview — makes the case for strong trade links with Beijing, facing down criticism over human rights and security risks — welcomes SHEIN listing in London Via Joe Mayes Philip Aldrick Francine Lacqua bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Read it and weep. tomforth.co.uk/hs2/

NEW: Brilliant Philip Aldrick analysis — Reeves appears to have jettisoned growth as the way to find the money to fix public services — instead economists expect £10b of tax rises and £7b more borrowing at budget — the biggest ‘unfunded’ cost is arguably a Labour policy: public

We have the most surprising intrusion of a pig into a story since David Cameron’s premiership. My review of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville. thetimes.com/culture/books/…

ICYMI - If you want to understand how misinformation played a key role in riots this week there's no better piece than this 👇 "A false claim on an obscure site created a viral storm that was latched on to by far-right extremists" via Fiona Hamilton thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

To add to that today - We expose the mother-of-three accused of being the first to tweet a false Muslim name for the Southport suspect. The married businesswoman who lives in a £1.5m Cheshire farmhouse! W/ Shay Mark Sellman 👇 thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Life is already starting to get difficult for Labour, as the harsh reality of governing lands. From ⁦Alex Wickham⁩ ⁦Ellen Milligan⁩ Starmer Honeymoon Ends as Tax Warnings, Riots Expose Challenge bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Labour is scrambling to find an investment minister after preferred candidate Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, a former Blair aide, turned it down because it would have cost too much. He is in the process of doing a deal with his firm Global Counsel and Messina's bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW Labour is scrambling to find an investment minister - weeks before the Investment Summit - after the party favourite pulled out because he would have had to make costly changes to his business interests. With Philip Aldrick Katherine Griffiths bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The UK needs cash. Here’s how Chancellor Reeves could get creative bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Philip Aldrick

ONS data yesterday, parsed by Bloomberg's Andrew Atkinson, showed how levelling up went backwards under the Tories.