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Has Kemi’s stamp duty pledge flopped?

On the day, the government wants to talk about cutting “burdensome bureaucracy” in the planning system – China is the story it can’t shake off again.

Sam and Anne go over the fresh warning about the “significant threat” posed by Chinese hackers and how they contributed to a record number of serious online attacks.

And there’s more to say about the collapse of the China spy trial. Ministers are sure Jonathan Powell had no role in the case being dropped – but could Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s national security adviser walk regardless?

It’s also Polling Tuesday on the podcast – did the party conferences shift the dial on anything with voters? Did the Tories see any traction for their promise to scrap stamp duty?

Plus, why politicians should keep their voice down on the Tube.

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Writers at Lord’s Press come from a range of professional backgrounds, including history, diplomacy, heraldry, and public administration. Many publish anonymously or under initials—a practice that reflects the publication’s long-standing emphasis on discretion and editorial objectivity. While they bring expertise in European nobility, protocol, and archival research, their role is not to opine, but to document. Their focus remains on accuracy, historical integrity, and the preservation of events and individuals whose significance might otherwise go unrecorded.

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