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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world.
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If the leading story is available, links will be provided.
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LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan
A former Bolton MP has left the Conservative Party and joined Reform UK.
Chris Green was first elected as MP for Bolton West in 2015 and went on to be re-elected in 2017 and 2019 before his eventual defeat in the 2024 General Election.
FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25663188.ex-bolton-west-conservative-mp-chris-green-joins-reform-uk
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Benry Torre
Britain's fiscal watchdog Chief resigned as he "paid the price" for Chancellor Rachel Reeves "misleading" the public over the state of the country's finances.
FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/obr-chief-pays-price-reeves-misleading-public
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan
A Blackburn man who committed a string of burglaries after escaping from prison is to be sentenced alongside his criminal associate.
Ryan Price, 28, of no fixed abode, appeared at Preston Crown Court alongside Garry Duckworth, 30, of Whitebirk Road, Blackburn.
FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25656698.blackburn-man-sentenced-burglaries-audley
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kit Sandeman
The head of the Office For Budget Responsibility (OBR) resigned after last week’s Budget was leaked in its entirety ahead of the Chancellor taking to the dispatch box.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted there was "no misleading" by his chancellor after she was accused of lying about Britain's finances in the run-up to the Budget, with questions growing over his own future.
FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-reeves-budget-resign-obr-b2875899.html
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Pippa Crerar / Peter Walker / Kiran Stacey
The chair of the Office For Budget Responsibility has resigned after a damning internal Inquiry into the leak that threw Rachel Reeves' budget into chaos described it as the "worst failure" in the institution's history.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/business/2025/dec/01/obr-chair-inquiry-early-release-rachel-reeves-budget-richard-hughes
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley-Smith / Daniel Martin / Nick Gutteridge
The head of the fiscal watchdog was forced out on Monday as Chancellor Rachel Reeves battled to save her political career.
Head of watchdog forced out hours before he was due to give evidence on Budget 'lies' to House Of Commons.
FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/12/01/reeves-clings-on-as-obr-chief-silenced
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn Brown
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to seek closer ties to the European Union as he blamed Brexit for the disastrous economy under Labour Party.
FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2140945
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophie Huskisson
Police could bring Corporate Manslaughter charges in cases where Post Office staff took their own lives in the Horizon Scandal.
FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/police-consider-corporate-manslaughter-charges-36334485
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Oliver Wright / Ben Clatworthy
The head of the Office for Budget Responsibility has quit after being publicly rebuked by Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves for accidentally leaking details of the budget before it was announced.
FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/obr-chief-richard-hughes-resigns-d6lt3rjrm
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted
Patients have criticised new stricter parking rules at a Medical Facility in Glasgow, which require them to pay a substantial fine even when attending chemotherapy appointments.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton
Marathon man Kevin Sinfield says he is "overwhelmed" by the public’s support as his bid to find a Motor Neurone Disease cure passed £10million.
FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/sport/other-sports/kevin-sinfield-praises-mnd-sufferers-36335780
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Oliver Wright / Ben Clatworthy
The head of the Office for Budget Responsibility has quit after being publicly rebuked by Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves for accidentally leaking details of the budget before it was announced.
FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/obr-chief-richard-hughes-resigns-d6lt3rjrm
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