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Scorching summer left reservoirs depleted and unlikely to recover, as growers warn of supply chain collapse in leaked meeting Farmers have warned they will not be able to grow crops next year if predictions that the drought will last until next summer prove accurate. Leaked slides from a national drought group meeting, seen by the Observer, show there are concerns that because reservoirs are still empty due to record dry conditions, the fruit and vegetable supply chain could collapse. Continue reading… ​Scorching summer left reservoirs depleted and unlikely to recover, as growers warn of supply chain collapse in leaked meetingFarmers…

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Labour leader says UK is ‘crying out for clear leadership’ and his party ‘must provide it’ UK politics – latest updates Keir Starmer has criticised the “grotesque chaos” of recent weeks and said the government “no longer has a mandate from the British people”. The Labour leader said there were no historical precedents for the ongoing economic turmoil and that the prime minister, Liz Truss, would not be able to “fix the mess she has created”. Continue reading… ​Labour leader says UK is ‘crying out for clear leadership’ and his party ‘must provide it’UK politics – latest updatesKeir Starmer has…

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Chair of Commons defence committee had whip withdrawn for failing to turn up for a confidence vote A senior Conservative MP has had the whip restored after being suspended from the party for missing a confidence vote in the summer. Tobias Ellwood, chair of the Commons defence select committee, had the whip withdrawn after failing to vote for Boris Johnson’s government in a confidence vote in July. Continue reading… ​Chair of Commons defence committee had whip withdrawn for failing to turn up for a confidence voteA senior Conservative MP has had the whip restored after being suspended from the party…

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