Shapps Is New Defence Secretary, Right-Wing Papers Flip Out at French Second Homes Tax
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Shapps Is New Defence Secretary, Right-Wing Papers Flip Out at French Second Homes Tax

Following the resignation of Ben Wallace, Grant Shapps has been appointed as defence secretary.

Plus: the telegraph and daily mail flip out at Macron’s surcharge on Brits with second homes in France; and an ex-Tory MP threatens an academic with legal action for stating her ancestral links to slavery.

With Ash Sarkar and Sam Bright.

  • Published 31 August 2023
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