Government to function as normal while Burnham on holiday, No 10 says

Downing Street says the PM remains in contact with officials, but Reform UK says he has "bunked off".
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CJP protest destroyed PM's public image of more than 2 decades in just 2 weeks: Arundhati Roy
The Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things, however, cautioned that the challenge was far from over if the government continued to retain control over institutions and the levers of power.
Former AIADMK MLAs facing disqualification proceedings appear before Speaker
This was pursuant to the disqualification petition submitted to the Speaker by AIADMK floor leader and party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami
'Madrassa pass-outs develop terrorist-like mindset': UP deputy CM Keshav Maurya
Speaking to reporters at Vidhan Bhavan, Maurya alleged that madrassa students do not express patriotic slogans and linked their education to extremism. "Anyone who receives a madrassa education does not chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' nor sing 'Vande Mataram', and develops a terrorist-like mindset," he was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. The remarks were strongly criticised by senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav.
CM will hand over MLA, MLC quarters in Amaravati to GAD on August 13, says Revenue Minister Satya Prasad
Construction of other key infrastructure works are progressing rapidly, he says after inspecting them along with MA&UD Minister Narayana and BC Welfare Minster Savitha