Health and social care

• Pensioner with life-threatening heatstroke waits nine hours for ambulance: Daisy Cooper in The Sun on the state of the NHS.
• Lib Dem Somerset Council opening 10 new council-run care homes to provide more local and cheaper services than using private providers.

Environment and water industry

• 8 in 10 dog owners put off letting pets in water by sewage crisis.
• More than 20,000 customers could be spared a water bill increase if bosses of three firms at the centre of the sewage dumping scandal gave back their bonuses: Tim Farron in The Sun.

Crime

• Vital lessons have to be learnt to stop social media fuelling similar riots in the future.

Housing

• Lib Dems getting more housing built by focusing on getting the infrastructure in place.
• New MP given eviction notice day after election.

Other issues

• Ed Davey calls for action on Islamophobia.
• SNP are not up to the job of education: Alex Cole-Hamilton.
• Lib Dems plan to ‘finish the job’ in Tory heartlands, says Ed Davey in first big post-election interview.

People (and canine) news

• Lib Dems to chair three select committees.
• When Jennie met Larry: Steve Darling’s dog meets the 10 Downing Street cat.

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