The Council of Ministers has approved an extension to the excise duty cut, but the PD secretary insists: target windfall profits. The energy spokesperson for the employers’ organisation says: “We are opposed to this. It smacks of a policy devoid of ideas.”

Carmine is now serving the dishes of shelled clams; the Cefalù Bistrot remains open and, in the dining room, to the tune of Antonello Venditti, guests are now looking for Antonio. The other police raid: “Were they looking for evidence? Not at all – they were just issuing fines for double-parking.”

The Prime Minister would like to see the journalist join the public service broadcaster: it would restore the organisation’s prestige following the Ranucci-Lavitola affair. For the presenter, it would mark a return to the television station where he started out

His opponents in the League are divided and lacking in courage. The photo with Fontana

Internal rifts within Vannacci’s party over Gasperini’s programme: whilst the cultural row with Sforzini rages on, the movement is split between reactionary nostalgia, moral battles and those who would like to talk about the future. With the risk of splitting apart even before going to the polls

Roberto Speranza provokes: “Primaries would be an own goal. Let’s put an elderly partisan or a newly-of-age young person forward as the prime ministerial candidate.” But this is merely the latest in a long series of outbursts on the subject. September is here and the left have still not decided who to vote for, how to vote and, above all, whether to vote at all

But only for a few days: time is needed to prepare a measure aimed at lower-income households. Tomorrow, the Council of Ministers will extend the 17 cents scheme, which is due to expire. Each extension costs around ten million a day