| In the years that Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London he has always insisted he would agree to be questioned over sexual assault allegations if Swedish prosecutors came to London to interview him. Our first piece today reports that this no longer appears to be the case. Assange's legal team have moved the goalposts and are now demanding that he is interrogated by Ecuadorian officials using questions from Swedish authorities.
Elsewhere, we bring you details of the latest spat in the London mayoral race. An attack by Sadiq Khan's team on Zac Goldsmith, which accused him of 'hypocrisy' over the London Living wage, backfired today after it was revealed that the Labour candidate had himself reportedly advertised for a job paying below the official recommended hourly rate.
And, amid some extraordinary scenes in the Commons yesterday, MPs voted to include poppers in a ban on legal highs, albeit just until the summer to begin with. If you missed our report on the debate you can catch up with it here. Many drug reformers will no doubt be feeling rather downbeat about what happened, but our next piece points to recent drug reform in Ireland to suggest that the psychoactive substances bill could actually set on us a path towards an end to drug prohibition. | 
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