diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/v5/resources/whats-new.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/v5/resources/whats-new.hbs
index fcb7b9026f..c308820c6a 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/v5/resources/whats-new.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/v5/resources/whats-new.hbs
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
                                 <LinkTo @route="whatsnew" @query={{hash entry=entry.slug}}>
                                     <span class="gh-dashboard5-list-link">{{entry.title}}</span>
                                     <div class="gh-dashboard5-resource-secondary">{{moment-format entry.published_at "D MMM YYYY"}}</div>
-                                    {{!-- {{#if entry.custom_excerpt}}
-                                        <p>{{entry.custom_excerpt}}</p>
-                                    {{/if}} --}}
                                 </LinkTo>    
                             </div>
                         {{/each}}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard-v5.css b/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard-v5.css
index a6b6ddf249..7a2da930b5 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard-v5.css
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard-v5.css
@@ -688,6 +688,9 @@ Dashboard v5 List */
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     text-decoration: none;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .gh-dashboard5-list-subtext {
@@ -699,6 +702,9 @@ Dashboard v5 List */
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     text-decoration: none;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .gh-dashboard5-list-item svg {
@@ -713,6 +719,7 @@ Dashboard v5 List */
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: flex-start;
     min-height: 32px;
+    min-width: 0;
 }
 
 .gh-dashboard5-list-footer {
@@ -1106,6 +1113,10 @@ Dashboard v5 What's New */
     grid-template-columns: 100%;
 }
 
+.gh-dashboard5-whats-new .gh-dashboard5-list-item {
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
 .gh-dashboard5-whats-new .gh-dashboard5-list-item a {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
@@ -1113,7 +1124,7 @@ Dashboard v5 What's New */
     font-size: 1.45rem;
     font-weight: 600;
     line-height: 1.4em;
-    margin-bottom: 8px;
+    padding: 12px 32px 12px 0;
     color: var(--black);
 }
 
@@ -1143,7 +1154,7 @@ Dashboard v5 What's New */
     line-height: 1;
     border-radius: 2px;
     margin-left: 8px;
-    margin-top: 3px;
+    margin-top: 1px;
     padding: 3px 4px;
     height: 18px;
 }
@@ -1304,16 +1315,7 @@ Dashboard v5 Staff Picks */
 }
 
 .gh-dashboard5-staff-picks .gh-dashboard5-list-item {
-    padding-top: 8px;
-    padding-bottom: 8px;
-}
-
-.gh-dashboard5-staff-picks .gh-dashboard5-list-item:first-child {
-    padding-top: 8px;
-}
-
-.gh-dashboard5-staff-picks .gh-dashboard5-list-item:last-child {
-    padding-bottom: 0;
+    padding: 0;
 }
 
 .gh-dashboard5-staff-picks .gh-dashboard5-list-item a {
@@ -1323,16 +1325,14 @@ Dashboard v5 Staff Picks */
     font-size: 1.45rem;
     font-weight: 600;
     line-height: 1.4em;
-    margin-bottom: 8px;
     color: var(--black);
-    padding: 0;
+    padding: 12px 32px 12px 0;
     min-width: 0;
 }
 
 .gh-dashboard5-staff-picks .gh-dashboard5-list-body {
     color: var(--midlightgrey);
     font-size: 1.4rem;
-    padding: 0 32px 0 0;
     transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
 }