He met staff and patients on his visit to Devon

Experts say prolonged delay in replacing chair signals that government does not take net zero policy seriously enough and is harming investment

Editorial: The chief inspector of borders and immigration angered ministers by exposing an ineffective, cruel system

Robert Buckland said comments by Lee Anderson about Sadiq Khan were ‘repugnant’ and ‘crossed a line’

Commons descends into chaos in embarrassing tour de farce of loud yet meaningless posturing

Former Post Office chair claimed request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next election

PM likely to be asked about WhatsApp messages from pandemic that he says are irretrievable, despite reports number accessed

Entrepreneur Bassim Haidar says ending the break is self-defeating as total UK tax take will fall amid an exodus of the super-rich

‘Minister for common sense’ who has criticised Whitehall waste is said to have received £39,000 in two years

Coroner issues report to work and pensions chief, Mel Stride, following inquest into death of man with severe depression

MP tells Covid inquiry that then prime minister’s chief of staff ignored repeated attempts to discuss matter

Dossiers were compiled by 15 departments after scouring social media activity to vet people invited to speak at official events

Former PM apparently met autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro over concerns he may supply weapons to Russia

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

Discredited ex-PM faces a demolition job in one of the few policy areas to which he and his allies still cling

Editorial: The Covid inquiry reveals the architects of austerity are unmoved by their wrecking of public services ahead of the pandemic

Presenter’s comments appear to breach corporation’s social media guidelines, Samir Shah tells hearing

Winemakers question plan as government champions Brexit ‘freedom’ to allow old-fashioned size

The poet and broadcaster, who spent 48 days in intensive care after contracting coronavirus, reflects on the ‘chilling’ evidence from the Covid inquiry, and pens a poem in response

Only four schools were rebuilt in 2021 in government scheme intended to cover 500 schools over 10-year period

Thinktanks say the check and balances of civil society such as judges and campaigners are under ‘political attack’ by ministers

Backbench rebels push prime minister to harden illegal migration bill to ignore court’s interim rulings

Not even the death of an asylum seeker on the Bibby Stockholm can rein in MPs’ fervour to trample over the international law

There are 12 days to go until the general election and the Labour leader is closing in on power. But who exactly is the man hoping to run Britain?

While the prime minister made another pointless jaunt to Devon, the Labour leader headed off to The Hague

UK government and Ofwat holding discussions amid fears firm cannot survive because of huge debt pile

Exclusive: photograph of Sunak with Hester at Tory fundraiser last June raises further questions for prime minister

Ex-PM is opening the capital’s first facility based on Fife model, supplying basic necessities against backdrop of concerns for child wellbeing over the summer holidays

Latest rebuke follows similar recent interventions over comments by Rishi Sunak

The implications of the 3.9% rate for shoppers, savers, borrowers and pensioners

A coalition of campaign groups is galvanising under-25s. Will they succeed in making this PM the first to lose his constituency at a general election?

Labour lead would soar to 24 points if Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman became leader according to Opinium poll

Prime minister under fire as government backtracks on plan for more onshore turbines to keep voters on side