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Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Tom Tugendhat, Robert Jenrick, Darren Grimes and more

The Death Of England is cutting-edge theatre that doesn’t care who it offends

A payment to all OAPs was unjustified and unsustainable

His ill-informed, self-aggrandising, flame-fanning Southport video is beneath contempt

Extremists who used the Southport tragedy to play on people’s prejudices should feel the consequences

How the British countryside saved modern art’s greatest champion

A term limit, rather than an age limit, is key to reforming the upper house

The time may come where they’re viewed as fellow workers, treated with respect and consideration

Rachel Reeves’s cuts come only after the previous government squandered vast sums of money

Yet another Tory leadership battle is under way. But, outside of the six contenders, does anyone really care?

The Covid inquiry report has exposed the systemic failures in the UK’s pandemic response

The chancellor ripped up Tory legacy dreams and made the right call on the Winter Fuel Payment

With no job forthcoming and still to find a permanent home, Gove is becoming acquainted with the joys of public transport

Harris must learn how to construct a voter coalition in the places that matter through actions, not words

Rachel Reeves delivered controversial cuts.. and then came 'proof' the Tories misled the nation

Kemi Badenoch remains the front-runner - bizarre given how ill-suited to the job she is

The Bank didn’t cut rates during the election – might it do so now?

The reason why Brexiteers are suddenly finding the capital unwelcoming lies closer to home than they think

Clacton’s elected representative will spend the next five years dogwhistling about people who don't live there

The end of the “idiot premium” has strengthened the value of sterling

Tugendhat and the Tories won’t win if they abandon common sense to ape Reform

Labour dominates Westminster, and the Tories are a diminished mess – but the two child benefit cap will reveal the true opposition

Keir Starmer slipped effortlessly into Prime Minister's Questions while Rishi Sunak is already a figure of pity

Legislating is the relatively easy part, particularly given a massive Commons majority. Implementation is another matter entirely

Sooner or later, a British government will be forced to restart HS2. It should have been this one

Three weeks in, Starmer has brought Britain closer to the EU, and outraged Brexiteers. What’s not to like?

In TNE’s new column, science writer Philip Ball provides news and analysis from scientists, policymakers and the frontiers of human knowledge

It will be the money the Reform leader isn’t making – every bit as much as the money he is – that could raise eyebrows