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How the ‘fearless’ Tory press meekly ducked criticism of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak over Covid

The former Tory culture secretary and Boris Johnson superfan has written an astoundingly bad book

Instead he chose the path to No 10 and we are all paying the price

The Covid inquiry has shone a light on the government’s pandemic response. Now it’s time for scrutiny of another national disaster

It’s not just people paying the price for the cost of living crisis

With Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak set to face difficult questions in the coming days, here’s a recap of the inquiry’s findings up to now

Which bittersweet symphonies best sum up Britain’s political parties?

Our modern democracy demands – and deserves – more modern ways of functioning

Southend’s adoption of European culture cannot fix all its problems but it is having shocking social impacts

Europe may have led the Tories to destroy themselves, but Thatcher had already set in motion the destruction of the country

Another gambit by the prime minister has ended with big boasts and little substance

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

The trade secretary's post-Brexit trade deals do plenty for her profile, but very little for the British economy

Rishi Sunak faces an impossible conundrum and it’s of the Conservatives' own making

The former Ukip leader’s uncanny ability to pour huge amounts of liquid down his cakehole has finally quenched his thirst for jungle screen time

When lockdown ended, I was ecstatic. But other people had a very different reaction

The former Ukip leader - who jetted to the jungle to speak to its “big young audience” - barely featured in last night’s episode

Perhaps – but the problems would be immense and the economic damage severe

Ratings are down and the Brexiteer is missing his chance to capitalise on new net migration numbers

A report has found a significant correlation between cognitive ability and voting preference in the 2016 referendum

Jeremy Hunt’s tinkering won’t kickstart growth or make up for the cost of leaving the EU

No wonder the chancellor skipped over damning forecasts in his autumn statement

A national insurance cut for January indicates we could only be six months from a poll

Keir Starmer focused on the prime minister’s five new priorities as the Commons warmed up for the autumn statement

A good roast potato is incomparable and, luckily, the rest of Europe is in agreement

Will greater and digitised access to our history result in a more enriched cultural future?

The prime minister clearly hoped Cameron’s heft would prevent him becoming a source of division

The Tory MP is no swaggering populist, but a leading light of a new cohort of Tories for whom nationalism and nationhood are the intellectual core of public life

The Conservatives are obsessed with ‘tedious nonsense’ in ‘the worst political period in my lifetime’, says the party grandee

The Home Office’s failure to process asylum applications speedily is incompetent and inhumane

Foreign Direct Investment is a key economic indicator – and it indicates that Britain is in big trouble