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No, renegotiating with the EU won’t bring a swift end to red tape – and Labour should not pretend it will

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Brexit does have benefits – but not for any of us

David Gauke tells his party in Manchester they are "on the wrong side of the argument" on Europe

Plan your time at the Conservative Party conference with this handy guide...

Keir Starmer should put democratic reform at the heart of his strategy

After years of Tory gaslighting, Britain needs to come to terms with reality

The Tories are about to kill levelling up and the Northern Powerhouse - they just can’t admit it

A blockbuster new exhibition interrogates the role, purpose and cost of deceit and misdirection

David Cameron’s No.10 strategy chief describes how the Brexit virus destroyed decades of Conservative belief

Here are some more imaginary policies the prime minister could scrap...

We need to leave this divisive subject alone until the country is under new governance

Voters have turned their backs on the government, and now industry is following suit

Sunak's U-turn on the environment makes Boris Johnson and Liz Truss appear honest and capable

When it comes to climate change, King Charles is a hypocrite. But at least, unlike Rishi Sunak, he tells the truth about the issue

If Johnson does decide to turn up in Manchester, it would stop Rishi Sunak's reboot in its tracks

Minefields of form-filling and red tape are deterring students from European exchanges

The country has been binned by the prime minister and his moral complacency

No one knows what Rishi Sunak stands for, and few voters trust him and his party to change

It's not just the survival of the union that is at stake, but the survival of democracy

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

A tweet about freedom of movement triggered Leavers - including a Tory peer

Complaints made to corporation as organiser calls snub "pathetic"

Keir Starmer can shut down the Tories’ grab for votes and humiliate the PM

The Lib Dem leader says rejoining the European Union is currently off the table

Business is outraged at yet another new low for the Conservative Party

A disaster is coming: we aren’t saving enough for retirement, our state system is broken and our politicians are too scared to act

After the clown show of Johnson and Truss, Keir Starmer is reassuringly sensible. But will that be enough to save Britain?

The UK would do well to learn from and adapt the successes of countries like Germany for its own betterment

Stephen Fry is right to say we know in our bones that Brexit has failed. So why try to make it work as Britain rots?