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The UK used to be the obvious point of entry for art and antiquities coming into Europe. But then we ostracised ourselves

Rishi Sunak allowed a man found guilty of misleading parliament to hand out honours to useless carcicatures, bullies and lockdown lawbreakers

The impact would be behavioural and social as well as financial. But we won’t know until we try it

The disgraced former PM has crawled away to lick his wounds, but he’ll already be plotting ways to inveigle his way back into the public eye...

Too many books about the countryside are over-written and nostalgic. But Rebecca Smith’s brilliant new memoir gets it just right

Boris Johnson was a winner but he won on falsehoods, and the truth caught up with him at last. Nothing is left but cold, hard anger

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Sunak was too weak and slow to do anything about Johnson’s dirty honours. The upcoming byelections will make things worse

The overwhelming majority of Brits think a close relationship with the EU is important. Why does the government seem to disagree?

Was it part of a deal with Sunak?

Independence for the Bank is not great, but it is better than the alternative

His reluctance to turn over evidence to the Covid inquiry, and much else, shows a PM concerned with saving his legacy, not the UK

Cleo Watson’s debut novel, Whips, is the latest in a long line of raunchy romps set in the world’s least erotic place – Westminster

Labour has put economic growth at the heart of their electoral campaign, but they will not succeed until they resolve the damage Brexit continues to inflict

If the government's cunning plan fails, here are some more ways to deceive the Covid inquiry

Tory faction-fighting is distracting us from limiting the impact of the next pandemic

Labour understands what economic measures need to be taken. But, knowing how to achieve them is a whole different ball game

Ireland’s is the fastest-growing economy in Europe. How has it managed this, and what can the UK learn?

A small number of eye-wateringly expensive private schools are ruining Britain – and one stands out from the rest

The term used to describe those typically offensive to religious or racial groups is thrown around too often in contemporary societies

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Voluntary price controls won’t solve crippling food inflation – only more money for the poorest will

Chris Patten and Larry Summers are right to say Brexit’s failure has wrecked the UK economy

Seven years on, populist politicians are running out of targets for their Brexit blame game

Deluded Conservatives have constructed an increasingly viral betrayal narrative in which Johnson was destroyed by a conspiracy led by Sunak

New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history

By 2030 its economy will be bigger than Britain’s. Why are we being left behind?

Owen Jones has got it wrong (again). Hoping for a hung parliament is a self-indulgent waste of time

Great writers give us more than just good stories to read, they help us define ourselves and our place in the world

This was not just a motley gathering of eccentrics – remember, Ukip were never taken seriously, and look what damage they managed to inflict on Britain