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A rise in net worth for the Lib Dem leader's consultancy pales in comparison with his predecessor's fortune

The former prime minister may be planning the coup de grâce to the successor whose name she can't bear to hear

Tory MPs know, deep down, the prime minister is finished, and not a moment too soon

His review of Legally Blonde made it clear he wasn’t pleased about the casting of “fuller-bodied, nonbinary actors”

When it comes to gossiping about Carrie Johnson, Cummings isn't tight-lipped

There is an ongoing inquiry into the running of The Aspinall Foundation, who Carrie works for when she's not organising “strategy meetings” in Downing Street

A new book, Madwoman, is a poignant tribute to America’s first female investigative journalist. Author Louisa Treger explains why her legacy is crucial now more than ever

The prime minister is the Richard II of modern politics - and he must learn the bitter lessons of the 14th-century monarch

As Andy Burnham has been recently saying, UBI is a nettle that Labour should grasp, suggests one reader

There are unmistakable echoes of the Watergate president in Boris Johnson’s Partygate defence

No Single Market access and a struggle to develop EV batteries mean an uncertain future for the once-great British car industry

The government are too afraid to challenge adults’ belief systems. This is pure cruelty

Swallows can't exactly reflect on their actions. We, however, can think about if we're actually acting virtuously or not

The Queen has managed a balancing act for 70 years and the Platinum Jubilee is yet another milestone in it

Former French ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann on Brexit’s aftershocks and the battles still to come with Macron and the EU

The cast is cut down, but it's no mean feat to even attempt to put this particular whodunnit on Chichester’s main stage

The prime minister wasn't born a fascist. But his incompetence and desperation to survive is certainly driving him in that direction

Comedian MITCH BENN on the songs that could've accompanied the ‘Abba-themed’ party at Downing Street

Instead, the conservative government’s panicked U-turn on the windfall tax does the opposite

Steven Moffat’s new play is a rather slight one-joke comedy - but a five-star one

Hancock’s somewhat modest outside earnings haven't stopped him enjoying life with the woman he found it so difficult to socially distance from during lockdown

These days reviewers are rarely journalists but individuals with axes to grind

The old Etonian has been left unscathed by the cost-of-living crisis

The levelling up minister may have, finally, come out in support of the prime minister, but he’s also just accepted his first donation since 2021

Back in 2019, a source told MANDRAKE that the prime minister started work late, looked dishevelled and treated the Downing Street flat like “student digs”

The latest poll shows the prime minister would lose his won seat at the next election

Melvyn Bragg’s autobiography is an affectionate homage to his formative years. But he’s got plenty to say about the culture secretary too

The government is pushing the idea that energy security means more North Sea oil and gas. It’s a myth

Heading to Europe for your first post-pandemic summer holiday? Thanks to Brexit, your sun, sea and sand now come with added queues, forms and red tape

Boris, Brexit , Trump, Putin and all the populism of the last decade are based on Vranyos - a lie that everyone knows is a lie

Despite the preconception that maths and science are cold and logical while music is all emotion, there’s clearly much interplay between music and the STEM curriculum