Chris Grayling
How Westminster Works … and Why It Doesn’t by Ian Dunt review – a savage indictment of the status quo
This eye-opening analysis of the British way of governing reveals a system set up for failure
Kathryn Hughes
12, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
Net zero tsar and senior Tories among those urging biomass subsidies rethink
Exclusive: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Chris Grayling express concern at system under which Drax made £617m in 2022
Helena Horton and Fiona Harvey
28, Mar, 2023 @3:00 PM
The Guardian view on the probation service: a crunch has been building for years | Editorial
Editorial: Zara Aleena’s murder has shone a light on the failures in the system. Fixing them will require more than just funding
Editorial
09, Feb, 2023 @6:25 PM
Zara Aleena was failed by a privatised probation service | Letters
Letters: Sue Hobbs outlines the inaccurate risk assessments of the young woman’s murderer, while Sarah Compton says nothing has changed since the murder of her brother in 2015
26, Jan, 2023 @6:11 PM
What Just Happened?! by Marina Hyde review – words as a lethal weapon
Whether mercilessly skewering Boris Johnson or lampooning Brexit, the Guardian journalist’s collected columns demonstrate her wit at its sulphur-tongued best
Peter Conrad
16, Oct, 2022 @10:00 AM
Hurrah for Barbados! Can the UK be next? | Brief letters
Letters: The Monarchy | Scott’s Antarctic diary | MPs’ unintelligence contest | Parliamentary role models
Letters
30, Nov, 2021 @5:21 PM
MPs who could be affected by Boris Johnson’s consultancy ban
Analysis: new rules may not affect a large number of MPs as they do not prevent most second jobs
Peter Walker, Jessica Murray and Jessica Elgot
16, Nov, 2021 @7:39 PM
Rishi Sunak faces Tory backlash over ‘big state, high tax’ budget
Chancellor receives lukewarm reception from Conservative grandees over scale of spending
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
28, Oct, 2021 @6:01 PM
Nationalising probation service not enough to fix flaws, warns watchdog
Service needs consistent funds after ‘fundamentally flawed’ 2014 overhaul, says HM Inspectorate of Probation chief
Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent
27, Jun, 2021 @11:01 PM
Role call: the former ministers who found private sector jobs
The Greensill affair shows how some of David Cameron’s appointees have been among the most enthusiastic corporate jobseekers. Here’s the list...
Rob Davies and Georgina Quach
16, Apr, 2021 @3:15 PM
Chris Grayling’s latest wild assertion | David Mitchell
The former transport minister has turned conservationist, but in a typically wrong-headed fashion
David Mitchell
31, Jan, 2021 @10:00 AM
Heroes, villains and top TV: John Crace dishes out his awards for 2020
Despite so many inspiring people making the news, there was room for Dominic Cummings and Chris Grayling as well
John Crace
26, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM
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