Politics

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Boost walking and cycling in towns and cities, urges UK government adviser
Chair of Office for Space says move would boost prosperity, health and personal freedom and could help solve housing crisis

Peter Walker Deputy political editor

19, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Penny Mordaunt’s Tory leadership rivals blamed for coup plot rumours
Allies of Commons leader say other future candidates for top job are trying to make her look disloyal

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey

18, Mar, 2024 @6:03 PM

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It’s too late to replace Sunak so Tories must ‘march towards the sound of the guns’, Ben Wallace says – as it happened
Former defence secretary tells colleagues there is no alternative to Rishi Sunak and to ‘get on with’ preparing for an election

Andrew Sparrow

18, Mar, 2024 @5:52 PM

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Zac Goldsmith banned from driving after breaking speed limit seven times
Former environment minister told speeding drivers ‘emit more harmful emissions’ when handed 12-month disqualification

Jamie Grierson

18, Mar, 2024 @5:03 PM

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Labour has not got long to find its moral compass | Letters
Letters: Peter Riddle says voters fear they will get Tory-lite policies and calls for honesty, while Carl Gardner says the party should make the UK attractive to struggling people, not big business. Plus letters from Martyn Taylor and Michael Meadowcroft

18, Mar, 2024 @4:47 PM

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Sunak and Badenoch put on united front in face of high-level fawning | Zoe Williams
With continuing talk of a leadership challenge, PM and business secretary have little to say at stage-managed praise-filled event

Zoe Williams

18, Mar, 2024 @4:13 PM

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UK general election opinion polls tracker: Labour leading as election looms
Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest polls – and how many seats each party is likely to win in the next general election

Anna Leach, Niels de Hoog, Rich Cousins, Harry Fischer and Ashley Kirk

18, Mar, 2024 @3:04 PM

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Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch
Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester

Peter Walker Deputy political editor

18, Mar, 2024 @12:26 PM

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Labour landslide will be much harder to achieve than in 1997, analysis shows
Starmer’s shadow cabinet is less popular than Blair’s, and Britons and have lost confidence in politicians and in their own prospects

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

18, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Sunak to try to calm Tory jitters amid reports of plot to oust him
PM’s allies fight rearguard action as rebellious MPs reportedly plot coup to avoid wipeout at the polls

Pippa Crerar Political editor

17, Mar, 2024 @8:00 PM

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Hester row and Anderson defection have left Sunak weaker than ever
Even centrist Tories are questioning if the PM can last until autumn after twin blows of donor scandal and rightwinger’s move to Reform

Pippa Crerar Political editor

17, Mar, 2024 @6:59 PM

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Lord McAvoy obituary
Trade unionist and stalwart Scottish Labour politician who served as a whip in the Commons and Lords

Brian Wilson

17, Mar, 2024 @5:44 PM

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