Tom Tugendhat

Cyber-attacks have tripled in past year, says Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency

UK security minister Tom Tugendhat warns of ‘persistent threat’ of Russian attacks on country’s infrastructure

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

19, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM

UK minister rejects measure designed to tackle Slapp legal cases

Tom Tugendhat says economic crime bill is not right law to stop courts being used by super-rich to silence critics and journalists

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

24, Nov, 2022 @7:11 PM

Westminster in shock consensus: Door Matt Hancock is a prat | John Crace

Meanwhile, good guy Tom Tug emerges as one of few sane Tories liked by not just his own party but Labour too

John Crace

01, Nov, 2022 @6:59 PM

MP for Manston constituency says he does not trust Suella Braverman – as it happened

Roger Gale says home secretary is only really interested in playing to the right wing of the Conservative party

Andrew Sparrow and Rachel Hall

01, Nov, 2022 @5:37 PM

Truss axes national security council, sparking ‘talking-shop’ concerns

Labour says new merged foreign policy council could reduce Whitehall policy-makers’ focus on security

Dan Sabbagh and Rowena Mason

23, Sep, 2022 @6:53 PM

New bill vows to stop kleptocrats ‘treating UK as their safe deposit box’

Proposed reforms previously delayed by Boris Johnson reannounced amid accusations Tories are soft on ‘dirty money’

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

22, Sep, 2022 @6:35 PM

How Truss beat Sunak: round by round Tory leadership results

Conservative MPs engaged in a series of votes to select two final candidates to be put to the party membership to choose a new leader, and therefore a new prime minister. On Monday Liz Truss was confirmed as the winner and will take the reins of government

Seán Clarke and Anna Leach

05, Sep, 2022 @11:46 AM

Liz Truss cabinet predictions: who could be in and who would lose out?

Analysis: Kwasi Kwarteng and Thérèse Coffey could be among the big winners if Truss becomes PM

Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

15, Aug, 2022 @2:00 PM

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss compete for Tory members’ support in Cheltenham leadership hustings – as it happened

The two candidates are bidding for support from Conservative party members ahead of the final vote for the next PM

Nadeem Badshah (now); Tobi Thomas and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)

11, Aug, 2022 @8:36 PM

Suella Braverman received £10,000 leadership bid donation from prominent climate denier’s firm

Attorney general declared the donation from company owned by Terence Mordaunt, who chaired the climate sceptic thinktank Global Warming Policy Foundation

Andrew Sparrow and agency

11, Aug, 2022 @6:58 PM

‘Rats deserting sinking ship’: Truss team seeks endorsements from Sunak’s side

Liz Truss’s strategists aim to convince MPs to switch allegiance to maintain her campaign’s momentum

Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

04, Aug, 2022 @6:12 PM

The Guardian view on Liz Truss’s new backers: don’t delude yourselves | Editorial

Editorial: More moderate Tories are endorsing the frontrunner in the leadership race in order to be on the winning side. They will not have much influence

Editorial

04, Aug, 2022 @5:59 PM