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    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      John Major warns UK government over plans to leave ECHR

      Britain could be left among ‘pretty rum company’ over its efforts to control immigration, former prime minister says

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      UK society
      Tackling local crime key to ‘levelling up’, says think-tank

      Antisocial behaviour identified as big concern in England and Wales ahead of new government drug strategy

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Peers seek public-interest clause for UK spy bill

      Amendment that aims to protect press freedom is attracting cross-party support

    • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak under pressure from growing Raab row and critical ex-PMs

      Some Tory MPs think the justice secretary should step aside during bullying inquiry

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK to speed up publication of ministers’ interests amid ethics rows

      Move to align declarations with those of other MPs follows accusations of sleaze

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Dominic Raab
      Labour accuses Sunak of being ‘too weak’ to sack Raab over bullying claims

      Attack by Starmer comes as a civil service union calls for suspension of deputy PM until investigation is over

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      UK business & economy
      Hunt faces down Tory tax critics as IMF predicts UK recession

      Chancellor jokes of ‘punishing’ encounter with government colleagues at private meeting

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak insists he can restore integrity to politics after Zahawi affair

      Labour accuses UK PM of procrastination as new polling suggests his popularity is waning

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      MPs demand changes to sweeping UK national security bill

      Potential threats to journalists and whistleblowers for possessing ‘protected information’ among concerns

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      White collar crime
      UK to make ‘failure to prevent fraud’ a criminal offence

      Government will target law firms and accountants in new bill

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Wagner Group
      UK to probe how Wagner founder hired lawyers despite sanctions

      Treasury to review system that allows sanctioned individuals to apply for licences and legal representation

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Nadhim Zahawi
      Sunak to face renewed calls to fire Zahawi over £5mn tax dispute

      Labour to question why UK PM did not find out earlier about Tory chair’s penalty payment

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Rishi Sunak faces big test of his commitment to ‘integrity’

      Much rides on the PM’s response to allegations against the Tory party chair and the BBC chair

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK Government
      ‘Questions need answering’ over Zahawi tax affairs, says Sunak

      Ethics inquiry opened into Tory party chair while head of BBC faces twin probes into appointment

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK Government
      Sunak orders ethics adviser to investigate Zahawi’s tax affairs

      UK government also faces crisis over allegations BBC chair Richard Sharp helped Boris Johnson secure a private loan

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Ambulance workers in England and Wales to go on strike again

      Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Pressure mounts on Zahawi to clear up questions on tax affairs

      Some Tory MPs question whether he can survive as Conservative party chair

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Labour calls for probe into BBC chair’s link in Johnson loan guarantee

      Former Goldman banker Richard Sharp denies wrongdoing, saying he ‘simply connected’ guarantor to former PM

    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      Zahawi says failure to pay tax was ‘carelessness not deliberate’

      Labour opposition calls for resignation of Tory chair over ‘murky affair’

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Rishi Sunak
      Sunak agrees to pay fine over not wearing seatbelt

      Fixed penalty from police caps a difficult week for UK PM amid levelling-up queries and controversy

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Environment
      Plastic recycling scheme delayed to October 2025 for most of UK

      Decision criticised by Greenpeace UK, while retailer body warns postponed deadline still ‘incredibly challenging’

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      UK government spending
      Sunak defends UK levelling-up funding despite claims of unfairness

      Allocations from £2bn regional aid programme under fire and PM runs into seatbelt row on trip to promote aid

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      UK industrial strategy
      Kwarteng rebuked for scrapping industrial policy plan

      Ex-Tory business minister Greg Clark says move by his successor was ‘mystifying’

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Airlines
      FAA says ‘damaged database file’ prompted halt on domestic US flights

      National traffic had come to a stop for two hours after failure of critical computer system

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      FT live news
      Live news updates from January 11: Goldman Sachs makes job cuts, UK plans to send tanks to Ukraine
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