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  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    News in-depthRishi Sunak
    Can Rishi Sunak move on from the era of ‘Tory sleaze’?

    The PM has sacked Nadhim Zahawi for breaching the ministerial code but other problems remain in his in-tray

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  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Another threat to UK media freedom

    A loosely worded bill conflates journalists and whistleblowers with spies

  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley
    Zahawi affair raises doubts over Sunak’s ruthlessness

    Sometimes political leadership requires acting on gut instinct rather than sheltering behind investigations

  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    Nuclear energy
    Nuclear industry calls for new UK reactors as ‘matter of priority’

    Government warned not to ‘sleepwalk into delays’ over developing next-generation power projects

  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory party chair over his tax affairs

    UK prime minister intervenes after ethics adviser finds serious breaches of ministerial code

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    News in-depthTech start-ups
    UK tech start-ups hasten overseas expansion after R&D tax cuts

    Move threatens Britain’s standing as a tech hub and government ambitions to grow the sector

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    News in-depthBritishvolt
    Britishvolt collapse prompts calls for shake-up of UK subsidy policies

    More must be done to attract investment that will be vital to energy transition, say industry insiders

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    Payne's Politics podcast26 min listen
    Zahawi £5mn tax scandal tests Sunak

    Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer attacked Rishi Sunak as ‘weak’ as calls escalated for the …

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    ObituaryTom Nairn
    Tom Nairn, political theorist, 1932-2023

    He was best known for his writing on the fragmenting of the British union, which he viewed as inevitable

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    LexUK energy
    Carbon counter: heat pumps are a greener, costlier option Premium content

    Choice will be determined by the relative competitiveness of gas and power going forward

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    Energy sector
    Rollout of overseas power link leaves UK reliant on neighbours for energy

    Interconnectors make renewables’ output more reliable but are vulnerable to security threats

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    News in-depthBBC
    BBC chair in the spotlight over Boris Johnson loan row

    Richard Sharp’s links with former PM bring renewed scrutiny of broadcaster’s impartiality

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    HM Revenue & Customs
    HMRC admits errors in responses to FoI requests over ministerial probes

    UK tax authority apologises for wrongly stating no ministers were under investigation — when Nadhim Zahawi was

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Business complains Hunt’s UK growth plan lacks new policies

    Lobby groups express disappointment with chancellor’s ‘empty’ keynote speech

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Brexit
    UK mobilises top officials as progress made in N Ireland protocol talks

    Insiders say outline of framework agreement on post-Brexit trade is crystallising

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Adam LeBor
    How not to handle classified documents: a masterclass

    From Trump to Biden to a Kent bus stop, the inability to treat top secret material correctly is on the rise

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    Sunak’s failure to sack Zahawi adds insult to all our injuries

    Tax avoidance and asset-boosting policies contribute to the widespread view that politicians can’t be trusted

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    UK infrastructure
    Hunt insists HS2 rail line will terminate in central London

    Chancellor rejects reports that project will finish on outskirts of capital to save money

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

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

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    UK employment
    UK farmers stop recruiting Nepalese workers after exploitation warning

    Halt to hiring from south Asian nation will exacerbate labour shortages

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    News in-depthUK immigration
    Safe haven? How the asylum system lost vulnerable children

    Charities fear criminal gangs are exploiting young people housed in ‘temporary’ hotel accommodation

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Frances Crook
    Probation failures have deep roots and horrific consequences

    Minimal reorganisation could revive the public service and reduce such tragedies as Zara Aleena’s murder

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Hunt talks up post-Brexit Britain as he sets scene for Budget

    Global race to lead green transition hinders UK growth plans, as the US and EU step up investment

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    The UK led the world in open banking — and then got left behind

    A genuine tale of innovative success risks stagnating as global imitators push adoption harder

  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Hunt to defy Tory critics by rejecting calls for tax cuts

    UK chancellor to stress in speech to tech investors that cutting inflation remains his priority

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