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  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    Boris Johnson at risk of losing Covid inquiry legal funding, Whitehall warns

    Former prime minister told that publicly provided advice will be withdrawn if he undermines the government

  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    UK energy
    Boiler makers up in arms over UK heat pump targets

    Manufacturers fear penalties for missed quotas will push up cost to consumers, threatening investment and jobs

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Sunak warned not to enter car ‘subsidy race’ with US and EU

    Policy Exchange think-tank urges UK prime minister to improve business climate instead

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    Every big business needs its own Chief Political Officer

    Rolling crises have ensured that government relations is no longer a backwater department

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    UK Government
    UK offers £1,500 payment to civil servants in bid to end strikes

    Ministers and top mandarin pledge to avoid compulsory redundancies ‘where possible’, alongside lump sum

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Political Fix podcast32 min listen
    The Boris Johnson WhatsApp psychodrama

    Why is the UK government at loggerheads with the Covid inquiry it commissioned?

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK’s biggest rail union says it will not ‘disarm’ for pay talks

    Warning from RMT leader Mick Lynch comes as strikes affect high-profile sporting weekend

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    Johnson to give unredacted WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry

    Move to bypass Cabinet Office is blow to UK government, which has taken legal action to block release

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Covid inquiry legal fight: a sideshow to broader quarrel about WhatsApp

    Spread of informal messaging across departments raises concerns of slapdash decision-making

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Brexit
    Brussels urges UK to join trade pact to ease risk of post-Brexit car tariffs

    Trade experts warn British membership of Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention is not ‘immediate fix’

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    UK government takes legal action over Boris Johnson’s Covid messages

    Cabinet office reveals former PM’s WhatsApp communications only date back to May 2021

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Labour Party UK
    Starmer under pressure to rebrand flagship ‘green prosperity plan’

    Labour leader urged to focus on economic effects and less on climate change

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    UK universities
    English universities face £125mn hit from pension change

    Higher education leaders warn of ‘great strain’ as publicly funded organisations brace for increase in employer contributions

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Britain after Brexit
    Culture of secrecy at top of government must change Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: a revealing poll about Northern Ireland and the Falklands

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Miranda Green
    The great ‘Brexit’ and ‘coalition’ taboos are holding the Lib Dems back

    Pressure is mounting on leader Ed Davey to change tack

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Labour suspends MP over claims of ‘unacceptable’ behaviour

    Decision follows accusations that he subjected five women to unwanted sexual attention in parliament

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Brexit was built on two irreconcilable visions

    Next Tory leadership election will be set against backdrop of MPs lamenting electoral deal struck to deliver Britain’s departure from EU

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    Ailing UK life sciences sector will need further treatment

    Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    Brexit
    UK should boost alignment of rules with EU, says business commission

    Cross-party group’s call for ‘general policy’ on regulations comes as Labour vows to improve ties with Brussels

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    EU immigration
    Sunak to urge European leaders to tackle irregular migration

    PM seeks unity on stemming flow of migrants but Moldova summit set to be dominated by Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    ExplainerUK local government finance
    What lies behind England’s mayoral development corporations

    An obscure type of public body has been pushed into the spotlight after the FT raised questions about their use by high-profile Conservative mayor Ben Houchen

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    Boris Johnson hands over messages and diaries to government

    Former prime minister urges Cabinet Office to ‘urgently’ disclose information to investigators before Thursday deadline

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    Sunak touts leading role for Britain in AI regulation

    PM eyes opportunity to become centre for companies developing artificial intelligence

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    UK Inequality
    Shift in government spending has cut UK inequality, study finds

    IFS says increase in health provision, wider access to education and introduction of university fees is behind change

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    Robert Shrimsley
    How the Thatcherites lost their Brexit dream and their party

    The trade-off the original Tory Leavers made with populists handed the Conservatives over to an alien worldview

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