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    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Northern Ireland
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      European Commission issues warning as pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak over potential compromise on protocol

    • 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
      Robert Shrimsley
      Conservatives are forced to face the economic case for net zero

      The green industrial revolution is coming: ministers need to back a Tory plan to embrace it and prosper

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Sunak faces crunch decision on post-Brexit Northern Ireland

      Deal takes shape on trading arrangements but unionists and Eurosceptics still need to be brought on board

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Chain of problems cramps Tories’ bid to win back younger voters

      Since 2019 the party’s once sizeable support from the young has tailed off, sparking internal fears about its fate

    • 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

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      Conservatives are too keen on money to win the culture war

      The likes of Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi don’t enter the careers that shape a society’s norms and values

    • 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

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
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      Sacking puts Sunak’s political judgment under scrutiny, amid consistently bleak opinion polls for him and Tories

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
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      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

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

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

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
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      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
      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

    • 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

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Tories told to focus on ‘narrow path’ to election victory

      Strategy guru Isaac Levido briefs Rishi Sunak’s cabinet on plan for defying 20-point poll deficit and beating Labour

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
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      Why Trussonomics was doomed: Tories cannot stomach spending cuts

      Sunak presides over a Conservative party incapable of uniting over fiscal policy, but his fear of arguments has not helped

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Sunak branded ‘hopelessly weak’ after keeping Zahawi in post

      UK prime minister says ‘proper process’ must be followed in probe of Conservative party chair

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
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      Careless conservatism is killing Sunak’s effort to save his party

      Hit by a series of mini scandals, the studious prime minister is starting to look weak

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
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      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
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      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
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      ‘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
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      Rishi Sunak’s government of disorder

      There are echoes of the Major years in a cabinet running short of ideas and authority

    • 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

    • 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

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