The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Government now plans to scrap tax plan’s application to unrealised gains and delay start date of changes to July 2026

John Swinney will address the last SNP conference ahead of next year’s election.

Campaigners seek honours rule change; Israel and Hamas prepare for prisoner swap; Alyssa Healy leads Australia to victory over India

Letters: Responding to articles about the Conservative party conference, David Redshaw suspects there may be life in Thatcherism yet. Plus letters from Des Senior, William Wallace, Les Bright, Katy Jennison and Peter Brooker

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

The writer and comedian got his television break appearing in the 1980s when his left-wing act – accompanied by his shiny suit – brought headlines

Fascinating exploration of the women inspired to activism in the Margaret Thatcher era of union-bashing

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

NEWS ANALYSIS: After the Tories looked dead and buried in Manchester and Jenrick looked ready to take over as leader, Kemi Badenoch produced a speech which has breathed life into her party and leadership, says David Maddox

They were an electoral powerhouse, the party of political titans Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli.

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to become Japan’s next prime minister — and the first woman ever to hold the post.