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A century of power could end next May amid Labour’s failure to learn lessons from Scotland, opening the door for Plaid Cymru and Reform UK

The prime minister has repaired broken relations with France, but Britain still looks perilously isolated in a world of shifting alliances, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The iconic Tory had strong clear beliefs and was a fighter when his party needed fighters. We could do with more like that now, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The long length of high metal railing has provoked controversy at Westminster with concerns it ‘cuts off sightlines’ to potential attackers.

MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock says he will remain an independent after surrendering whip last week

COMMENT: One of Margaret Thatcher’s staunchest lieutenants, the ‘Chingford Skinhead’ held some notorious opinions and would happily go studs-up with his political opponents – but in person, Lord Tebbit was anything but a ‘semi-house-trained polecat’, recalls historian Tim Bale

Conservative party chairman and minister with a caustic wit who played a key role during Margaret Thatcher’s time in power

Successive governments’ efforts to put the UK public finances have met with only “limited and temporary success” says watchdog

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch described the former Cabinet minister as a political ‘icon’.