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Centrist MEP Valérie Hayer has been appointed to head President Emmanuel Macron's list for the European elections in June. RFI looks into the background of this little-known candidate, who has a fight on her hands as the French far right prepares for battle on the hustings.

As an influential constant in government, Gove has been key to the process of rightwing radicalisation, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Party’s proposals come after Elish Angiolini’s report into Wayne Couzens’ murder of Sarah Everard

From a huge budget deficit to weak GDP and a record rise in tax, we look at the background to the Tory budget

A Labour politician said the Government’s ‘underfunding of the Met’, has meant ‘police are being forced to cut corners’

Voters express dissatisfaction with the Labour party and other groups as insurgent George Galloway wins byelection

The new Rochdale MP is hardly unique. He is just highly adept at swimming in the toxic swamp that is so much of our politics, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Government wants to make life easier for working people, he says at Scottish Tory conference

Editorial: The electorate is not obliged to cast ballots for any party. The public must be convinced by a platform that can fix 14 years of failure

'Rock bottom' confers a powerful elixir. Recovering alcoholics often point to the day, the hour, the drink that led them to make a change. For others, it is the simple reassurance that no matter how difficult the times, there is something to be said for them no longer getting worse.…

A powerful Commons committee is poised to reveal the findings of a six-month investigation into sexism in the City which is likely to be scathing about the culture that still exists at major financial institutions.