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There was a telling moment at last week’s PMQs. After Keir Starmer declared that Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville Roberts was talking “rubbish” – she asked if there was any belief that he held for more than a week – Rachel Reeves roared with laughter. But Angela Rayner, sat by…

Voters in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Holyrood seat will go to the polls on June 5.

The Tory leader suggested her party faces a long, hard battle to return to power and prominence as she spoke at the Welsh Conservative Conference.

Let’s not mince words: I like Rupert Lowe, a man who, in his mind’s eye, is a latter day Barbour clad John Bull. Defiant and awkward, he is a force of nature, a whirlwind of conviction, talent, and sheer bloody-mindedness. But he’s also a lone wolf, a man who’d rather…

Westminster has become fearful of a fickle and vindictive electorate. There’s value in that, but it’s also holding back our politics, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

NAO says tax gap for rich individuals may be much more than £1.9bn and urges ministers to redouble efforts

Darren Millar said the party would offer the boldest manifesto.

What governments do is mostly forgotten, but freeing people from the threat of a painful death would be a great liberalising moment in British history, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Keir was supposed to be here for a deal on an asylum returns hub but his towering host had a surprise in store