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There is trouble ahead for Rishi Sunak, but the ex-PM’s psychodrama is slipping down his list of priorities, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

In the end, he was the Pontius Pilate of Parliament. By washing his hands of the Commons debate and vote on the privileges committee report on Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak not only made a grievous error of judgment but failed a hugely significant test of leadership. His absence from the…

A Tory whodunnit is unfolding over the leak of party footage

He said misleading parliament was not acceptable

Last night's House of Commons votes was as damaging for the current Prime Minister as it was for his former boss, writes Liam Thorp

Penny Mordaunt and Gillian Keegan are among those who voted in support of the report — while Rishi Sunak and Jacob Rees-Mogg abstained

Senior Conservative MPs on Tuesday suggested that Shaun Bailey’s peerage could be in doubt after the Met Police confirmed detectives were scrutinising video of his staff partying during lockdown.

Rishi Sunak is facing three “highly problematic” by-elections in Conservative-held seats this summer after the resignation of Boris Johnson and two of his key allies. 

A Tory barrister who is battling to become the party’s London mayoral candidate broke down in tears as he told how he had been inspired by his mother’s death to run for City Hall.

Politicians have backed a report stating the former Prime Minister lied about parties in Downing Street during the coronavirus pandemic

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