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This rage-fuelled chronicle of mismanagement, corruption and greed – featuring the likes of Michael Gove – will leave you incredulous. It is fine, anger-powered work

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The Good Morning Britain presenter asked the Liberal Democrat MP if ‘there was any word on the street’ before Hamas launched its attack on Israel.

In the mid-1980s, Labour leader Neil Kinnock was considering splitting the Treasury in two, with one half focussed on its responsibility as a finance department and the other on economic growth. He asked his shadow chancellor, Roy Hattersley, which department he would like to lead in government. Hattersley replied: "Whichever…

Morning TV presenter has had audiences talking on several occasions during his tenure on the show

Two young British sisters are reported to be among the missing.

This two-part documentary examines why the UK is one of the worst places in the world to buy a home. Plus, The Real Crown reaches the fateful year of 1997. Here’s what to watch tonight

Britain in for ‘protracted period of high taxes and tight spending’, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

Tie-up is a ‘terrible deal for Britain’ that also poses risks for national security, Unite claims

Britain is heading towards a recession next year as borrowing costs stay elevated, the IFS warned in its latest Green Budget.

Our jails are academies of crime and dens of violence. A less punitive approach could help, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins