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The party’s dysfunctionality comes from the top – and those waiting for the right moment to unseat the PM risk being dragged into the mire, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Prime Minister was asked in the Commons this evening if there was a culture of 'excessive drug-taking', to which he replied: 'Any drug-taking would be excessive perhaps he should direct that question to the Labour frontbench'

No 10 aides allegedly 'drank their socks off' to the sound of Abba's classic 'The Winner Takes It All' as they celebrated on the night Dominic Cummings resigned

The police are investigating at least 12 events held in No 10 and Whitehall during England’s coronavirus lockdowns.

A gathering in the flat the PM shares with wife Carrie is among 12 being probed by police

PM draws anger from own MPs in Commons after report reveals Sue Gray examined 16 gatherings, with 12 being looked at by police

The civil servant savaged Downing Street parties that 'should not have been allowed' and revealed police are investigating 12 out of 16 - including a gathering in the No10 flat. But her 'update' was shorn of the most damaging claims - and No10 refused to promise a second report later…

There are two takes on politics. One, espoused by the late Tony Benn, is that it’s the issues that matter. And then there are the rest of us who think that the issues are of course terribly important but it’s the personalities that count. And for us, Dominic Cummings is…

The prime minister’s principal private secretary emailed colleagues inviting them to a socially-distanced drinks event ‘to make the most of the lovely weather’