The Latest Breaking News from David Cameron

His era in power was marked by squalor and self-promotion. In the end, he proved himself afraid of parliament – and democracy, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping election victory on the back of his mission to “get Brexit done.”

When David Cameron arrived at the White House on a beautiful spring day in March 2012, President Obama joshed that he was “chuffed to bits” to welcome the British prime minister to Washington. Since then there have been bumps in the road over Syria and Afghanistan, Brexit, trade, and two…

NHS left ‘dangerously understaffed’, says TUC – as former PM and chancellor prepare for public hearings

Public hearings into the UK's preparedness for the Covid-19 crisis will begin next week, just days after the inquiry became mired in controversy due to a bitter legal dispute over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

Union body claims policies left Britain ‘hugely unprepared’, in report before opening hearing of inquiry

There is nothing inherently sinister about seeking to influence the people who write our laws; indeed, it’s a vital part of any democracy. Any citizen has the right to lobby an MP – the verb was coined to describe people who collared lawmakers in public lobbies such as Parliament’s. But…

His iniquitous austerity programme left the population sick, vulnerable, and unprepared for a pandemic, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Backers say the move will help to "clean up" Westminster after a string of high-profile lobbying scandals, with Labour proposing financial sanctions to those who break the rules