The Latest Breaking News from David Cameron

A lively journey from Fleet Street to Partygate by way of Have I Got News For You, the Olympics and Brexit

Boris Johnson was a formidable campaigner at the ballot box but failed to obey draconian rules he had imposed on others.

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

Labour has proposed banning ministers from lobbying for five years after they leave office, with fines for those who break the rules.

When the UK finally goes to the polls, the British-Pakistani-Fijian daughter of a car mechanic could win the seat that Iain Duncan Smith has held for more than 30 years. Some would see that as proof that anyone can succeed – but not Shaheen