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Summer breaks are fraught affairs for Westminster’s finest. Robbie Griffiths has the lowdown

Amid the many historic appointments in his cabinet, the new prime minister Keir Starmer made one particularly noteworthy announcement: James Timpson to become minister for prisons, parole and probation. Timpson is not a politician but the head of the key-cutting and shoe repair company of the same name. He was…

Critics felt dubbing the Labour leader a ‘part-time prime minister’ for his comments on family time was desperate, hypocritical, and likely to backfire on Rishi Sunak

An ex-UK envoy’s compelling account of the chaotic military withdrawal from the country is full of telling details, while Seierstad’s latest work drives home the cruel reality of women’s lives after the return of Taliban rule

At the last count, 118 MPs have announced they will not contest July’s general election. The vast majority – more than 75 – are Conservatives (or former Conservatives who have been suspended from the party).

More than 120 MPs have decided to quit ahead of the next general election - including likes of Angela Leadsom and Theresa May

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting

Sixty four Tories and four independent MPs who lost party whip plan to stand down from the Commons amid dire polling for Conservatives

Can you guess which things Liz Truss actually claimed in her book and which are our fantastic inventions?

‘Good’ singers performing great music by dead people. Who’d listen to that?

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