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Rishi Sunak’s hope to present his leadership as a clear change from his predecessors fails to win over a flagging party faithful

The Prime Minister struggled to keep his own party under control amid bleak prospects for a general election.

There is no plausible path out of stagnation but to become a higher – and better – spending Britain

Exclusive: Sunak could be presiding over ‘wake’ at conference, warns Prof John Curtice – with voters furious over NHS failures, cost of living, migrants and Liz Truss

While some living in the path of the planned railway sold up, others have stayed put, unsure when or even if they will be forced out

HS2 Ltd boss Mark Thurston leaves his role on Friday

Placating Conservatives in marginal seats, inflation in construction and a maze of bureaucracy have seen the cost balloon from £32bn to £71bn

Sunak refuses to speculate on his own speculation over future of Birmingham to Manchester leg

I don’t know about you, but I’m suffering from chronic metaphor fatigue. There is nothing that goes horribly wrong, falls apart, arrives late, costs too much, delays millions and undermines our sanity that cannot be co-opted as a metaphor for Britain’s dysfunction in 2023. Everyone wants to control the narrative…