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Former PM’s meeting with President Maduro, in capacity as hedge fund consultant, is under further scrutiny

Prime minister faces one-hour grilling from voters following day of campaigning in Yorkshire

A politician praising a predecessor provides a heavy hint on how they intend to govern, but Keir Starmer’s new found enthusiasm for Margaret Thatcher is a tactical play. His ultimate role model is a very different leader — not the grocer’s grammar school daughter but the shy and underwhelming Clement…

Ripping up plans to extend HS2 north of Birmingham will mean a life sentence of travel misery for tens of millions of travellers

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream

Here is who Starmer’s new cabinet includes

Talks on the free-trade deal have entered the 12th round of negotiations with Kemi Badenoch visiting the country this week.

If both parties win election next year, their ideological closeness would make them strong allies, says Nick Thomas-Symonds

Flagship US programme offers blueprint for Rachel Reeves, in echo of policy cooperation in era of Clinton and Blair