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Resort to fateful phrase rarely ends well

Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t really about scrutiny. The thankless but important task of holding the government to account takes place in dusty committee rooms and low-key debates. Instead, PMQs is about theatre, boosting the morale of your backbenchers, testing out attack lines and ensuring the prime minister is on top…

Leader will promise ‘fresh start’ for UK after turbulence of successive Conservative governments in keynote address to conference

Former cabinet minister urges Labour leader to be ‘restless for change’ and challenge ‘post-truth’ campaign by Truss government

A cache of emails and documents sheds light on the would-be ruler’s activities at a time when he was entering public life

In today’s newsletter: Inside the story of the man who leaked explosive evidence of company’s expansion strategy

Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions

Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Lord Peter Mandelson is a non executive director of the new clearing bank

Co-written by Hill and Steve Brown, this is a messy jamboree-bag of songs and silliness that pokes enjoyable fun at the messianic ex-PM