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No one is banned from these shows – and for Slave Play’s run on the West End, they take up only two nights out of almost 100, says Arifa Akbar, the Guardian’s chief theatre critic

Worse than John Major amid sleaze, Boris Johnson following partygate and Liz Truss in the immediate aftermath of the calamitous “mini-Budget”. The Conservatives under Rishi Sunak have fallen to a record low of 20 per cent, according to an exclusive Ipsos poll. This is their weakest result since 1978, when…

Ipsos director of politics Keiran Pedley explains the dire position for the Conservatives

Britain's Conservative government unveils a pre-election budget Wednesday that could feature voter-friendly measures as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party badly trails main opposition Labour in polls.

The result is the worst for the Conservatives since 1978 when Ipsos regular poll tracker started and puts them 27 points behind Labour

Expect to hear more about extremism in the coming weeks, as the Tory party tries to identify Labour vulnerabilities, says the Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls

Exclusive: Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds widening gulf between demand for tax cuts and reality for millions struggling

Plans call for ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to groups such as Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Just Stop Oil

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The prime minister’s address on Friday was a masterclass in gaslighting and made a new art form of rank hypocrisy, says Green MP Caroline Lucas

This week’s budget is certain to bring more cuts. Westminster is missing the stark fact that people simply cannot take any more, says Guardian columnist John Harris