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A debt disaster is looming — and too many backbenchers just don’t understand the grim reality

COMMENT: The prime minister looks as if he is being pushed around by Reform, but he is taking the fight to them on issues that matter to the voters, writes John Rentoul

In today’s newsletter: With a sentencing review ordered and the crisis in the criminal justice system deepening, the government is tasked with finding solutions to what seems like an intractable problem

Few can doubt that the Tories left office with the public finances in a dire state. But it takes two parties not to talk about the tax rises necessary to plug that gap. Indeed, no lesser authority than the Institute for Government’s Paul Johnson accused both Labour and the Conservatives…

Venality, bribery, bullying, sexual and financial disgrace: all these must be swept away to win back voters’ trust, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

BOMBSHELL new analysis shows Labour would be signed up for spending cuts worth the equivalent of paying the wages for Celtic Football Club for the…

As this difficult era nears its endgame, we are guided by a belief good governance – and buoyed up by public support, says the secret civil servant

Debate in UK Parliament over Gaza cease-fire leads to chaos and safety concerns amidst political maneuvering.

The Institute for Government has completed an 18-month review of the UK’s constitution.