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Premier League clubs’ decision to walk away from a deal that would share more money with the English Football League provoked anger and frustration inside the game and across Westminster

At a time of unprecedented disconnection between public and politics, David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary was a rare moment that reached beyond Westminster.

Reform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join party

Politics is not just an activity conducted in Westminster corridors, with the voters locked out, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

A single man would gain £346 from tax cuts, compared with £279 for a woman and just £85 for the typical lone mother

Miner turned Labour MP known for his uncompromising principles and championing his Blyth Valley constituency

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

Stereotypes can linger even when long debunked. The “Red Wall” is still — to some tired parts of Westminster — a synonym for depleted industrial towns and a working class “left behind” by politics. But that is only half the story. Those areas of the North and Midlands that flipped…

Editorial: Westminster cannot continue to ignore the scale of social devastation caused by the chronic underfunding of council services

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Stella Creasy about the threats MPs face, and the presence of protesters outside their homes and offices

I can only imagine Vladimir Putin’s laughter in Moscow. Last week, Ben Jamal, director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, told protesters at Westminster he wanted a situation where “they will have to lock the doors of parliament itself”. Three MPs — all women, naturally — have been given police protection.…