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Leaked Whitehall documents reveal plans to extend indoor smoking ban to certain outside spaces, such as pub gardens

The public know there are no quick fixes to Britain’s problems, but without tangible change, patience will run out quickly, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Downing Street officials deny friction between Sue Gray and Morgan McSweeney, but negative briefings continue

‘Devastating’ report says there are ‘serious concerns’ about London force’s management of dangerous offenders

UK ministers have been ordered to search for cost-cutting reforms as the Chancellor plans to take “tough decisions” on welfare and spending...

The Treasury has made it clear that reform will be needed as Rachel Reeves begins pivotal review of public finances

It came as the Prime Minister warned police to remain on ‘high alert’ for further unrest

Keir Starmer’s government has hit the ground running. But over the next few weeks and months some serious choices will have to be made about exactly how to govern. These are 13 pressing questions that will demand answers soon, partly drawing from my experience working in city government, several national…

Whitehall sources say it could be a more open competition than in past as Simon Case prepares to step down