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The Labour leader said the Home Secretary’s actions appear to have been ‘inappropriate’

Sir Philip Rycroft said the home secretary’s actions would have put civil servants ‘in an impossible position’

The PM is treading the perilous path of indulging Suella Braverman and her allies on the Conservative hard right, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Many people realise that Boris Johnson is a dishonest chancer who lacks any real convictions, said David Gauke in The New Statesman. Less obvious – at least to those outside Whitehall – is “quite how extraordinarily inept he was at performing some of the basic functions of being prime minister”.…

Other lives: Senior civil servant whose work behind the scenes led to the licensing of bedsits and introduction of leasehold reform

The government has announced a U-turn on its plans to remove all EU laws from British statute books by the end of the year in a move that has been criticised by Tory Brexiteers. 

Senior Tories have criticised the move to cut back post-Brexit plans to scrap EU laws.

Former business secretary says '‘politicians need to stick to what they said they will do’ in attack on Rishi Sunak

Jacob Rees-Mogg blamed the Whitehall ‘blob’ for the delay

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove urged the Labour leader to ‘fess up’ about when he first approached the partygate investigator.

Labour leader’s spokesperson says Gray will become chief of staff even if watchdog recommends long delay to start date