Our guiding light will be progressive realism and an end to the reckless, gaffe-prone diplomacy of the Tory years, says shadow foreign secretary David Lammy

Liz Truss is back – kind of. The former PM of just 49 days has published a book, Ten Years to Save the West. The Guardian’s political correspondent Eleni Courea and breaking news correspondent Martin Pengelly discuss her seeming lack of reg ...

Ministers and ex-ministers – some seen as having leadership ambitions – who voted against the bill include Badenoch and Braverman

Thanks to the Brussels police the National Conservatism usual suspects could feel they really were relevant and important

Legislation to return to the Commons with changes that would ensure conformity with UK and other law and protect claimants

The government’s anti-smoking bill gets its second reading in parliament but faces opposition from some Tory MPs

Editorial: The case for removing the two-child and overall benefit caps grows stronger all the time

Health leaders have welcomed plan to create smoke-free generation – but PM is facing trouble from some Tory MPs

We’d like to hear how people under 30 in Britain feel about voting in political elections, and whether they are planning to go to the polls this year

Alison McGovern says UK would ‘grind to a halt’ without unpaid carers and confirms party will review system if it wins power

Why the hell would anyone go out and campaign for Reclaim? Now I’ll never have the chance to find out, writes Zoe Williams

Former PM launches apparent attack on civil servants over plans she said had been put ‘in the bin’

PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote against

 

By voting for the tobacco and vapes bill, MPs have a historic opportunity to prevent disease and reduce inequality, says Prof Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England

Exclusive: England’s chief medical officer says tobacco industry is the ‘one gainer from the death and disease’ caused by its products

The former PM’s book claims she was undermined by ‘establishment’ enemies. It instead shows exactly why her friends deserted her, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as £11.6bn pledge slips

Teacher retention problems particularly acute in larger Mats, analysis finds

MPs voted through plans on Monday and bill is expected to become law within days