Admire his discipline if you must, but should a PM make vital decisions when he’s starving?

While Labour is favourite to snatch the Northamptonshire seat from the Tories, sunak’s party faces a battle even to take second place, if local opinion is anything to go by

The man who reportedly once organised sex parties for the wealthy is alleged to be involved in a plot to replace Rishi sunak

PM says he experienced racism as a child and that his parents sent him for extra drama lessons so that he could ‘speak properly’

PM tries to cheer up deflated Conservative MPs at central London dinner

The prime minister’s troublesome small-boats crackdown has faced yet another road-block as the home office deems Turkey ‘unsafe’

 

Former PM – who has repeatedly criticised Mr sunak since he was kicked out of No 10 – called on his successor to have the ‘courage’ to ditch more Brussels regulations

Labour MP says Rishi sunak and Keir Starmer must agree on ensuring election campaign is not marred by threats

Kemi Badenoch has denied that she is part of an alleged plan to oust Rishi sunak as prime minister. “This is a nonsense story. This is the media trying to fuel lots of gossip about Westminster,” the Conservative minister said on Thursday, 1 Febru ...

New hope for Afghan special forces who fought with British – as sunak government confirms settlement cases will be looked at again following The Independent’s campaign

Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big science stories of the week – from news that Elon Musk’s Neuralink has implanted its first chip into a human, to research suggesting Alzheimer’s can pass between humans ...

Former PM – who has repeatedly criticised Mr sunak since he was kicked out of No 10 – called on his successor to have the ‘courage’ to ditch more Brussels regulations

 

Former PM launches astonishing intervention as sunak agrees frictionless border for Northern Ireland – on the day new EU import checks come into force

After nearly two years without a government, could power sharing in Northern Ireland finally be back? And, another week, another Tory faction plotting to overthrow the prime minister. The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by our political editor, ...

Two in three voters nationwide would eject Rishi sunak from Downing Street if they could, survey suggests

Editorial: The IMF is right: Downing Street is taking a foolish risk by putting tax cuts before public spending

Former PM joins right-wing Tory Brexiteers in warning against ‘return’ to following EU rules

Sir Keir Starmer has mocked a Conservative MP who claimed he could not afford to pay his mortgage on a £118,300 ministerial salary. George Freeman, MP for Mid Norfolk, quit as science minister last November in order to take other jobs. “One of the ...