Persistent fears over staffing and funding could lead to promises being broken to parents weeks before likely poll date

Exclusive: Specialist meats and cheeses suppliers could ditch UK altogether, say industry chiefs – amid fresh warning fruit and veg prices set to spike

A senior Conservative believed to be behind the plot to bring down Rishi sunak has been warned the “clock is ticking” to reveal who funded a damaging poll - or risk losing the party whip.

Donors close to Boris Johnson and hedge fund boss behind GB News say they had no involvement in polling

Richard Holden signals further cuts likely as he plays down polls showing party trailing Labour

Further rationing of already scarce resources will not fix decades of failures, housing groups tell sunak

Conservatives MPs have lashed out at the shadowy cabal trying to bring the PM down – but right-wing plotters still believe they can install a new leader

Tory Minister Alex Burghart was met with laughter as he praised Rishi sunak on BBC Question Time Mr Burghart appeared on the show on Thursday (26 January) and said: “The truth is, Rishi sunak has been doing an incredibly good job in very, very diff ...

 

Survey shows 2019 Tory voters unimpressed by options, as Penny Mordaunt defends PM as ‘best of Britain’

Rishi sunak admitted he had a “stressful moment” as he helped apprentices wire a fuse box at a construction training centre in Scarborough. The prime minister looked delighted with their work and eagerly waited to see if the lights came on once t ...

It seems Simple Simon Clarke wasn’t entirely alone in his failed rebellion – enter previously unknown Will Dry

Dutch flower growers have called on sunak government to delay looming controls on EU products

If he has any concern for his reputation, the PM will shelve this doomed mistake and do everything to rescue public services, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

British Polling Council asks pollsters if there are documents showing who commissioned controversial surveys

Head of Strasbourg court warns UK government not to ignore orders from ECHR judges

Keir Starmer’s party has more than 50% support in 150 target constituencies

Head of Strasbourg court warns UK government not to ignore orders from ECHR judges

Exclusive: Applicants fleeing wars face panic attacks and permits issued ‘in error’ as the Home Office insists complex cases are weighing it down

Will Dry, 26, who quit his Downing Steeet role last November after becoming dispirited, says his party is ‘heading for most almighty of defeats’