Rishi Sunak

Janan Ganesh: Britain has turned against radical politics faster than other rich nations because it has lost more from it

Summer recess at Westminster ended with a bang on Monday amid crisis over crumbling concrete in schools

Sunak under pressure for halving funding for school repairs when he was finance minister

Brief reviews of The Lodgers by Eithne Shortall; The End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce; and Trussed Up by Liz Gerard

UK’s new defence secretary will be seen as a safe pair of hands by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak

Former UK culture secretary accuses prime minister of ‘whipping public frenzy’ against her in letter sent 11 weeks after she said she would stand down

As more employers question the need for degrees, the huge benefits of college years need to rigorously defended

Any Other Business: H&M shuts Dublin store, BoyleSports overseas, Smurfit on carbon capture, Irish AI strategy, and GPO museum banners

Both men seem house-trained compared to recent leaders of their parties - and they could yet benefit at the polls

Vacations are rarely straightforward for busy leaders but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t take them

Planet Business: Tequila sales go gangbusters for Diageo, Steve Jobs’s son sets up cancer research venture capital fund and Democrat troops spread the message on ‘Bidenomics’

Battle for Rutherglen and Hamilton, on the southern edge of Glasgow, will reveal much about Labour’s prospects for a Scottish revival that may hand Keir Starmer the keys to Number 10 Downing Street

The prime minister’s recent retreat from some green policies is an appeal to a segment of Middle Britain and a clear division from the opposition

Move puts country on ‘wrong side of history’, says former energy minister who signed government’s ‘net zero’ pledge

Bobby McDonagh: NatWest and Coutts Bank were wrong to make judgments about Farage’s politics. But there was nothing wrong with the judgments they made

Leo Varadkar says Northern Ireland works best when there is a ‘common strategy’ between both jurisdictions

British government urged to ‘get on with’ negotiating outstanding issues on Windsor framework

UN climate leaders write to British prime minister about ‘lackadaisical’ attitude to global warming

Tories narrowly hold on to Boris Johnson’s former constituency of Uxbridge to escape trio of defeats

Labour’s winning margin in Yorkshire seat of Selby and Ainsty is historically terrible result for government

Diplomatic row erupted after use of ‘Islas Malvinas’ title in declaration

Labour and the Liberal Democrats hope to overturn large Conservative majorities

When Rishi Sunak became British prime minister, he promised a fresh start. But his government is being consumed by economic problems and infighting

Ukraine ‘not yet ready’ to join Nato, Biden says, as US faces criticism over providing widely banned munitions

Labour leader’s Damascene conversion to the process he once fought tooth and nail against has him riding high in the polls

Ruling in case of Chris Pincher paves way to yet another byelection for Rishi Sunak’s government

The prime minister is in trouble on all five of the landmark promises he made to the electorate in January

Bill provides immunity for those accused of conflict-related offences as long as they co-operate with a new truth recovery body

Support for Ukraine’s accession to the EU appears to be solidifying, as does the will to make Russia financially accountable

Political and business leaders meeting to raise funds to rebuild country after Russian invasion

Just handful of Conservatives vote against the privileges committee’s findings

Two people appear to dance past sign saying ‘Please keep your distance’ during event at Tory HQ in 2020

Planet Business: Pyrex company bankruptcy, the swift ascent of Mistral AI and the world’s highest-paid golfers

London Letter: Boris Johnson tried to arrange a knighthood for his father while some of his closest political allies were rejected for membership of the House of Lords

Attention was diverted from response to virus by the time it started to spread, says chief counsel

Johnson dismisses successor’s claims of lobbying as ‘rubbish’

Fallout over former prime minister’s resignation as an MP leaves Tory government facing three byelections

Former PM’s political career in ruins after he quit as an MP and criticised leader Rishi Sunak

Labour: Johnson acting like ‘baby-man’ in reaction to partygate investigation

Proliferation of artificial intelligence tools could exacerbate issues with misinformation