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The ‘cruel’ new visa rules set to break up families
Government attempts to bear down on record migration figures will target family visas for those...
Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office – podcast
Something is badly wrong at the heart of one of Britain’s most important ministries. How did it...
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The rise and rise of Liz Truss
As Boris Johnson faces questions over his future, Conservative members and MPs are looking at...
Boris Johnson clings on, the scandals keep coming
Boris Johnson has been forced to order a new inquiry into allegations on Islamophobia in the...
Will the police have the final word on ‘partygate’?
After weeks of damaging allegations of parties and rule-breaking gatherings in Downing Street the...
Sue Gray’s verdict: ‘Failures of leadership’
Sue Gray’s report into Covid lockdown rule-breaking in Downing Street has finally been published....
What a leadership crisis looks like from inside Downing Street
Gavin Barwell was in No 10 when Tory MPs were plotting the downfall of his boss Theresa May. Now,...
The Tories attacking the UK’s net zero plans
The Net Zero Scrutiny Group insists it accepts the facts of the climate emergency. But as the...
‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class
At the Oxford university debating society in the 80s, a generation of aspiring politicians honed...
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From the archive: ‘A zombie party’: the deepening crisis of conservatism
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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My small, doomed stand against Margaret Thatcher’s war on truth
As a civil servant in the 1980s, I had a front row seat as the British government began to lose...
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Boris Johnson: the damning verdict
A committee of MPs has found that Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament and was part of a...
‘Can I now send the funds?’: secrets of the Conservative money machine
To see how easy it is for the wealthy to buy political access and influence, consider the story...
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Michelle Mone lobbied for PPE Medpro. But was she enriched by its profits?
During the early weeks of the pandemic, the government was scrambling to find protective clothing...
The PM has torn up his ambitious plans for Britain to achieve its commitments on net zero...
Michelle Mone and the PPE Medpro investigation
After the peer admitted to lying about her involvement in lucrative government PPE deals during...
Understanding Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's chief strategist
James Graham, screenwriter of the TV drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, talks about Dominic Cummings,...
Understanding Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's chief strategist
James Graham, screenwriter of the TV drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, talks about Dominic Cummings,...
Russian reports and EU summits: Politics Weekly podcast
Jonathan Freedland, Luke Harding and Kate Proctor discuss the week’s news from Westminster....
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