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  • Martin Kettle

    Our democracy desperately needs a reset – and, behind the scenes, that’s the plan

    Martin Kettle
    This is a seismic moment as Westminster prepares for power to pass from one party to another, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
  • Esther McVey had said civil servants should leave their political views ‘at the building entrance’.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: I never called for rainbow lanyard ban, claims Esther McVey – as it happened

  • John Crace

    The politics sketch
    The end is nigh and Labour MPs just want to have fun. At the Tories’ expense

    John Crace
  • General views of the Palace of Westminster.

    MPs arrested for sexual offences face bans from parliamentary estate

    Labour and Conservatives say ‘long overdue’ measures ‘improve standards of behaviour and safeguarding’
  • People rough sleeping in tents next to the River Thames opposite the Palace of Westminster

    Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism

    Proposal, condemned by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPs
  • Guardian G2<br>Labour MP Margaret Hodge photographed at&nbsp;Portcullis House. Feature on MP retiring.

    Goodbye to all that
    ‘We had money! It was brilliant!’ Margaret Hodge on Labour governments, life as a migrant and quitting as an MP

    After 30 years in parliament, the former minister will stand down at the next election. She talks about her battles with Jeremy Corbyn, her fury at Priti Patel and Suella Braverman, and the awfulness of austerity
  • Labour leader Keir Starmer greets Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover, after her defection from the Conservatives.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Labour defends welcoming rightwing Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into party – as it happened

  • PMQs: Sunak is 'a dodgy salesman desperate to sell a dud', says Starmer – video

  • The City of London skyline with a cluster of skyscrapers including the Walkie Talkie

    ‘Unfair banking’ and ‘damaging’ financial rules harming UK’s small firms, MPs warn

    Treasury committee says ‘debanking’ and use of personal guarantees for loans is putting small businesses at risk
  • People hold placards with phrases such as 'no to mandatory vaccines'.

    What conspiracy theories are UK MPs being told to look out for?

    MPs and election candidates to be given guide about conspiracy theories covering topics such as 5G and the climate crisis
  • A middle-aged, grey-haired man in dark suit and tie sits on a green chair and speaks into a microphone

    P&O Ferries boss asked if he is ‘modern-day pirate’ for paying staff £4.87 an hour

    Peter Hebblethwaite appears in front of MPs two years after saying lowest-paid agency worker would earn £5.15 an hour
  • Humza Yousaf speaks in Holyrood during the no confidence debate.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Scotland’s SNP government wins no confidence vote called by Labour – as it happened

    Scottish government wins vote by 70 votes to 58, with no abstentions after debate where Humza Yousaf defended government’s record
  • 'Fascist nonsense': SNP MP reacts to Home Office migrant detention video

    The Home Office released a video of what it claimed was people being detained for flights to Rwanda
  • A designed image with the words 'Politics Weekly UK'

    Politics Weekly UK
    Coming 5 May: Politics Weekly Westminster – an extra podcast episode to get your political fix

    The Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, and the political correspondent Kiran Stacey help you kick off your week with the stories you need to know from inside Westminster

April 2024

  • Jonathan Dimbleby

    Jonathan Dimbleby urges MPs to ‘get off the fence’ on assisted dying

  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Rishi Sunak after a press conference in Berlin.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Sunak claims defence spending plan won’t affect government’s ability to cut taxes – as it happened

  • Angela Rayner speaking at PMQs

    Angela Rayner tells ministers to focus on no-fault evictions, not her house sale

  • Composite image of the House of Lords on Monday and Rishi Sunak

    Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill

  • Sunak and his cabinet think one packed Rwanda flight will save them. It won’t

    Enver Solomon
  • UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda – video

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