Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Will Sunak now shift to the left or right?
In a bid to see-off more humiliating defections, there is likely to be more of the same desperation to get flights to Rwanda off the ground, more speeches littered with US-imported culture war rhetoric, and still more pledges to control spending to pave the way for tax cuts from the Prime Minister.
Tory MP faces calls to resign for banning asylum cases from his surgery
“I, for one, want to dedicate my resources to putting Dudley people first,” said the MP.
Head teachers’ union confirms detrimental impact of school funding cuts at annual conference
School leaders’ jobs have been “made far harder by this Conservative government. School buildings are falling apart, pay has been driven down and teachers are being driven out.”
All the metro mayor election results
The Tories won just one of the metro mayor elections across the country.
Former director of Restore Trust mocked for making bizarre comparison about National Trust’s D-Day event U-turn and free family passes
'This is the most ridiculous tweet I've read all day.'
Will tactical voting destroy the Tories?
Under our winner-takes-all system, in tight seats, voters could well hold their noses and cast their ballot for a candidate with the best chance of winning, just to deliver a knock-out blow for the Tories.