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The Conservative leader will offer her party’s co-operation ‘in the national interest’.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Unions have warned the government not to water down its workers' rights bill following Angela Rayner’s departure. But substantial hikes in the minimum wage and employers’ national insurance contributions, coupled with anaemic growth, could imperil all that this Labour government seeks to achieve

Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned

Editorial: Downing St may want to avoid scrutiny of its performance but debate is needed, not control-freak choreography

Editorial: Economic and academic activity are bound up together. Charging international students more for less will not fix deep-seated problems

The prime minister’s new chief secretary has been out and about trying to calm the storm after Angela Rayner’s exit

THE definition of insanity is, famously, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Stormont deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly criticised ‘extensive consultation with Dublin’.

Candidates will need at least 80 nominations to stand chance of succeeding Angela Rayner in role