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Have you heard about Katie?” my wife asked as she came home from the school run. Katie is the mum of my little boy’s friends so I assumed the news was about an upcoming children’s birthday party. I assumed wrong. “She wants to be an MP,” my wife continued. “She…

Exclusive: former government insider said it was believed serious breach ‘could have only come from Gavin’

Source says PM was given ‘general description’ of alleged incident but gave Williamson a job anyway

With No 10 seemingly one step behind events, prime minister cultivated his reputation for poor political judgment

He’s now done three and is getting worse each time – you might have got more sense out of the lettuce

Rishi Sunak is answering MPs’ questions in the House of Commons amid the fallout from Sir Gavin Williamson’s resignation. The Prime Minister said he “obviously regret(s)” appointing Sir Gavin to his Cabinet and said it was “absolutely right that he resigned”. Mr Sunak was earlier defended by Education Secretary Gillian…

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David Cameron and Ed Miliband were both pretty good at Prime Minister’s Questions. Cameron carried an air of confidence and could brush off countless U-turns, while Miliband often built a solid and coherent case throughout his six questions.

The PM was having to defend his decision to appoint twice-sacked Sir Gavin Williamson to his Cabinet after the latter resigned on Tuesday evening

The party is warning that the ‘serious allegations’ against the former Cabinet Office minister risk bringing the honours system into ‘disrepute’.