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UK’s contaminated blood scandal inquiry: All you need to know

A blood treatment that infected 30,000 people with HIV and hepatitis C decades ago in the UK returns to the spotlight.

Al Jazeera

Andy Burnham: Our Hillsborough law is our only hope to prevent a Covid inquiry cover-up

What hope can we have that the Covid Inquiry, which finally began this week, will deliver the truth at the first time of asking? It is certainly an inquiry which matters hugely to millions. But, if the circumstances of its launch are anything to go by, people are already entitled…

Evening Standard

John Major’s ‘bad luck’ comment on infected blood scandal angers victims

Former prime minister tells inquiry no amount of money could compensate for what happened

The Guardian - UK

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Infected Blood Inquiry: What is it and how to watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence

Everything you need to know about the impact of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Evening Standard

'It was no accident' - Jesmond blood campaigner's fury after Sir John Major called scandal which killed husband 'bad luck'

Carol Grayson lost her husband and brother-in-law after they were infected with HIV in the NHS treatment scandal

Chronicle Live

Infected blood victims had ‘incredibly bad luck’, Sir John Major tells inquiry

The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the NHS’s biggest treatment disaster.

The Independent UK

I quit! The art of writing the great resignation letter

Oliver Dowden’s wounded farewell note last week was full of the kind of passive aggression found in classics of the genre

The Guardian - UK

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Double defeat points to unwinding of Conservative Brexit coalition

Defeat for the Tories in two key byelections shows that tactical voting could put safe seats in play if replicated at a general election

The Guardian - UK

‘Industrial-scale’ tactical voting sparks calls for Labour-Lib Dem electoral pact

‘Don’t rest on your laurels’: Keir Starmer and Ed Davey urged to work together after by-election wins

The Independent UK

Sir John Curtice: Tories in trouble but Keir Starmer still missing crucial spark

Boris Johnson’s party is “in trouble” but Sir Keir Starmer has yet to spark the “crucial ingredient” of enthusiasm for Labour which led to Tony Blair’s 1997 victory, according to one of Britain’s leading elections experts

Evening Standard

Lib Dem byelection win was spectacular – but Labour’s may hurt Tories most

Analysis: Wakefield victory, on top of some of the local election results in May, suggests red wall is repairable

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson says he will 'keep going' after devastating by-election results

The Prime Minister defied calls to quit after the Tories lost both Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton in the most bruising by-election night since under John Major in 1991

Daily Mirror

The government is picking a fight with reality with its NI protocol bill

This is not the solution to anything, only the act of a government driven out of its mind by Brexit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Right in front of our eyes, Britain’s entire political order is being demolished

From housing to health, the institutions are crumbling. This could be a historic chance to craft radical change from chaos

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The Independent UK

Past UK Conservative leaders who faced leadership challenges

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have survived a no-confidence vote, but his grip on power is far from secure

Daily Mirror

When is next general election and who can call for a snap election in the UK?

Following Boris Johnson's ousting and a lengthy leadership contest, Liz Truss was appointed as the new Prime Minister of the UK in September 2022, beating former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. But the path to power hasn't run smooth for her

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s no-confidence vote: PM tells cabinet to ‘draw a line’ under Partygate after narrowly surviving bruising ballot – as it happened

Boris Johnson says ministers should focus on ‘cutting costs of government’ after William Hague says his position is ‘untenable’

The Conversation

Boris Johnson: what the result of the confidence vote means for the PM and the Conservative Party

The verdict is in. Boris Johnson retains the confidence of the Conservative Party. For now. Johnson received the votes of 211 out of 359 Tory MPs in support of his leadership, which means that technically he won. But the fact that 148 of his parliamentary colleagues voted against him, more…

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Chronicle Live

Tory leaders who faced leadership vote and what happened to them

Boris Johnson isn't the first Conservative Prime Minister to face a no-confidence vote. Here we look at others and how they fared

Wales Online

The Conservative leaders who have faced leadership challenges and how they fared

The most recent to face a confidence vote was Theresa May in 2018

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson no-confidence vote: the key numbers that will decide PM’s fate

PM needs support of 180 MPs to survive as leader

The Guardian - UK

From May to Heath: Tories who have faced votes on their leadership

Boris Johnson is not the first leader to face poll of party MPs, a situation that has often led to their downfall

The Independent UK

How previous Tory leaders have fared in confidence votes or challenges

There have been a number of votes faced by Conservative Party leaders over the last few decades.

Daily Mirror

John Major reveals he wished the Queen had been a member of his cabinet

Today kicks off the platinum jubilee weekend to celebrate 70 years of the Queen's reign, a feat no British monarch has ever managed

The Independent UK

Former PM says he felt Queen would have made a good Cabinet member

Sir John Major says the monarch has ‘represented our better selves for over 70 years’.

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