The Latest Breaking News from John Major

Gordon Brown also attacks Labour successor Sir Keir Starmer over ‘gang of four’ Cabinet reports

Worse than John Major amid sleaze, Boris Johnson following partygate and Liz Truss in the immediate aftermath of the calamitous “mini-Budget”. The Conservatives under Rishi Sunak have fallen to a record low of 20 per cent, according to an exclusive Ipsos poll. This is their weakest result since 1978, when…

Blair surged to power with a Nineties soundtrack of optimism and Tory economic success. For Keir Starmer, if the polls are right, it will be a case of hard graft from day one, writes George Chesterton

The actor who played Sick Boy on his voluntary work in New York and why he’s relieved social media wasn’t around in the 90s

Ben Elton and Lenny Henry were backing Neil Kinnock; Bob Monkhouse and Steve Davis supported John Major

Welcome to London's Clubland, where men-only rules and strict dress codes still draw top politicians

British politics has been drained of all credibility. The Labour leader could turn low expectations to his advantage – for a time, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

There are few more high-profile and pressurised jobs than leading a country. So it’s perhaps not surprising that the pressure appears to be getting to British prime minister Rishi Sunak.

It is wise to hold back in a political culture that treats even dysfunctional Conservative rule as a benchmark of credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr