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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asked the prime minister on Wednesday whether he stuck by his pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT

The former Conservative Party leader warned Kemi Badenoch against lurching ‘too far to the right’ or risk alienating voters.

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

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Mr Justice Johnson said there was a ‘strong public interest’ in allowing the Home Office to continue with the removals scheme.

The shadow justice secretary said on Tuesday that Andrew had ’embarrassed the royal family time and again’.

Conservative chair of public accounts committee to raise questions about Andrew’s deal at Royal Lodge

Jim Gamble cites ‘vested interests’ and ‘political opportunism’, as Keir Starmer brings in Louise Casey as adviser

Former deputy PM’s resignation statement offered a moment to reflect on what the party had lost – and might have again

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Neither removing Jess Phillips as safeguarding minister nor appointing Louise Casey to an ill-defined advisory role is likely, on its own, to restore much confidence. For the sake of the hundreds of sexual abuse victims, it is imperative that the PM now finds the right person…

Jim Gamble, a former senior police officer, was one of two prospective candidates to lead the probe but is no longer seeking the position