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Ex-chancellor was leading frontrunner in the race to succeed Boris Johnson but his dreams soon unravelled

Letter from 768 firms lends support as broadcaster hopes government won’t relish divisive debate on issue

"I like Mr. Gorbachev," British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in 1984. "We can do business together."

Her rival for the Tory leadership, Rishi Sunak, said he was telling the country what it needs to hear about the future.

A terminally ill mom told how she is now saving for winter fuel bills as well as her own funeral, and says the cold exacerbates pain from bone cancer.

Almost half of those polled said Mr Johnson had done a bad job as leader

Letters: With better support from the US and Britain, Russia could have been a very different place today, says Michael Meadowcroft, while Bill Robinson remembers photographing the Thatchers and the Gorbachevs in Moscow

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev prompted gushing tributes from across the West on Wednesday but much less of a reaction in Russia. FRANCE 24 examines why Gorbachev is lionised in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, but scorned in Russia for overseeing the collapse of the…

He came fourth in the list of prime ministers thought to have done a good job.

Mikhail Gorbachev was a voice of sanity in a crazy cold war world, and his death marks the end of a particular era in 20th century history. During his time as leader of the Soviet Union (1985-1991), Gorbachev brought about enormous change in Russian politics and society, in international relations,…

No western leader could have predicted his progressive reforms. But war between his country and Ukraine was a devastating blow, says Archie Brown, an emeritus professor of politics at Oxford University