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In today’s newsletter: Former minister Simon Clarke has called for the prime minister to walk before the next election – here’s why

Will Dry, who quit his No 10 role last November after becoming dispirited, says his party is ‘heading for most almighty of defeats’

Amid the paper’s own crises, the Telegraph’s intent seems clear: lower taxes and crack down on immigration

If I had to pick my favourite failed coup of the Gordon Brown premiership, it would have to be the Patricia Hewitt-Geoff Hoon plot. It was early January 2010 when the former cabinet ministers called for a secret ballot of Labour MPs to effectively force the prime minister out. 

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A former Tory minister reportedly reveals more discontent about the embattled PM’s leadership, raising the spectre of a future no-confidence vote

Sir Simon Clarke has called on Rishi Sunak to be replaced or warned the Conservatives face an 'election massacre'

Senior Conservatives dismiss former cabinet minister’s intervention as ‘isolated’ and ‘dangerous, reckless, selfish’

Nn 10 hints prime minister would be prepared to have Anderson back, saying ‘we have a lot of time for Lee’