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The COVID inquiry is possibly the most sophisticated and wide-ranging blame game that has ever played out in British politics. That said, the great benefit of public inquiries, as opposed to parliamentary scrutiny, is that their breadth allows for an exploration of issues in a way that promotes “cool thinking”…

Councils have spent only around 15% of the money awarded in the first round of the Levelling Up Fund in 2021.

Despite fine acting, Harry Davies’ political thriller about a contaminated water scandal fails to plumb the depths of its characters

PM will announce a new system for awarding oil and gas exploration licences, and new pro-car legislation, sources say

Civil servants are relying on AI to make decisions around welfare, immigration and criminal justice

Exclusive: findings show uncontrolled and potentially discriminatory way technology used in Whitehall and some police forces

Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway

Simon Parry is accused of posing as a police officer while threatening to arrest Sir Gavin Williamson

Labour-led government needs to find £600m to balance books, blaming inflation, austerity, pay and ‘mismanagement’ by UK government

Memo by military police chief said there was ‘no shortage of detractors’ in Whitehall of elite unit’s conduct

Work has long been considered a social determinant of health. Like housing, education, income security and other matters of economic and social policy, work can be a key factor in creating, maintaining or exacerbating unequal health outcomes across different societal groups.