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The recent ‘coup’ against Theresa May was doomed from the start. But could the plotters have learnt from history? Kevin Schofield looks back at recent plots against PMs – and speaks to some of the key figures involved in thwarting them
The Bar Council has responded to the Lord Chancellor’s announcement today of a post-legislative review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012.
Cheating bankers should be stripped of their huge bonuses and sent to jail, according to Gordon Brown.
The Chairman & CEO of Chivas Brothers, which controls 14 distilleries in Scotland, calls on the Chancellor to take action in the Budget to reduce duty on whisky to boost the Scotch Whisky industry, which has recently witnessed a drop in sales.
Ministers found guilty of sexual harassment will be sacked from their jobs, Andrea Leadsom has said.
Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC explains why, when citizens’ lives are turned upside down by wrongful decision-making by the State, charity cannot – and should not – be the answer.
A long-awaited report into deaths in custody has finally been published, leading to a cautious welcome from the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) but also a number of concerns.
Cuts to the police budget are exposing the public to risks from terrorism and paedophiles, a leaked document has revealed.
Ministers are on course for a row with Tory backbenchers after deciding to lift the 12-year ban on prisoners voting.
Theresa May today said reports of sexual harassment by MPs are “deeply concerning” and has urged victims to go to the police.
North Korea was most likely behind the cyber-attack that hit the NHS earlier this year, a Home Office minister has declared.
The alleged leader of banned far-right group National Action has been charged with encouragement to commit murder in connection with an apparent plot to kill a Labour MP.
The NHS must urgently heed warnings of threats to its computer systems or face an even larger cyberattack than the ‘WannaCry’ breach in May, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned.
The number of Lords each political party can appoint will be tied to their general election performances in a major shake up of the peerage system, it has been reported.
At the age of 95 – and nearly four decades after she first sat on the red benches – Lady Trumpington is standing down from the Lords. But, true to style, the plain-speaking baroness is not going quietly. She tells Robert Orchard how she plans to use retirement to “say exactly what I think”
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a new project which aims to identify whether there are credible opportunities for reducing the costs of generating electricity using nuclear power.
Failures in the youth criminal record system are hampering young people in getting on with their lives, a damning report from MPs has said.
With crime rates rising, the logic should be that next month’s budget ought to see increasing funds available to Police and Crime Commissioners, rather than further cuts, says Lord Harris of Haringey.
Paul Blacklock, Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs responds to the Cost of Energy review published by Dieter Helm:
Britain’s anti-terror tsar stands accused of “breathtaking naivety” after he criticised a plan to ban watching extremist speeches online, according to a report.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is looking for views on its proposals to deal with the European Insurance Distribution Directive when it comes into force next year.
People suffering from problem debt could get a six-week 'breathing space' under plans unveiled by the Treasury today.
Theresa May’s plan to cap energy bills may not go ahead after evidence has emerged that civil servants are preparing for it to be dropped next year.