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Top Tories Are Quietly Making Moves For A Leadership Bid Despite Boris Johnson Seeming Safe For Now

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Conversations about the Prime Minister's successor are continuing quietly behind the scenes in Westminster – with former health secretary Jeremy Hunt sparking significant speculation in recent weeks.

15 May Brexit

UK Has “Scope” To Overhaul Northern Ireland Protocol Without Breaking International Law, Kwasi Kwarteng Claims

14 May Political parties

Downing Street Is Wary Of Weighing In On Keir Starmer’s Resignation Pledge

13 May Brexit

A Major New Political Force In Northern Ireland Could Rewrite Power Sharing

13 May Economy

Jacob Rees-Mogg Insists Cutting 90,000 Civil Servant Jobs Isn't A Return To Austerity

12 May Political parties

Leaked Memo Shows Tories Were Told To Accuse Labour Of "Talking To Themselves" In Queen's Speech Response

12 May Political parties

Partygate Fines For Downing Street Lockdown Breaches Double To More Than 100

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The Civil Service needs to reform, but this crude approach to job cuts will only lead to poorer governance and public services

16 May Political parties

Could history be about to repeat itself in Northern Ireland?

12 May Political parties

Where Are They Now? John Leech

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13 May Brexit

A Major New Political Force In Northern Ireland Could Rewrite Power Sharing

Northern Ireland’s political map was redrawn when nationalist Sinn Fein overtook unionist DUP to become the largest party at last week’s Assembly elections, but it’s the surge of the non-aligned Alliance party that is more likely to raise fundamental questions for the region in the short term.

12 May Political parties

Leaked Memo Shows Tories Were Told To Accuse Labour Of "Talking To Themselves" In Queen's Speech Response

A leaked memo shows a list of questions written by the Conservative party's research departments for Tory MPs to use in the Queen's Speech debate.

12 May Political parties

Leader of the Pack: The Mark Spencer Interview

Westminster has once again found itself facing a reckoning over sexism, bullying and sleaze allegations. As Leader of the House of Commons, it falls to Mark Spencer to instigate a crackdown. He speaks to Noa Hoffman about where Westminster is failing the public and its own staff, what can be done to bring about change and his journey to Leader of the House. Photography by Baldo Sciacca

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Could it be 'Happy Friday' for Jeremy Corbyn?

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03 May 2016 Political parties

Could it be 'Happy Friday' for Jeremy Corbyn?

Let me take you into the future. Three days into the future, to be precise.

Brexit ahead, but lead narrows as Britain’s older voters get off the Euro fence

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28 Apr 2016 Political parties

Brexit ahead, but lead narrows as Britain’s older voters get off the Euro fence

A Saga poll of 8,896 over 50s indicates that support for Brexit is growing.

How can the media make democracy more accessible? - Owen Thompson MP

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27 Apr 2016 Culture

How can the media make democracy more accessible? - Owen Thompson MP

Speaking ahead of today’s Westminster Hall debate, SNP MP Owen Thompson explains how the media could play a defining role in reviving democratic participation.

Will the last person to vote Scottish Labour please turn off the lights?

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22 Apr 2016 Political parties

Will the last person to vote Scottish Labour please turn off the lights?

Another day, another horrific poll for Scottish Labour.

12 Apr 2016 Political parties

Refugees left destitute due to bureaucratic incompetence

Ahead of today's third reading of the Immigration Bill, Baroness Lister calls for the Home Office and DWP must work together to prevent refugees granted asylum from destitution due to ‘move-on’ issues.

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11 Apr 2016 Political parties

Better use of data in government open consultation

In the forward from Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP confirms the issues this consultation looks to address “When data is used effectively, everyone benefits from better services that can be delivered at a lower cost to taxpayers.

University of Exeter research could lead to more accurate political polling

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06 Apr 2016 Political parties

University of Exeter research could lead to more accurate political polling

In light of pollsters’ failure to predict the 2015 General Election result, the University of Exeter is training computers to correct ‘misreporting’ by cross-examining responses from a larger pool of online surveys.

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10 Sep 2015 Communities

Older and disabled people are missing out on smart phone technology to help them travel

The benefits of taking action to encourage more older and disabled people to use apps to improve their public transport experience are highlighted in a report published today.