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If the project is successful, it could be rolled out to the rest of the UK

The tech giant said it will lodge a planning application to build flight operations at its Darlington fulfilment centre.

Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said it is important to ‘run the leadership contest long’ to ensure leadership candidates ‘come under scrutiny’

In today’s newsletter: On Saturday, the former president was shot at during a campaign rally leaving two dead, and two others with serious injuries – here’s what we know about that day and what might happen next

Houchen says party must avoid seeming self-indulgent as other Conservatives attack Liz Truss over new intervention

In the UK, devolved authorities operate in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as well as in other areas including London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Tees Valley

One of the least spoken about shifts in English politics over the last decade is the move towards mayors. Starting with the establishment of the Mayor of London by Tony Blair in 2000, successive Conservative governments have created 11 mayoral combined authorities, each with its own directly elected mayor, since…

The PM has danced to their tune and the dreadful election results were the inevitable outcome. The solution can’t be more of the same, says the former Conservative MP Justine Greening

In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak’s party were expecting a difficult contest – but the results were even more dire than predicted, as political correspondent Kiran Stacey explains