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Hankering for the death penalty may get the deputy chair attention, but it won’t attract working-class voters with genuine problems, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Iran has long been one of the world's most prolific executioners. But it seems to have taken the death penalty to a new level recently, with dozens of people executed in the last few weeks, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights. The UN has denounced what it calls…

The new Tory deputy party chair, Lee Anderson, made headlines this morning for his views on the death penalty and after clashing with a BBC radio presenter over accusations of dishonesty. But it was the decision taken off-stage by a fellow red wall MP that tells us far more about…

In an open letter to MI6 chief Richard Moore, Gurpreet Singh Johal says “with your help, maybe one day soon, he’ll be walking back through our front door in Dumbarton, instead of fearing the death penalty in Delhi”.

The death penalty is illegal in the UK and nobody has been executed here for nearly 60 years

Deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson said ‘Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed’.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rejected any calls for a return of executions

The outspoken MP accused a radio presenter of dishonesty in a testy exchange.

The controversial MP has said that the death penalty should be brought back for serious criminals who are clearly identifiable.