The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Former Tory chair turned political biographer and publisher is behind books that have put former PM and Labour’s deputy in the spotlights

The email arrives earlier every year. Somewhere between readers kindly pointing out a typo in yesterday’s newsletter (I still wake up in cold sweats thinking about “guilt-edged”) and PRs breathlessly informing me that one-in-four British couples disagree over room temperature, it reads: “We have some spaces for the London Marathon.…

The musician addressed a question about his turn to Christianity from a troubled fan on his personal blog

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

In today’s newsletter: Labour’s deputy leader has been accused by Tory MPs and the rightwing press of unfairly profiting from her council house sale – here’s why

Brief letters: Carer’s allowance eligibility | Liz Truss’s bestseller | Save the election date | Earthworms rule | Reservoir pics

Nigel Farage, Woody Johnson and Holly Valance are among those expected to attend a glitzy Trump fundraiser in London tonight — so who else has made it into the former POTUS’ UK power base? Katie Strick reports

A party resigned to oblivion made for a sulky session that did Rishi Sunak and the Commons no favours

The UK’s smoking ban aims to phase out sales of tobacco, which is one of the main causes of cancer deaths in Britain.