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Polls have opened across England, with Rishi Sunak set to face his first major electoral test since entering No10 just over six months ago.

“Good councillors will lose their seats because of all that has happened over the past year.”

The Prime Minister’s Conservatives are trailing heavily behind Labour going into Thursday’s polls.

MPs vanish as Rish! turns PMQs into excruciating session of prime minister’s evasions

Labour leader castigates PM for dropping compulsory housebuilding targets for councils

One of the key findings of research into elections is that there is a close relationship between the popularity of party leaders and support for their parties in elections. The reason for this relates to how people make up their minds when voting. Many people consider issues or draw on…

Did a member of the ex-PM’s team pilfer some dressing gowns? If so, it wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen on her watch, but it represents a particular, pernicious form of Westminster entitlement, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The civil service is ‘a team without a captain’, argues Anthony Seldon. But can Sunak stomach ousting Case before the election?

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There will be 2,200 guests packed into Westminster Abbey on Saturday to see the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla - but it seems there are some surprising names on the guest list

An avalanche is coming. The voters I met are abandoning the Conservatives over lying, cheating and Brexit, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee