The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

The immigration legislation has cleared its first hurdle but the PM still faces a bumpy road if it is to become law

The legislative process in Britain consists of a series of discrete stages, each with its own purpose and function. A bill’s second reading is the discussion of, and vote on, the principle of the legislation. As Erskine May, the so-called bible of parliamentary procedure, puts it: “Its whole principle is…

Tory psychodrama is ‘cultural stain’ running through the party, Labour leader will say in big speech

From the surreal return of Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry to sex etiquette at the theatre, it’s been a strange old week

Turner prize winner’s speech pointed finger at former prime minister, but there are culprits far more deserving of our ire

There’s no coming back from the Covid inquiry for the former prime minister. But something more sinister may be brewing in his wake, says journalist and author Peter Oborne

‘She did terrible things – particularly here in Scotland’, Labour leader tells Glasgow audience

Liverpool Riverside MP Kim Johnson said Mrs Thatcher is ‘not someone Labour supporters should look up to’

Those who believe the Labour leader will enact a progressive new dawn once inside No 10 are set to be sorely disappointed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones