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Nigel Farage is back, the Tories are in freefall and everyone’s shouting about tax. If you want to read up on the choices facing voters on 4 July – and better understand how we got here in the first place – Jessie Thompson has your ultimate general election reading guide

Nick Thomas-Symonds says party would not reduce number of hours of government-funded childcare in England

Disgraced Tory peer says government always knew of involvement in Covid contracts as calls mount for her to stay away from Lords

Baroness Michelle Mone insists ministers knew about her involvement as she faces calls to leave the House of Lords

MICHAEL Gove has been told he must urgently appear before MPs to answer questions on his involvement in the ongoing scandal around Michelle Mone.

Former PM arrives at inquiry venue around 7am, three hours before hearing is due to begin

A politician praising a predecessor provides a heavy hint on how they intend to govern, but Keir Starmer’s new found enthusiasm for Margaret Thatcher is a tactical play. His ultimate role model is a very different leader — not the grocer’s grammar school daughter but the shy and underwhelming Clement…

Ripping up plans to extend HS2 north of Birmingham will mean a life sentence of travel misery for tens of millions of travellers

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream