The Latest Breaking News from Oliver Dowden

We look at the people who will strategise for the prime minister and opposition leader in the coming weeks

Camden People’s Theatre has come under fire for a job advert for a new artistic director and joint CEO, in which it says it is encouraging applications from a long tick box of under-represented groups, along with people who identify as “working-class, benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass”.

Countless column inches were filled this week on the Garrick Club. Members of the 192-year-old association, which include deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden and levelling up secretary Michael Gove, were horrified to discover that it didn’t admit women and rushed to overturn the rule.

Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern

The two deputies had another chance to trade blows but it was a one-sided contest, as Angela Rayner went in for the kill

Deputy Labour leader also criticises watering-down of leasehold reform plans while facing Oliver Dowden at deputy PMQs

Acoba chair Eric Pickles says rules on post-ministerial jobs are ‘unenforceable’ after former PM avoids answering questions

Minister says move being considered over concerns UK money could finance projects that undermine national security

Foreign Secretary was en route to Washington also to discuss Israel’s war against Hamas