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Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP

Critics of changes to the electricity market say they over-rely on fossil fuels and won’t cut CO2 emissions quickly enough

Donor told colleagues looking at Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’ and she ‘should be shot’

PM says he will not gamble on energy security, in move likely to be seen as backwards step in decarbonising network

Rishi Sunak warned by some in his own party he ‘cannot pretend any longer’ his strategy is working

Once you spot it, you suddenly realise the damn thing is everywhere. "I didn't leave my party – it left me" they lament. I suppose at first glance it appears smart, the combination of active and passive tense combining to deliver a crisp retort. But it is total guff, whether…

Exclusive: Remarks by Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the party in the past year, raise questions over his workplace behaviour

Gordon Brown also attacks Labour successor Sir Keir Starmer over ‘gang of four’ Cabinet reports

Embattled UK leader Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh blow Monday when a former ally defected to a right-wing populist party that is worrying the ruling Conservatives ahead of this year's general election.