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Rumours of an early election, despite Labour’s lead in opinion polls, being used to keep unruly Conservative MPs in check

Politicians who speak their minds and believe what they say are so rare that voters will forgive them almost anything

The government’s scrapping of the Now Teach scheme, which has overdelivered on targets for older workers, has sparked an outcry

The former Tory health minister has defected to Labour over the crisis in the NHS and has rightly called for an early election

Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’

The main parties’ strengths and vulnerabilities will be starkly on show in the capital, the West Midlands, Tees Valley, the north-east and Dorset

Defence secretary says MPs must give the PM space as Tory figures appear to be vying for leadership

Even grandees are bracing for the worst. But such apocalyptic language around the party is nothing new, says author Samuel Earle

Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals

The growing need to protect ships, submarines, and aircraft may see stocks like BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce benefit from higher demand for military equipment.

A British law to send unwanted migrants to Rwanda, which passed this week after months of wrangling, has generated fierce criticism at home and abroad. In Rwanda, opponents of the longtime president say the country is unfit to host asylum seekers – while accusing the UK of outsourcing its responsibilities.