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The PM has performed a series of screeching U-turns since entering Number 10. But is abandoning a policy always a disaster – or is there a way to get away with it?

The most important lesson from that decade is not to waste the moment of a prospective Labour government

Amid the horrific ‘sexed up’ scandal, the corporation scores big hits with Strictly, Bake Off and The Thick of It, a foul-mouthed widow causes a crisis – and the Queen’s favourite show comes to light

It is the first time teenagers have lived at Downing Street since Tony Blair’s government

U-turns are an inelegant but necessary manoeuvre on the erratic journey of politics. Tony Blair executed one on his pledge to hold a referendum on the EU constitution, deepening integration in the early 2000s, while George Osborne engaged his reverse gear as chancellor over benefit cuts to diffuse an internal…

A murky alliance between intelligence agencies, among them the UK and US, is revealed in a scandalous tale of mistrust and misjudgment, including British teenager Shamima Begum being smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy

Surging poll numbers mean the party can dare to dream of No 10, but it’s been here before, and the path is riskier than ever

With their party captured by ideological maniacs, even some Tories have concluded that it would be best if they were removed from power

Liz Truss now has her eye on laying waste to public services and cutting benefits. The only ups in her premiership so far are prices, mortgages and the bank balances of millionaires