Growing call for inquiry over claims that Boris Johnson tried to secure Foreign Office role for then girlfriend
Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial action
Newspaper swiftly withdrew article alleging Boris Johnson tried to hire his future wife as chief of staff
TSSA union ballots could lead to complete national shutdown by time of Commonwealth Games in July
Heather Wheeler, a minister in the Cabinet Office, made comments at technology event in London
High-profile MPs back demand from Adam Smith Institute to reduce tax burden and ease cost-of-living crisis
Ex-MP jailed after being expelled from Tory party following conviction for groping teenager at party in 2008
Kit Malthouse says police watchdog’s suggestion that cost of living will trigger more crime is ‘old-fashioned’
As Channel crossings pick up, asylum seekers seem undeterred by plan to deport people to east Africa
Akshata Murty says she realises many felt her arrangements were not ‘compatible with my husband’s job as chancellor’
• Sunak defends wife’s tax status as Labour and No 10 deny leak