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
High-profile MPs back demand from Adam Smith Institute to reduce tax burden and ease cost-of-living crisis
Akshata Murty says she realises many felt her arrangements were not ‘compatible with my husband’s job as chancellor’
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