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  • Britain's Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Simon Case, arrives to attend a service of commemoration and thanksgiving to mark Anzac Day in Westminster Abbey in London on April 25, 2022.

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    Simon Case to stand down as cabinet secretary at end of the year – UK politics live

  • Simon Case

    UK’s top civil servant, Simon Case, to stand down on health grounds

    Cabinet secretary, who has served four prime ministers, says he will go at the end of the year
  • Liz Truss.

    Liz Truss: Tories would have done better in UK election if I had stayed PM

    Truss blames Tory MPs, Bank of England and OBR for dire reaction to her mini-budget – and refuses to back any leadership contender

  • Kemi Badenoch dominates as Tory conference starts – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking

  • Is UK maternity pay excessive and how much does it cost the taxpayer?

  • Activists say they have proof ministers tried to influence police over Israeli arms firm protests

  • Nadhim Zahawi’s lawyers ‘breached code to stifle HMRC revelations’

  • More Mr Nice Guy: can affable but gaffe-prone James Cleverly lead the Tories?

  • UK business confidence dips to lowest level since general election

  • Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Opinion

  • Zoe Williams

    Why did Kemi Badenoch attack maternity pay? Ask the Tory members …

    Zoe Williams
  • John Crace

    Moderation out and madness to the fore in the Tories’ Birmingham echo chamber

    John Crace
  • John Harris

    Brexit, Farage, Corbyn all sparked passion – but there’s no sign of that at either party conference

    John Harris
  • Phineas Harper

    Yimbys hear this – simply building more homes won’t solve our housing crisis

    Phineas Harper

  • Labour’s economic success lies in reshaping a doom-laden Treasury mindset

    Richard Partington

  • Starmer’s tiny gaffe has made him a sausage to fortune

    Stewart Lee

  • Bringing an end to child poverty really ought to be an economic no-brainer

    Sonia Sodha

  • Can liberal conservatism survive the remaking of the right? We’ll soon find out

    Kenan Malik

  • It’s all doom, gloom and fiscal fixation. Is this really a Labour government?

    William Keegan

  • Assisted dying is much more than a party political issue

  • Urgent memo from his anxious ministers to Sir Keir Starmer: you need to get a grip of No 10

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • Enough of the ‘anti’ politics. We Conservatives need a bold new vision

    Justine Greening

Features & Analysis

  • Robert Jenrick turns his head to look at Kemi Badenoch, who returns his gaze, as they sit in chairs in the TV studio

    As rumours grow of a stop Badenoch campaign, Tories cannot risk a stitch-up

  • Robert Jenrick

    From leadership drama to ideological debate: what to look out for at Conservative party conference

  • Sue Gray arriving for a meeting

    Sue Gray’s struggles reflect how No 10 works – but she must not be story

  • Simon Clarke, former Tory MP and Cabinet Minister, near his South London home.

    ‘Look beyond partisanship’: former Tory minister backs Labour planning reforms

Politics Weekly UK
Every Thursday, Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news.

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Cartoons

  • Nicola Jennings on Boris Johnson stealing the limelight at the Tories’ conference – cartoon

    Nicola Jennings on Boris Johnson stealing the limelight at the Tories’ conference – cartoon

  • Illustration of Donald Trump, with a mini-Keir Starmer under his arm, saying: 'He's a very popular guy.'

    Donald Trump meets ‘popular guy’ Keir Starmer – cartoon

    With his ratings falling at home, the UK prime minister is embraced by the presidential candidate in New York
  • Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer meeting Donald Trump in New York – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer meeting Donald Trump in New York – cartoon

    The prime minister sought to establish a good relationship with the presidential candidate over a two-hour dinner

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