Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices The Guardian - UK · Jun 27
Britain’s six prime ministers since 2016 – ranked! From Cameron’s Brexit exit to Starmer’s Burnham bow-out, half a dozen PMs have gone. So who’s the best of the bunch? The Guardian - UK · Jun 25
The reality behind the ‘hidden crisis’ of suicide among new fathers WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY: As new research finds that seven times as many fathers have taken their own life compared to mothers, Olivia Petter asks what can be done The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Politics can destroy relationships – just ask Sarah Vine and Michael Gove In her memoir, Vine pins the downfall of her marriage on Brexit. But the finer details tell a story we might all be familiar with, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025
Jenrick campaign denies ‘dirty tricks’ amid shock Stride success: Inside the Tory leadership election News analysis: Tory leadership elections are historically characterised by dirty tricks and vote fixing and the presence and continued success of Mel Stride in the contest has given rise to suspicion The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024
Tory minister proposed £10 monthly patient charge to fund NHS dentists ‘Working people can’t afford another Tory tax rise,’ says Labour’s Wes Streeting The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
UK politics: minister defends loss of high-profile Tory MPs after Gove joins exodus – as it happened Treasury minister Bim Afolami said it was ‘not unnatural’ for high-profile Tory MPs to be standing down at an election The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024
Sunak to take a day at home after hapless election campaign start PM will spend first campaign Saturday holding private discussions but aides deny he is seeking reset The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024
Tories take refuge in fantasy as local election drubbing becomes clear From party chair Richard Holden to Andrea Leadsom and Rish! himself, their denial verged on the delusional The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
Only votes from the dead can keep this zombie Tory government alive Surveys show that the Conservatives appeal to older voters, and support from the deceased appears to their last hope of winning another term The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Brexit is a failure, but rejoining the EU will fall to future leaders There was always going to be “some friction” when it comes to trading with the European Union, but that is the “price you pay”, Brexit cheerleader and Government minister Andrea Leadsom acknowledged this morning. Curious that Vote Leave never put that on a bus. Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2024
Andrea Leadsom: Brexit checks are the price of ‘being a sovereign state again’ Health minister and Brexiter says businesses experiencing ‘some friction’ should adapt to changes in trade rules The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024
More than four million illegal vapes seized at UK border The number has quadrupled in a 12-month period, as British authorities attempt to quash youth vaping. Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2024
Senior Tory Andrea Leadsom mocked for claiming babies get teeth 18 months before they’re born Ms Leadsom, a junior minister in the health department, says children’s teeth are ‘about four-and-half years old’ by the time they turn three The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023 Eye patients forced to go private or go blind due to soaring NHS waiting lists One woman had to pay £3,000 for emergency eye treatment or risk going blind due to three-week NHS wait
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2023 James O’Brien, LBC’s mid-morning mouthpiece, on the problem with Farage, right-wing media and being a ‘heterosexual bruiser’ The notoriously opinionated radio host speaks to Louis Chilton about meeting Matthew Perry, the BBC’s ‘mess’ of an impartiality system, and why his new book tackles the 10 people who ‘broke Britain’
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2023 Rishi Sunak says by-election defeats ‘disappointing’ but blames ‘local factors’ Labour took both Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire from the Conservatives in results announced on Friday.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023 After 13 years of Tory law and order, there has never been a better time to be a criminal Ministers won’t accept their failure on crime. But when M&S hires former cops to guard its steaks, that failure is plain to see, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023 Ben Wallace takes ‘parting shot at Suella Braverman’ as he announces he’ll quit as defence secretary Wallace refuses request for 750 troops to cover Border Force staff – as he reveals he’s done with frontline politics
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023 Andrea Leadsom held shares in Barclays when questioning bank’s ex-boss Exclusive: Revelation about Tory former minister raises questions about adequacy of transparency rules
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023 Bank of England chiefs ambushed over rocketing inflation and interest rate hikes The Commons Treasury Select Committee held a rare sitting outside Parliament - and went to Threadneedle Street in the heart of the City of London to tackle the Governor and his deputies
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023 Devil of a local election result for Tories makes work for idle Hands Shock for party chair who had previously expected everything to be all right on the night and learned not to try too hard
The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023 Raw sewage being dumped in environment secretary Therese Coffey’s own constituency Exclusive: She is one of seven Conservative environment secretaries whose constituencies are being blighted by sewage spills
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023 A failed revolt and an ‘embarrassing’ display: the week that saw Boris Johnson’s downfall In a pivotal few days, the ex-PM, who had swept all before him in the 2019 election and ‘got Brexit done’, found himself with few allies and his influence draining away
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023 Andrea Leadsom: ‘I was determined to become prime minister and deliver Brexit myself’ The Conservative MP and arch-leaver discusses the upside of life outside the EU, serpents in Westminster and the interview that sank her leadership bid