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Iain Duncan Smith urges ministers to pause carers’ fines

Former work and pensions secretary says government should investigate responsibility for overpayments

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2024

Does China spy on Britain? Of course. But we have more important things to discuss with them

While diplomatic rows are inevitable, the priority is to keep channels open, and engage with Beijing about the climate crisis, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

A Chinese ‘wolf warrior’ impersonated me, says Iain Duncan Smith

Former Tory leader says China should be labelled a threat to UK security after alleged cyber-attack

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

OPINION - Rishi Sunak has little left to offer demoralised Tory MPs

"My message is simple and stark – unite or die." It would be something of an overstatement to suggest that, following these words from Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservatives chose death. But the then-Tory leader was gone within 12 months and the party remained locked out of office for another…

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

All the MPs rebelling over Sunak's Rwanda bill as two senior Tories quit

Here are all the MPs that backed amendments to Sunak's Rwanda Bill

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

Britain is a poorer, sicker place. No wonder disability claims have trebled in a decade

Rishi Sunak denies it: but the government’s own figures tell us how the country’s health has been afflicted by austerity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024

Ex-chancellor Norman Lamont says Sunak must ignore calls to ditch inheritance tax

Tory grandee doesn’t ‘buy’ MPs’ argument that tax on inherited wealth is widely hated

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2023

Resignations, rows, Rwanda: is this the start of another Tory endgame?

An ally has gone and both wings of the Conservative party are in revolt over asylum. With a crucial vote coming, the stakes are very high

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023

Court rules it was reasonable for protesters to call Conservative MP 'Tory scum'

THE High Court has ruled that it was “reasonable” for two protesters to call a former leader of the Conservative Party “Tory scum”.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 23, 2023

Reasonable for protesters to call Iain Duncan Smith ‘Tory scum’, court rules

High court rejects attempt to overturn acquittal of two protesters who made remarks outside 2021 Tory conference

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023