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Influential group of Tory backbenchers could play a key role in no confidence vote

Senior mandarin rumoured to have email ‘confirming objections’ to No. 10 party

Rebel Tory MPs accuse Boris Johnson’s chief whip of blackmail in ‘partygate’ row

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Some suspect political motivations played a hand in rule relaxation

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Labour sources claim to be in talks with other Conservative MPs considering crossing the floor

‘Partygate’ revelations have inspired a string of viral spoofs mocking the prime minister

Risk of reinfection ‘more than five times higher’ than with Delta variant, say experts

Sajid Javid hails ‘important milestone’ in the fight against coronavirus as Plan B rules are dropped

Big government promises have transpired into little funding or action on levelling up, says Northern think tank

Prime minister faces growing revolt and defection over ‘Partygate’ scandal

Potential treatments include ‘smell training’

Inflation hits 30-year high of 5.4% – and analysts predict it could get even worse

Newly elected MPs plan to submit letters to 1922 chairman Sir Graham Brady

The trade minister and staunch Brexiteer is a favourite to replace embattled Boris Johnson

Government advisers fear summer wave will follow lifting of coronavirus restrictions

Andrew has been stripped of most of his military titles but is still a prince and duke

Planned events to mark royal anniversary include four-day bank holiday

Punchy policy announcements and a clear-out of PM’s senior staff form part of the plan to save his sinking premiership

Culture secretary signals that national broadcaster will have new funding model from 2027

Shadow health secretary says the PM is ‘great’ for the opposition

Monarch’s third child said to be ‘the spare she had for herself once she had produced the heir’

Two further parties held in No. 10 as Queen mourned death of Prince Philip

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‘Brutal’ decision rules out return to public life for the duke – and may sound warning to Prince Harry

Solicitor suspected of ‘political interference’ has long ties to UK establishment

The Week looks at some of the most notable feuds between Britain’s parliamentary titans

There is growing frustration with the minority of people who have yet to receive their Covid-19 jabs

Police issue warning over criminal extortion using threat of sharing sexual images

Human rights champion calls for greater protection for red-headed children

The duke could be cross-examined on camera by one of America’s ‘most feared trial lawyers’

Cabinet rallies behind their boss as other Tories call for his resignation

Virus becoming endemic in population with high immunity, expert says