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Full text: Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation speech

15 February 2023 11:44 pm

Below is an edited transcript of Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation speech, made this morning at Bute House. Coffee House readers may…

Coming soon: Liz Truss speaks exclusively to The Spectator

5 February 2023 8:36 pm

Liz Truss has today chosen to break her three-month long silence since leaving No. 10 at the end of October.…

Who's backing whom? Boris leads the field

21 October 2022 1:36 am

We will have a new prime minister within a week. Boris Johnson leads the way. Read the full list of who’s…

Who's in and who's out of Truss's cabinet?

6 September 2022 8:51 pm

Liz Truss will kiss hands with the Queen today and become Britain’s 56th Prime Minister, with a number of Boris…

Sunak and Truss's Q&A with Sky – the reaction

5 August 2022 4:50 am

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were quizzed by Sky News’s Kay Burley and undecided Tory members this evening, with Truss the…

Andrew Neil's interview with Rishi Sunak – as it happened

30 July 2022 4:00 am

Rishi Sunak was interviewed by Andrew Neil on Channel 4 tonight. He was quizzed on inflation, the NHS backlog and more. Liz Truss,…

Truss-Sunak debate suspended early after host faints

27 July 2022 2:50 am

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’s second head-to-head debate was suspended after half an hour due to presenter Kate McCann fainting.…

Truss and Sunak's first head-to-head – as it happened

26 July 2022 5:30 am

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss took part in their first head-to-head since they were confirmed as the final two candidates…

Sunak and Truss make final two – as it happened

20 July 2022 11:31 pm

Britain’s next Prime Minister will be either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss. Refresh this page for the latest developments. 4.45…

Kemi Badenoch eliminated

19 July 2022 11:10 pm

Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Tory leadership contest. Rishi Sunak came first with 118 Tory MPs backing him; Penny Mordaunt was…

The second Tory leadership debate – as it happened

18 July 2022 3:40 am

Good evening. The second Conservative leadership debate between Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat has…

The Tory leadership debate – as it happened

16 July 2022 4:00 am

On Friday night the Tory leadership candidates faced-off in the first televised debate of the contest, hosted on Channel 4.…

Who’s backing who? Mordaunt takes second

12 July 2022 12:43 pm

Only two Tory MPs will make it to the membership for a final election – which is why the number…

Live blog: Truss declares, Gove for Kemi, rule change?

11 July 2022 5:05 pm

MPs are returning to Westminster after a long weekend in their constituencies. What are they returning to? Yesterday, three more candidates…

Latest: Zahawi, Javid & Hunt declare, Wallace out

10 July 2022 1:28 am

Nadhim Zahawi, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt have declared their candidacy this evening. Ben Wallace, who had topped the poll among…

Full list: Tory endorsements for next leader

7 July 2022 6:19 pm

Boris Johnson will today announce his resignation as Prime Minister, with an official statement outside Downing Street expected later this…

Live: Boris fights on as cabinet resignations continue

7 July 2022 4:27 pm

Boris Johnson is fighting on as Prime Minister, after sacking Michael Gove from the cabinet on Wednesday night. He may…

Live: Michael Gove sacked as Boris Johnson begins reprisals

7 July 2022 8:27 am

Michael Gove has been sacked from the cabinet, as Boris Johnson attempts to reassert control after today’s 41 ministerial resignations.…

Full list: the Tory MPs calling for Boris Johnson to go

6 July 2022 8:00 pm

How can Boris Johnson survive this one? That’s the question all of Westminster is asking today after the resignations of…

Full list: the Tory MPs who have quit Boris's government

6 July 2022 7:59 am

Boris Johnson’s week has gone from bad to worse. Following partygate, two bruising by-election losses in Tiverton and Honiton and…

Boris Johnson's reshuffle, as it happened

15 September 2021 9:11 pm

Boris Johnson’s long-awaited cabinet reshuffle is over (at least for today). After weeks of rumours that the Prime Minister would…

'We failed': Dominic Cummings's evidence, as it happened

26 May 2021 10:20 pm

Dominic Cummings has given evidence to a joint meeting of the science and technology select committees about the government’s response…