‘I’m a Tory, get me out of here’: MPs ponder life after parliament
Tories brace for more departures as MP says she won’t run at next election
September 2022
Liz Truss cabinet: who are the key players in PM’s top team?
The prime minister has appointed ministers for the great offices of state. Here are some of the other members of her new government
May 2019
Expenses watchdog hushed up revelation 377 MPs had credit cards suspended
Ex-high court judge rules risk of ‘embarrassing’ MPs no reason to withhold information
February 2015
When 'mind-blank' strikes: five tongue-tied politicians fail to shine
The Green party leader, Natalie Bennett, is not the first - and will not be last - politician to fluff their lines. Here are some other memorable examples
November 2014
‘I don’t worry much about my chromosomes’: female MPs talk about life in parliament
Fewer than one in four MPs is a woman. Chloe Smith, Margaret Hodge, Rushanara Ali and Caroline Lucas explain what it means to be a woman in the House of Commons
March 2014
UK should consider e-voting, elections watchdog urges
Electoral Commission calls for urgent reforms to engage younger voters who are turning out in declining numbers
December 2013
A national convention on the political system
Letters: She seems to take it for granted that politics is something that is done to, or at best for, rather than with, the people
Tory MP Chloe Smith: we have to show why politics matters
Smith says it is in the interests of all democrats for young people to vote and be interested in politics
2013 in review
Best portraits of 2013 – in pictures
From artists to activists and politicians to personalities, a selection of the best portraits taken by Guardian photographers this year
October 2013
Lib Dem MPs targeted by campaign group over lobbying bill
38 Degrees wants to remind Lib Dems they should know better than to back a bill said to threaten grassroots campaigning
Government reshuffle: Chloe Smith explains why she resigned as a minister - video
Former cabinet office minister Chloe Smith discusses her decision to resign her ministerial post ahead of a reshuffle of ministers across the government on Monday
Cabinet Office minister and deputy chief whip resign from government
Downing Street announces departure of Chloe Smith and John Randall ahead of expected reshuffle
March 2013
Simon Hoggart's sketch
Chloe Smith enjoys brief salvation after Jeremy Paxman monstering
Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart: Gone was the poor, lost creature in the Newsnight studio. In her place was a bold, poised, confident young woman
February 2013
Lobbyists' code of conduct bill to be debated for first time in parliament
Private member's bill unlikely to succeed but will put pressure on government to publish its own bill to curb lobbying
January 2013
Cybersecurity drive to target schoolchildren and 'risky men'
Online safety drive aims to educate children and adults – especially men – who take reckless attitude to online security
September 2012
The new cabinet: no women in Treasury but Boris Johnson's brother on the up
As it deals with the recession, the powerhouse of government is without a female minister for the first time in at least 16 years
July 2012
Guardian diary
Diary
Hugh Muir
Hugh Muir: The attorney general, the charity and a lucky escape
Poor Chloe Smith? She deserves our contempt, not pity
Catherine Bennett
Catherine Bennett: The Tory MP's idiocy on Newsnight has been excused because of her sex. How depressingly condescending
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
If junior ministers can't get their facts straight, all we are left with is comment
Peter Preston
Chloe Smith's grilling by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight goes to show that the blurring of reporting and commentary in the media can't easily be regulated
