Chris Grayling named top green MP by Conservative Environment Network
MP, not renowned for action on environment, chosen for efforts to tackle global deforestation and restore UK’s wildlife habitats
December 2023
Need a Christmas party game? Try ranking 13 years of Tory screw-ups in order of severity
Andrew Rawnsley
Public trust in the competence of the Conservatives has collapsed – and with very good reason
October 2023
The Guardian view on probation: the service has not recovered from a privatisation disaster
Chris Grayling joins list of Tories standing down at next election
April 2023
How Westminster Works … and Why It Doesn’t by Ian Dunt review – a savage indictment of the status quo
This eye-opening analysis of the British way of governing reveals a system set up for failure
March 2023
Net zero tsar and senior Tories among those urging biomass subsidies rethink
Exclusive: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Chris Grayling express concern at system under which Drax made £617m in 2022
February 2023
The Guardian view on the probation service: a crunch has been building for years
Editorial: Zara Aleena’s murder has shone a light on the failures in the system. Fixing them will require more than just funding
January 2023
Zara Aleena was failed by a privatised probation service
Letters: Sue Hobbs outlines the inaccurate risk assessments of the young woman’s murderer, while Sarah Compton says nothing has changed since the murder of her brother in 2015
October 2022
What Just Happened?! by Marina Hyde review – words as a lethal weapon
Whether mercilessly skewering Boris Johnson or lampooning Brexit, the Guardian journalist’s collected columns demonstrate her wit at its sulphur-tongued best
November 2021
Brief letters
Hurrah for Barbados! Can the UK be next?
MPs who could be affected by Boris Johnson’s consultancy ban
October 2021
Rishi Sunak faces Tory backlash over ‘big state, high tax’ budget
Chancellor receives lukewarm reception from Conservative grandees over scale of spending
June 2021
Nationalising probation service not enough to fix flaws, warns watchdog
Service needs consistent funds after ‘fundamentally flawed’ 2014 overhaul, says HM Inspectorate of Probation chief
April 2021
Role call: the former ministers who found private sector jobs
The Greensill affair shows how some of David Cameron’s appointees have been among the most enthusiastic corporate jobseekers. Here’s the list...
January 2021
Chris Grayling’s latest wild assertion
David Mitchell
The former transport minister has turned conservationist, but in a typically wrong-headed fashion
December 2020
Heroes, villains and top TV: John Crace dishes out his awards for 2020
Despite so many inspiring people making the news, there was room for Dominic Cummings and Chris Grayling as well
September 2020
Matt Hancock, could you honestly think of no one better to run test and trace?
Marina Hyde
With the system in chaos, Dido Harding says the increased demand could not have been predicted. Yes, really, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Brief letters
Stop carping, start grousing
Brief letters: Test and trace | Jacob Rees-Mogg | Chris Grayling | UK border contract
Chris Grayling lands £100k job advising some of UK's top ports
Ex-transport secretary who gave ferry contract to ferry-less firm to advise Hutchison Ports
August 2020
Chris Grayling resigns from intelligence and security committee
MP quits six weeks after being humiliatingly defeated in his attempt to become committee chair
