Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government
How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash
May 2024
Covid inquiry: the questions cabinet secretary Simon Case will be asked
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
UK politics: Tory defector Natalie Elphicke apologises for comments about women who were sexually assaulted by her ex-husband – as it happened
March 2024
Observer business agenda
UK’s ever more expensive nuclear submarines will torpedo spending plans for years to come
Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry
February 2024
Tears, shouting, procedural tantrums: just your standard day in the Commons, until democracy took a sinister turn
Marina Hyde
When MPs are intimidated and precedent binned, let’s not pretend there’s any justification, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
January 2024
Sunak, Johnson, Cameron, Truss – and Cummings in the frame again. This inept elite is playing us all for fools
Hugh Muir
News of the PM’s secret talks with Dominic Cummings shows how this gilded circle sustain each other – and we let them, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir
December 2023
Tories express alarm at Dominic Cummings’s ‘secret election talks’ with Rishi Sunak
End government by WhatsApp, urges former GCHQ head
John Crace on the villains of 2023: ‘We used to debate whether she was dim or vindictive. The answer appears to be both’
Pandemonium review – Armando Iannucci’s furiously funny takedown of No 10
Key questions Boris Johnson is likely to face at Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson’s legacy will be shaped by Covid inquiry appearance
November 2023
Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Matt Hancock ‘was not told about eat out to help out scheme until day it was announced’ – as it happened
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Matt Hancock accuses Dominic Cummings of creating 'culture of fear' at No 10 – video
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Raab rejects claim that Johnson’s government was ‘puppet regime’ run by Cummings – as it happened
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Gove rejects suggestion that disabled people not prioritised for support during pandemic – as it happened
Dominic Cummings joked about trip to countryside before Barnard Castle visit
Former UK health secretary Matt Hancock’s early Covid warnings were ignored by No 10, say allies
