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Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak’s government should impose new sanctions on those involved in the suppression of protests in Iran, Labour has said. Foreign secretary David Lammy said so-called Magnitsky sanctions – which target human rights […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The North East of England is set to become the latest region to have a directly-elected mayor, as the government announced a new devolution deal for the region. Levelling up […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The government has so far recouped only £18m from potentially fraudulent personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts. Health minister Will Quince, responding to a written parliamentary question from Liberal Democrat MP […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Conservative party members have crowned Lee Anderson “backbencher of the year” after he said people only use food banks because they are unable to cook or budget “properly”. The MP […] More

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight The “bizarre” turmoil which saw three Tory prime ministers in a matter of months made British democracy an international laughing stock, the Commons speaker […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Former ministers who break the rules governing jobs outside of politics should be fined up to three months’ salary, the head of the watchdog overseeing appointments has said. Tory peer […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Jamie Oliver has called on Rishi Sunak’s government to extend free school meals to every child whose parents are on Universal Credit – insisting the move would be great value […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak has been warned that his “high risk” strategy on public sector pay rises could backfire, as an exclusive poll for The Independent showed strong public support for fresh […] More