Building a new consensus should capitalise on its mechanistic nature, to de-politicise decision-making as much as possible ...

Boris Johnson's U-turn over MPs' standards - and the suspension of Owen Paterson - has had Westminster in a spin. So how did it happen? And how angry were the Tory MPs caught in the middle of it?

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher was entirely correct to declare that ensuring the PSNI is fully representative of the community ...

On Wednesday, No 10 backed a shake-up of the standards watchdog and blocked the suspension of one of its own former ministers, Owen Paterson. This sparked an angry reaction from Labour and some ...

There has been renewed scrutiny of MPs' second jobs following the Owen Paterson lobbying scandal in late 2021. At the height of the row, Sir Keir Starmer - the then leader of the opposition ...

Conservative MP Richard Graham has defended his decision to vote to pause Owen Paterson's suspension. Speaking to the BBC News Channel presenter Victoria Derbyshire, Mr Graham said he believed the ...

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