Friday briefing: Will Westminster ever clean up its act over lobbying?
In today’s newsletter: Successive governments have allowed a culture of access, gifts and quiet lobbying to flourish, despite repeated promises to clean up public life
December 2025
The Guardian view on Labour’s difficult year: denial of hard choices is no longer an option
Sajid Javid told Boris Johnson he was Dominic Cummings’ ‘puppet’
November 2025
More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening
David Cameron reveals prostate cancer diagnosis and calls for targeted screening
Remembrance Sunday: prime ministers past and present show respect at the Cenotaph – video
Badenoch accused of ‘interfering’ in lobbying scandal linked to Cameron
October 2025
The Guardian view on the price of a prince: what Virginia Giuffre’s story says about palace accountability
The Guardian view on the Tory conference: history’s revenge on Conservatism
August 2025
Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg
Former Lib Dem leader and Meta strategist writes in new book that power in tech capital is interlaced with ‘self pity’
July 2025
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rachael Maskell ‘upset’ for Labour party as she confirms her suspension – as it happened
The York Central MP said she had been suspended for ‘standing up for my constituents’ over the benefits plans
June 2025
Digested read
‘I could hear the Camerons sniggering at us’ – Sarah Vine’s How Not to Be a Political Wife, digested by John Crace
How Not to Be a Political Wife by Sarah Vine review – a bitter memoir of power and betrayal
May 2025
The Lobbying Act is more loophole than law
David Cameron in talks to join London law firm to advise on geopolitical risks
Sussan Ley needs bold thinking to modernise the Liberals. She should look to David Cameron’s Tories
Tom McIlroy
Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine
April 2025
Steve Hilton, former David Cameron adviser, to run for California governor
Ex-advertising executive, who hosted a Fox News show and has criticised Kamala Harris, will stand as a Republican
March 2025
Tory peer investigated for third time by Lords watchdog over ‘VIP lane’ contracts
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Ben Jennings on the emergence of Keir Cameron – cartoon
