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Diary

Matt Hancock: ‘I wear trainers to look like my constituents’

‘Only schoolteachers and politicians wear suits,’ he says

Jun 21, 2023
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Tory mayoral hopefuls deny leaking partygate dancing video

A Tory whodunnit is unfolding over the leak of party footage

Jun 21, 2023
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Mayoral candidate’s backers, including Nick Candy, get party hangover

Hossain’s team were seen in a partygate video at CCHQ

Jun 19, 2023
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Tory mayor hopeful Susan Hall’s support for Trump

Hall supported Trump online, and has been criticised for saying the black community has ‘problems with crime’

Jun 15, 2023
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Sadiq Khan’s shades of grey over female authors at fiction prize

The mayor has revealed he likes Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James

Jun 15, 2023
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Matt Hancock actor wears a wetsuit as Oakeshott plans a bigger splash

The journalist has promised more stories about Hancock and his ‘flirty messages’

Jun 14, 2023
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Allegra Stratton takes aim at Boris in defence of her husband Forsyth

‘Have we got O Patz sorted?’: Stratton on Johnson’s time as PM

Jun 13, 2023
Insider

Matt Hancock — the freak show

Isabel Oakeshott leaked the former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages and has hit the stage to reveal more. Robbie Griffiths reports

Jun 12, 2023
Diary

Does Angela kiss Tories now? Labour’s Rayner does selfie with Toff

Rayner previously called Conservatives “scum” in 2021

Jun 12, 2023
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Labour man running in Boris Johnson’s old seat prepares for snap vote

‘It wasn’t how I envisioned my weekend’ says Labour’s candidate for Uxbridge Danny Beales

Jun 12, 2023
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Secret of why Rishi Sunak is so well-heeled: his wife Akshata

The PM’s wife was spotted buying him some shoes in Mayfair

Jun 7, 2023
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Assange ghostwriter says ‘I’ll go to jail before I help the FBI’

Andrew O’Hagan was approached by the Met but says he won’t talk

Jun 6, 2023
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Stormzy thinks his legacy will be more about his books than his music

Stormzy and Malorie Blackman were talking at the Hay books festival

Jun 5, 2023
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Club boss Richard Caring hits out at council over revamp red tape

Getting approval is “like giving birth to triplets,” he said

May 24, 2023
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Boris Johnson starts a whirlwind tour of America (next stop, Vegas)

‘Wild horses couldn’t keep me away from the United States’, he told an audience in Texas

May 23, 2023
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Actor Iona, who has clown training, to play Matt Hancock in live show

The actress told us her clown training will ‘come in handy’

May 22, 2023
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Private school head slams Keir Starmer for plans to cut tax breaks

Headmaster of Rugby says policy is not ‘thought through’

May 16, 2023