Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform

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Patrick Vallance recorded contact as with Global Counsel, the consultancy founded by Mandelson

With large profits from arms such as drones, makers have little incentive to see wars end

The House of Lords’ threshold for disclosure is 100 times higher than the US Senate’s

Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences

A quarter of the members of the UK’s House of Lords do two-thirds of the work, Tortoise has found

A peer who has repeatedly echoed Kremlin talking points in the House of Lords has joined a new parliamentary group formed to fight “disinformation in the public discourse”. Last week Lord Balfe was na...

A former solicitor-general has argued against libel law reform without making clear all his connections

Others say this is a loophole that needs closing

Alan Mak, a Treasury minister, received multiple payments from Lockheed Martin including one lump sum of £2,500.