Sunak Pulls a Sickie

America is still processing Donald Trump’s midterm drubbing. But what does the result mean for the UK, Europe and the rest of the world? Plus: As Russell Brand is sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault, what are the wider political and cultura ...  Show more

Donald Trump does like a nice interior design project and be fair, he earned the Republicans a thorough shellacking. What happens next? When does the circular MAGA firing squad assemble? Is there a can big enough for Pete Hegseth to carry? Has the fight gone out of Agent Orange? ...  Show more

Rishi Sunak has said it is his ‘moral mission’ to end Britain’s sicknote culture. The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to the disability campaigner Hannah Deakin and the New Economics Foundation’s head of social policy, Tom Pollard, about why the current system is failing people. Pl ...  Show more

The prime minister is urging his MPs to unite or face electoral defeat. Rishi Sunak has rallied backbenchers to hold their nerve, as he cleaves to the prospect of an improving economy rescuing the Tory party’s fortunes. But in a week where the government’s flagship Rwanda poli ...

As Rishi Sunak comes under investigation by the government’s standards watchdog, Ailbhe Rea and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the fallout from the revelations about the Chancellor and the tax affairs of his wife, Akshata Murty, and why it shows he is still naïve as a politician.Then i ...  Show more