The Garrick Club is likely to hold a vote this year on changing its rules to allow female members. A Guardian investigation into those who will help decide the issue reveals a host of people in public life among its members
February 2024
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Badenoch accuses Starmer of exploiting Brianna Ghey tragedy after Sunak makes trans jibe during PMQs – as it happened
Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour leader of ‘political point-scoring’ after he condemned Rishi Sunak’s comments in PMQs
December 2023
Rishi Sunak believes Rwanda bill ‘best thing we can get’, says deputy
Oliver Dowden signals PM reluctant to bow to rightwing Tory pressure but may be open to amendments
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
No 10 says Suella Braverman, not Rishi Sunak, signed off on extra £100m payment to Rwanda – as it happened
The claim comes after it was revealed the cost of the scheme had almost doubed
Britons should stock up on torches and candles in case of power cuts, says Dowden
Analogue advice given by deputy PM alongside measures to better prepare UK for future pandemics, disasters and cyber-attacks
November 2023
UK plans U-turn on powers to halt company takeovers on national security grounds
Change of tack has government treading fine line between being ‘more business friendly’ and defending national interest
Who could replace Suella Braverman as home secretary?
Rishi Sunak will be measuring potential successors in terms of experience, cabinet diversity – and their own ambitions
Dowden reiterates ‘grave concerns’ about pro-Palestine marches on Armistice Day
Rape claims against Tory MP were not covered up, says deputy PM
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Lack of ‘female perspective’ in No 10 created problems with Covid policymaking, inquiry hears – as it happened
October 2023
UK ministers to hold emergency meeting over Israel-Hamas war
Deputy PM, Oliver Dowden, calls Cobra meeting to discuss hostages and aid but rules out call for ceasefire
September 2023
AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden
Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system
Oliver Dowden takes near-empty RAF plane to UN talks in New York
Labour criticises deputy PM’s decision to use 158-seat Voyager instead of a scheduled service as ‘wrong on every level’
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rishi Sunak says he told China actions to undermine British democracy are ‘completely unacceptable’
Prime minister says he told Li Qiang, the Chinese prime minister, at G20 that Chinese interference with the work of parliament will ‘never be tolerated’
August 2023
More than 100 MPs received freebies worth £180,000 this summer
AI could have bigger impact on UK than Industrial Revolution, says Dowden
Dowden’s jibe at fire union over migrant barge safety ‘disgraceful’
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Oliver Dowden suggests Fire Brigades Union’s concerns over asylum seeker barge politically motivated – as it happened
Bibby Stockholm will be housing people within weeks, says Oliver Dowden
Attack on energy network a major risk, UK register says for first time
