Tory donor Frank Hester raised complaint about NHS contract with health secretary with matthew weaver and ⁦Henry Dyer⁩ theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Ex-Boris Johnson ethics adviser Lord Geidt found to have broken Lords rules theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

No 10 accused of blocking Nick Hardwick to be health ombudsman theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Latest story with matthew weaver and Rowena Mason:

Simon Case claims he joined the all-male Garrick because he believed 'profoundly' in reform of the 'antediluvian' bar on women from within - when quizzed by Liam Byrne at liaison sub committee.
Rather a niche way to show profound devotion to the cause of equality....

Rishi Sunak to try to calm Tory jitters this week amid reports of plot to oust him 👇🏼 theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

“The crisps don’t decide the marketing strategy.”

Brilliant quote. Bravo, former Downing St aide.

Revealed: Sunak flown to Leeds for private tour of Frank Hester’s office weeks after £5m donation theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Trade delegations, visits at headquarters, and Tory fundraisers - Frank Hester’s meetings with senior Conservatives over more than a decade.

W/ Rowena Mason and Peter Walker theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

‘Nope, no way’: can the Tories afford to give Frank Hester’s money back? theguardian.com/business/2024/…

New: Rishi Sunak is believed to have met Frank Hester in the afternoon on the day after the autumn statement in Nov when Hester paid £16k for Sunak to fly to Leeds by helicopter. Downing St declined to “get into the details” of whether they met. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

“No compelling examples” of delivery from more than £10bn in levelling up funds, some of them dating back to before this parliament, according to the public accounts committee. Just 10% has been spent on the ground:

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NEW: The working day for MPs in the Commons has been shorter on average this parliamentary session than in any other in the past quarter century, acc to an Financial Times analysis

Sunak is overseeing a ‘zombie parliament’, w/ ‘thin’ legislative agenda, say critics

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The Conservatives' biggest donor, Frank Hester, has released a statement following our story tonight
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No fingerprints on the glass doors: the strict rules at £10m Tory donor’s firm theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Biggest Tory donor said looking at Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’ theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Tory MPs warn Sunak veering further right would be ‘politically disastrous’ theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

UK ministers asked to explain fourth delay to Covid era government wine cellar report theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

The Guardian & Observer are partnering with three UK-based charities for our 2023 annual appeal in support of refugees and asylum seekers. Do help if you can 👇🏼 theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

New story with Rowena Mason - New UK animal welfare minister backed seal and wild bird culls theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…