Two days before Johnson met Lebedev in March, the House of Lords appointments commission (Holac), which scrutinises all nominations, wrote to the prime minister. Security sources say Lebedev’s “family links” mean that he is still regarded as a potential concern, even as he enters the Lords. Everyone saw that pressing national tasks were neglected, as carbon cuts and affordable housing targets were missed, as transport worsened along with education and productivity.

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Checks that establish if food is safe and contains what it says – not horse meat – were few and far between: the NAO found only 37% of food checks scheduled actually took place.Rishi Sunak rejected the suggestion that his HS2 decision would make foreign businesses more wary of investing in Britain. The muslim lady says she was told that if she complained officially she would be ostracized by the rest. The number of homeless people dying on our streets has soared 48 per cent in the past five years, with two homeless people on average dying every day in England and Wales. As packing cases were being filled with pictures from the walls, we talked to Rose, Mary and Sal, old friends sitting together as they always did, but now for the last time. It will help to fuel the views of those who argue that we can no longer think or act for the long-term as a country; that we are heading in the wrong direction.

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Councils lost a third of their spending power: buses, planning, housing, youth services and sports facilities were cut or sold off. This seat is full of exactly the sort of voters Labour has lost over the last decade and needs to win back if it's to secure a majority at the next general election. We are blessed to have a cabinet that includes top fireplace-salesman Gavin Williamson, who almost started a war with China to get his picture in the newspapers, after which he got – stop, please stop – promoted. Cuts to spending have been larger for colleges and adult education, and still won’t be reversed by 2024. An NHS spokesperson said: “In addition to hospitals and primary care teams identifying and offering patients the third dose, the NHS is now directly contacting all eligible patients to ensure no one is missed.The Food Standards Agency tests 58% fewer samples and the National Audit Office (NAO) says local authorities are “failing to meet their legal responsibilities”, with staff numbers cut by 45%. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism. Tony Blair’s theme tune in 2007 was D:ream’s Things Can Only Get Better, ushering in over a decade of Blair Brown Labour government, steering Britain through the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 and sputtering out in Brown’s defeat to a minority Tory Lib-Dem coalition in 2010. The Guardian has repeatedly asked Johnson about his attendances at these parties, and whether he thinks, given the senior government jobs he has held, he is taking unnecessary risks. Criminal justice was hard hit: courts closed; prisons overflowed with violence and drug abuse rife; legal aid was pared to nothing.