Before representing five of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, the lawyer advised the producer on how to discredit his accusers. Does she have any regrets?The night before I meet Lisa Bloom, the BBC screens its interview with…
Pound hits 31-month high as Conservatives hold election…
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the Conservative party extends its lead over Labour to 14 pointsIntroduction: Sterling hits €1.19Survation poll give solid Tory leadPound hits $1.318 against US dollar -…
General election: Boris Johnson visits Sedgefield as McDonnell…
All the day’s politics news, as Boris Johnson begins tour of formerly safe Labour seats taken by Tories in electionJohnson visits new Tory seatsMcDonnell: ‘I won’t return to shadow cabinet’Clashing egos and ‘policy incontinence’: inside…
General election: Tories misled public with ‘factcheck’ stunt,…
Leaders will try to steer campaign back to their key messages in wake of ITV leaders’ debateElection debate: Corbyn and Johnson clash over NHS and BrexitSign up to the morning briefing 7.58am GMT In case…
General election: pay gap promises from Labour and…
Opposition parties are using Equal Pay Day to announce equalities packages, while Johnson tries to brush off hostile reaction from flood victimsSign up for the Guardian’s morning briefingBoris Johnson heckled over floodsEqual pay: election rivals…
Just Eat rejects £4.9bn takeover offer – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest business and financial news, as home delivery firm Just Eat receives a rival takeover offerLatest: Just Eat turns offer downBreaking: Just Eat in £4.9bn takeover battleProsus hopes to snaffle Just…
On Brexit, I’m out of time and out…
On my 63rd birthday I’m not ready to ease up – no matter how hard it is to be positive about politicsMondayI know it’s unfashionable, but I rather miss Chris Grayling. Not just because he…
Britain is less polarised than the media would…
In Milton Keynes I found few signs of the Brexit culture war that supposedly defines our timesLast week I spent four days in Milton Keynes, the Buckinghamshire new town that sits in the English imagination…
Brexit: Boris Johnson threatening to deselect Tory rebels…
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including reaction to Boris Johnson’s threat to remove whip from Tory MPs who vote against him on Brexit 9.31am BST Here is a Press Association…