Survivor of blaze which killed 72 ‘disgusted’ Quentin Marshall gave £5,000 to candidate promoting deregulationOne of Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership campaign funders is a councillor who had oversight of Grenfell Tower and dismissed some residents’ complaints about the pre-fire refurbishment as “grossly exaggerated”.One survivor of the blaze that killed...

Assessment finds detention unit is subjecting families to ‘unnecessary suffering’ amid lengthy Home Office delaysYoung children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found.The independent monitoring board (IMB) also said the children’s parents were being subjected to “callous...

Industry bosses to meet prime minister before government’s international investment summit next weekThe leaders of the world’s biggest green energy companies have promised more than £24bn of new private investment across Great Britain ahead of a meeting with the prime minister on Friday.Keir Starmer is expected to meet the green energy bosses on the...

PM will convene Friday’s summit of devolved nations and English mayors without Gray by his side, No 10 says Keir Starmer’s inaugural gathering of the council of nations and regions, intended to reset relationships and boost growth in every part of the UK, risks being overshadowed by the absence of his new envoy Sue Gray.The summit follows a Labour manifesto...

After complaints over pay and life in government, Labour’s special advisers seem placated by Morgan McSweeney’s more conciliatory toneClashes between powerful figures inside Downing Street and special advisers are nothing new. Dominic Cummings – Boris Johnson’s right-hand man inside No 10 – had several high-profile bust-ups with spads, as they’re known,...

Co-founder of £4bn British tech firm to lead Office for Investment as a minister in Treasury and Department of Business and TradeThe co-founder of the £4bn British tech firm Darktrace, Poppy Gustafsson, has been appointed as the government’s new investment minister.Darktrace, the listed cybersecurity company, was this month sold to a US private equity...