Farage against the machine

Plus, a new cabinet secretary (and a major arrest) took centre stage

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleague’s claim of ‘inappropriate comments’

Exclusive: Nigel Farage understood to have known of grievance against byelection candidate, whose lawyer described it as resolved ‘minor workplace matter’ of miscommunication Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, was accused by a young woman working at GB News of making inappropriate comments which she viewed as sexually harassing, the Guardian can reveal. The junior staffer complained to HR last year alleging Goodwin had made inappropriate comments, one regarding her appearance, sources say. Goodwin, 44, volunteered an apology after the complaint had been raised. Continue reading...

By Helena Horton and Pippa Crerar

A timeline of British royal sagas and scandals in recent decades

Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in Epstein scandal.

Starmer: Symptoms of a PM in trouble

What does it feel like to be inside Number 10 when the PM’s power is fading?

By Cleo Watson and Helen MacNamara

Michael Carrick breaks silence on Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘UK colonised by immigrants’ comments

Ratcliffe claimed that the ‘UK has been colonised by immigrants’ in an interview which has been widely condemned