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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent9 Oct

Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat

Contest seen as test of Andy Burnham’s ability to unite Labour voters amid threat from Green party’s Zack Polanski

Aletha Adu and Nadeem Badshah8 Oct

British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband

UK and Israel back away from full diplomatic confrontation, though British presence in Palestine will be much reduced

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor8 Oct

Honouring Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst on stage and in political action

Letter: As we approach the centenary of equal franchise in 2028, it is important to build on the rights that were won by the suffragettes, writes Helen Pankhurst

8 Oct

UK politics: Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – as it happened

Voters choosing replacement for Keir Starmer, who announced he was standing down last month

Taz Ali and Tom Ambrose8 Oct

UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report

Exclusive: Thinktank says Britain’s drive towards global commitments is symptom of ‘outdated foreign policy’

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent8 Oct

French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

Finance minister, Roland Lescure, welcomes Burnham’s pledge to explore closer ties with bloc

Ben Quinn Political correspondent8 Oct

Voting opens in high-stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Zack Polanski has led energetic campaign for the Greens, while Labour will hope to hold on to Starmer’s old seat

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent8 Oct

Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan

Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speech

Pippa Crerar Political editor7 Oct

Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation

Internal inquiry exonerates Dan Jukes and James Orr, who were filmed talking about scheme involving US donor

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor7 Oct

Plan to cut disability support will harm young people

Letters: Anna Bird and Rick Burgess respond to the government’s proposal to axe the health element from universal credit that disabled people under 25 receive

7 Oct

‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

Helena Horton 7 Oct

All hail the Death Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives

The Tory leader is now too big for the party to allow her to fail, so everything she does is acclaimed a work of genius

John Crace7 Oct

‘People are scared of her, to be honest’: Kemi Badenoch remakes Tories in her image

At Conservative conference, some worry about becoming a one-woman party, while others say party should thank their lucky stars they have her

Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot7 Oct

George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK

Veteran leftwinger has been ‘in exile in the east’ in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign began

Dan Sabbagh7 Oct

Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – as it happened

Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax

Andrew Sparrow7 Oct

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Politics stories

Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat

British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband

Honouring Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst on stage and in political action

UK politics: Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – as it happened

UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report

French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

Voting opens in high-stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan

Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation

Plan to cut disability support will harm young people

‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

All hail the Death Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives

‘People are scared of her, to be honest’: Kemi Badenoch remakes Tories in her image

George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK

Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – as it happened

Tories delight as satirical tapestry pokes fun at ‘turncoat’ Robert Jenrick

Badenoch denies plan for ‘British Iron Dome’ – after Tories use phrase in press release

Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote

Badenoch announces £2.3bn proposal to cut employer national insurance for young workers – as it happened

Why a PR voting system is the best bet for Britain

Fifteen-year-old arrested in shooting near Florida university that injured 12

Republican and Democratic ex-governors issue rare joint endorsement for South Carolina Senate candidate – US politics live

How the streets and social media drove Lula to a historic comeback in Brazil

Jury selected for trial of four accused of sexually assaulting man’s drugged ex-wife

Father pays tribute to son, six, killed by truck on Kansas soccer field

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