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Rishi Sunak has backed interest-rate hikes to calm inflation even if they increase the risk of the UK entering a recession.

The Prime Minister said he wanted to avoid ‘scaremongering’ about the risks posed by AI technology.

Advances in technology have ‘improved our lives throughout time and will continue to do so’

‘He bottled it – I bet you he bottled it’, says ex-Tory chairman Jake Berry

Watch as Oliver Dowden stands in for PMQs and takes questions from Angela Rayner on Wednesday 7 June.

Oliver Dowden drew laughter from the government benches when he said he will “take no lectures on profligacy” from the SNP.

Focus on Channel migrants reminds voters of ‘dramatic failure’ of Brexit, says polling guru

Angela Rayner urged deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden to “go back to school” and improve his “dire” PMQs “punchlines” as the pair clashed in the House of Commons on Wednesday 7 June.

Exclusive: The government’s decision to freeze income tax and national insurance thresholds will cost health workers an additional £1.5billion per year, analysis shows

Climbdown over procurement law follows rebellion by senior Tory MPs

PM talks up anti-protectionist agenda ahead of meeting – insisting subsidy races are ‘zero sum’ game

PM accused of ‘self-congratulatory’ hubris – but insists his policies are acting as a deterrent rather than poor weather in Channel

Prime Minister said the immediate priority was the humanitarian response to the catastrophe, which has flooded villages and endangered crops.

Security experts to turn on Boris Johnson’s old phone in hunt for Whatsapps as row widens to the Foreign Office

Stark warning comes as Rishi Sunak prepares to persuade Joe Biden of ‘grand plan’ to control artificial intelligence

In an election reflecting opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine, European Union member Slovenia has overwhelmingly defeated Moscow’s close ally Belarus for a seat on the U.N. Security Council starting in January

Paul Scully, minster for tech and digital economy, said the benefits of AI should not be overlooked.

Furious Tory MPs fire back at Harry’s ‘unwise’ comments – urging him to ‘stand for election’ if he wants to be a politician

Labour leader pledges state investment in green jobs to replace fossil fuels

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech at GMB Union congress on Tuesday 6 June.

PM could use Parliament Act to ram legislation through – as peers threaten to delay his asylum crackdown

Calls for a ban on political role of more than 12 months rejected, amid Tory fury over ‘stitch up’

Matt Clifford said global regulation was needed to control AI and harness its capability for good purposes

Cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance

PM accused of ‘self-congratulatory’ hubris – but insists his policies are acting as a deterrent rather than poor weather in Channel

Ministrs claim certain messages are ‘unambiguously irrelevant’ to Baroness Hallett’s inquiry

Ex-cabinet minister was found to have breached code of conduct over Tory colleague’s case

Keir Starmer has been accused of waging a factional war against the Labour left

Johns Hopkins University study casts doubt on policy’s effectiveness

NHS left ‘dangerously understaffed’, says TUC – as former PM and chancellor prepare for public hearings