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James Cleverly rules out a vote on women being jailed under a Victorian-era law that criminalises abortion

Rishi Sunak has found himself at the centre of yet another row about racism, after it was alleged that a major Tory donor said a black female MP made him “just want to hate all black women”. The row also threatens to engulf the Speaker of the House of Parliament. Frank Hester, who has given …

What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.

Hundreds of British MPs are effectively chosen not by voters but by six influential party managers and handfuls of local party activists. Meet the selectorate.

Another massaged CV gets a gong

David Aaronovitch is joined by Tortoise reporter Claudia Williams, editor Liz Moseley and head of live events, Mark St Andrew. In this episode they discuss the case against Donald Trump, large-scale fraud in British food supply chains and how a woman lay dead in her flat for two and a half years before her body was found.

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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has done a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. But has he done enough to get it over the line?