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Boris Johnson is preparing to offer Nadine Dorries a peerage, giving his successor as Tory leader an early by-election headache.The culture secretary has told colleagues that she intends to stand down in October, with her departure likely to trigger a by-election in the nominally safe Tory seat of

1. The B-word As feared, National Grid have confirmed the possibility of rolling blackouts this winter should energy imports from Europe fall low. Less expected

Some Chinese firms face being barred from public contracts, as MPs urge the government to further toughen its procurement bill.Ministers have told The Times tha

Rishi Sunak heads to Bletchley Park next week for his global AI safety summit. Quite a few of his fellow world leaders aren’t turning up, though Ursula von der