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Signatories agree to meet annually to keep global warming under control and warn of the need to reduce emissions of polluting gases

David Wilshire, who has died aged 80, was a Conservative MP on the libertarian Right of the party who represented the Surrey constituency of Spelthorne from 1987 to 2010. He took over from Humphrey Atkins, Margaret Thatcher’s first Northern Ireland Secretary, and handed the seat on to Kwasi Kwarteng, who would be Liz Truss’s short-lived Chancellor.

Call it Gummer’s Law, the country house clause, the now-no-more Planning Policy Guidance 7 (PPG7), or even its latest, official title: paragraph 80 of the

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The as yet unreleased segment features skiing scenes - and may cover an infamous gaffe during Charless 2005 Klosters ski trip with William and Harry.

Sir Tom Arnold, who has died aged 76, was the son of the impresario of the same name and inherited many of his business interests, yet found time to be Conservative MP for Hazel Grove for 23 years and serve for nine years as a vice-chairman of the party under Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

A Conservative MP who described Rishi Sunak’s relaxation of net zero targets as “the greatest mistake of his premiership” is seeking ministers’ support to lead the official climate watchdog.

Ill say this: it was a hell of a performance. The quiver in Michael Mathesons voice. The dramatic pauses. The sheer shamelessness of the whole production.

This exclusive extract from his Westminster diaries reveals the spectacular breakdown of relations and rising bitterness between the two PMs

Suffolk peer and former cabinet minister Lord Deben has warned that more flooding and droughts are certain in future years unless climate change…

Suffolk peer and former cabinet minister Lord Deben has warned that more flooding and droughts are certain in future years unless climate change…