Steven Swinford

PM faces calls to put China on a list of high-risk countries after revelations about Prince Andrew’s links to an alleged spy but fears the economic ramifications

Businessman was appointed founder of Pitch@Palace China, part of the duke’s international entrepreneur scheme

Sir Keir Starmer backs freedom of the press after Putin’s ally, the former Russian president, suggests editors are ‘legitimate military targets’

The government is mulling plans to limit political donations from companies owned by foreigners after the owner of Tesla and X met with Nigel Farage in Florida

Key appointment will send Labour veteran to Washington at start of Donald Trump presidency

Andrew Bailey downgrades growth forecasts and says businesses are cutting costs and raising prices after Rachel Reeves’s raid on employers’ NI

The comeback king will be back on the front line in dealing with Donald Trump as Starmer’s pick for ambassador in the US

The prime minister used his first honours list to bolster his party’s strength in the upper chamber

The former architect of New Labour has been appointed ambassador to the US — despite having described the president as a ‘white nationalist and racist’

The prime minister was in a jovial mood at a No 10 reception this week — and not just because his new air-fryer cooks halloumi particularly well