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Liz Truss grasps for strength from Tory party left as infighting persists

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This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday. Good morning. What a dreadful day Liz Truss had yesterday. She lost her home secretary, had to suspend a key aide and almost lost her chief whip and her deputy … Read more

Xi Jinping grasps ‘knife’ of internal security to complete grip on power

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Xi Jinping finally has something that eluded him for almost a decade: a trusted confidante at the top of China’s police ministry. Wang Xiaohong’s appointment as public security minister in June marked another breakthrough for Xi in his relentless consolidation of power since being appointed head of the Chinese Communist party and its Central Military … Read more