Fighting for Life by Isabel Hardman; Critical by Dr Julia Grace Patterson reviews – is the NHS really on its last legs?

The triumphs and the tribulations… former health secretary Alan Johnson on two very different books seeking to take the pulse of our national health service on its 75th anniversary

Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to publish ‘accessible’ poetry collection

Contributions by Russell Brand and Maxine Peake feature in Poetry for the Many, which aims to help readers shake off the idea that verse is only for ‘posh people’

Didn’t You Use to Be Chris Mullin? Diaries 2010-2022 review – blasts from the sidelines

The views of the former Labour minister make for jarring moments in this latest volume of his diaries

‘I never doubted you! Now, let’s have sex’ – Cleo Watson’s Whips, digested by John Crace

After Watson’s stint at No 10, she made headlines with her tales of having to ‘nanny’ Boris Johnson. Now she’s written a bonkbuster set in Westminster – and John Crace has read it so you don’t have to

Rishi Sunak reveals his favourite Jilly Cooper novels on This Morning

PM tells ITV show he reads veteran author’s racy books for ‘escapism’

Look at what hedge funds really do – and tell me capitalism is about ‘rewarding risk’

‘Alternative asset managers’ are mainly focused on protecting themselves from losses – and they get tax breaks for it, too, says author Brett Christophers

Tory Nation by Samuel Earle review – tangled up in blue

The political journalist argues that enduring values rather than reinvention is key to the Conservatives’ dominance. But he underplays the party’s current volatility

Does Rishi Sunak really love reading Jilly Cooper – and what does that say about him?

The racy novels hit on a winning formula: our fascination with the intimate lives of the wealthy

Rishi Sunak ‘ranks racy Jilly Cooper novel among his favourite books’

McDonald’s-loving, sliders-wearing, Bublé-listening PM is also a reader of Riders, according to Spectator

Politics: A Survivor’s Guide by Rafael Behr review – a plea for sanity from the centre ground

The political commentator is an elegant voice of reason in an often polarised world

Johnson at 10 review – ducking and diving with the PM who would be king

Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell’s impressive account of Boris Johnson’s chaotic reign lays bare a man utterly unfit to hold the highest office

Anthony Seldon on Boris Johnson: ‘At his heart, he is extraordinarily empty’

The distinguished historian and headteacher discusses his latest book about a contemporary prime minister, a devastating – and dispiriting – account of Johnson’s chaotic reign

How Westminster Works … and Why It Doesn’t by Ian Dunt review – a savage indictment of the status quo

This eye-opening analysis of the British way of governing reveals a system set up for failure

Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll review – death in Brighton

The gripping inside story of the 1984 Brighton bombing, its victims, and its unintended consequences

BBC under threat politically under Conservatives, says Ian McEwan

Novelist compares UK to Hungary in Radio Times interview, while Ken Bruce criticises handling of Radio 2 exit