Top stories in the latest issue:

SPINNING TOPS
After replacing Sue Gray as Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney brought in "political communicators" with potentially troubling CVs.

DOCTOR JOHNSON
Boris Johnson's Covid revisionism in his new memoirs sat uncomfortably with recent evidence from an intensive care specialist at the Covid inquiry.

SPOTT CHEQUES
Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick made four personal donations to the central party, shortly before receiving donations from a mysterious company.

END OF EMPIRE
Baroness Scotland's reign as secretary-general of the Commonwealth is about to end – but she remains at the centre of controversy.

JAILHOUSE CROCK
The Ministry of Justice dished out large prison building contracts to a collapsing construction firm months after concerns about its finances had been flagged.

LEGAL TWO-STEP
Rapacious law firms Carter-Fuck and Schillings are at loggerheads over the latest Strictly scandal, as they represent the warring factions.

TURD OF THE WEEK
A clean-up is needed at sewage-pumping South West Water – and who better for the job than a former top beancounter?

US-EYE
Donald Trump's campaign is wobbling in North Carolina, with the Republican candidate for governor exposed as a fan of porn site message boards.