Strikes, elections and Dominic Raab: Rishi Sunak’s headaches to come in 2023

PM has reinstated boring government' but smooth relations with backbenchers are unlikely to last

At the end of one of the most tumultuous years of politics in decades, Rishi Sunak is confident he has successfully managed to calm Tory MPs and - in the words of one senior aide - bring back boring government".

He has sought to kick some controversial pieces of legislation into the long grass, performed quick U-turns and managed to satiate a parliamentary party with a seemingly unquenchable thirst for regicide.