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RISHI SUNAK is excited to be making future plans, he tells us. Don’t think leadership, think puppy. His dog Nova is nearly old enough to join the Chancellor on his weekly run. “I’m getting one of those extendable leads that attaches to you,” he says. Careful — before he knows, it might be the labrador retriever that takes him on the run.

ROBERT BUCKLAND is a former Lord Chancellor with an intriguing past. The Tory MP revealed this week he used to sing with

Catatonia frontwoman Cerys Matthews when the two were at secondary school. “Christmas carols and all that,” Buckland blushes to us — adding, “we still occasionally text”. There’s lovely.