Politics

The Cabinet Office has reiterated its refusal to hand over some of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to the COVID inquiry, arguing part of the...

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is visiting Mediterranean countries this week as part of a government focus on tackling illegal migration.  He will be visiting...

Rishi Sunak has been accused of being “slippery” in the row over whether the government will hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and other...

Significant failings in the UK’s asylum system have been highlighted by the UN’s refugee agency, including torture victims being detained and laws not being...

Rishi Sunak will travel to Washington next week for talks with US President Joe Biden. The prime minister will meet Mr Biden, along with...

The deadline for the government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages has been delayed by the COVID inquiry. The inquiry had ordered the...

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are preparing to launch a legal battle over COVID secrets, just hours before a deadline for handing over sensitive...

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is visiting Mediterranean countries this week as part of a government focus on tackling illegal migration.  He will be visiting...

A Tory minister and three other MPs claimed hundreds of pounds of driving fines on expenses – despite it being against the rules.  They...

Health Secretary Steve Barclay held a “constructive” meeting with Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief Pat Cullen – but made clear that a new...

New oil and gas developments in the North Sea would be blocked under a Labour government, it has been reported. Granting new licenses for...

Boris Johnson has a “huge role to play” in the future of the Conservative Party, according to one cabinet minister, while a staunch ally...

Health Secretary Steve Barclay held a “constructive” meeting with Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief Pat Cullen – but made clear that a new...

The Home Office is launching an ad campaign aimed at deterring Albanian nationals from crossing the English Channel illegally. Posters bear the message that...

Boris Johnson has insisted the fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are “total nonsense” and that elements of his ministerial diary were “cherry picked...

One person has been arrested after a car hit the main gates of Downing Street. Police said there were no injuries. Officers were pictured...

Nigel Farage would “of course” accept worker shortages if it meant lower migration, the Eurosceptic campaigner has told Sky News – and wouldn’t rule...

The chancellor has said he “is willing to do what it takes” and increase support for households if energy bills rise again this autumn....

Some Conservative MPs have expressed anger after official statistics showed net migration for a calendar year at a record high. The Office for National...