Politics

In a “hot-mic moment” captured by Sky News in 2014, then prime minister David Cameron revealed that the Queen “purred down the line” when...

Senior MPs have pledged their allegiance to King Charles III in a rare Saturday Commons sitting. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was the first...

This week will be remembered as one of the most significant in our nation’s history. Never before has a country lost a monarch and...

Liz Truss has faced constant tests in the infancy of her premiership.  Forty-eight hours after being appointed by the Queen, the PM had to...

MPs have paid tribute to the Queen in the House of Commons, with Boris Johnson making his first appearance since stepping down as prime...

The King told Liz Truss the death of the Queen was a moment he had “been dreading”, as he held his first audience with...

Liz Truss’s cabinet has met in Downing Street to pay tribute to the Queen. A number of senior ministers, many of whom were only...

Prime Minister Liz Truss has led tributes to the Queen following her death, saying she was “the rock on which modern Britain was built”....

Liz Truss’s energy statement later today – barely 48 hours into the job – will probably be the most expensive commitment she ever makes...

Prime Minister Liz Truss says she will take “immediate action” to deal with soaring energy bills – and will make an announcement tomorrow. However...

Prime Minister Liz Truss has held her first cabinet with her newly assembled top team this morning – before going head-to-head with Sir Keir...

Liz Truss has begun appointing her cabinet after being officially asked by the Queen to form a new government. Shortly after making her first...

“That’s it, folks,” Boris Johnson said, flanked by dozens of his MPs and staff, as he and his wife Carrie left Downing Street for...

Priti Patel is to resign as home secretary when Liz Truss takes office as prime minister. Writing a letter to Boris Johnson on Monday...

On a prime minister’s first day in office, they are taken into a top secret meeting and asked to make a plan in case...

Later today, either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be crowned victor of the Conservative leadership contest and the country’s next prime minister. It...

The home secretary has spelled out to the new Scotland Yard commissioner the vast improvements she is demanding in his force’s culture and performance....

Thousands of beds in shelters and new supported living accommodation in England will be provided as part of a strategy to end rough sleeping....

Voting in the Conservative leadership contest has ended, with the party’s next leader to be announced on Monday. After a long and bitter summer...