Politics

For a leader on the backfoot, offence can be the best form of defence. For Boris Johnson, there’s no better way to try and...

The Northern Ireland secretary has insisted that plans to override the Northern Ireland Protocol are within the law – but critics say the move...

The House of Commons is to become a “menopause-friendly” workplace with a range of new measures including better-ventilated rooms and flexible working. Commons Speaker...

A leaked version of the government’s new food strategy advises people to eat wild venison as a low-carbon alternative to beef and grow their...

As Westminster lurches to the end of the worst week so far for the prime minister, there is only one clear winner evident as...

Three of four asylum seekers fighting their deportation from the UK to Rwanda will not be sent to the African country, the Home Office...

Boris Johnson is not a good role model for children, according to a top government adviser who is known as Britain’s strictest headmistress. Katharine...

Michael Gove has said he would not run against Boris Johnson for leader of the Conservative Party after admitting he “made a mistake” when...

Boris Johnson may have been addressing the opposition benches at PMQ’s on Wednesday when he told the Commons that “absolutely nothing and no-one” was...

The health secretary has said “biological sex matters” after the NHS removed a reference to women in its information about ovarian cancer. On the...

Boris Johnson has sought to draw a line under a bruising confidence vote by urging Cabinet ministers to focus on tax cutting and levelling...

The prime minister’s anti-corruption tsar has resigned over Boris Johnson’s response to the Sue Gray report into partygate – and will vote for him...

Boris Johnson needed 180 of his 359 MPs to vote for him in order to stay on as party leader and prime minister. He...

His supporters say he got Brexit done and saved the country by making the vaccine rollout happen before any other developed nation. His opponents...

Boris Johnson will make the NHS a key feature of a series of expected policy announcements in the coming days, as the PM bids...

A government consultation that could mean greater use of imperial measurements will be launched on Friday. In 2000, the EU weights and measures directive...

Boris Johnson has said he was “very, very surprised” to receive a fine for attending a lockdown-breaking gathering in Downing Street. The prime minister,...

Syrian and Afghan refugees are believed to be on the list of people set to be deported to Rwanda in a fortnight, charities have...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own ethics adviser has asked him to explain why he believes he has not broken the ministerial code after being...