Politics

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to “reassess” the licence for an oil field near Shetland given the “severity of the climate emergency...

Half a million teenagers are going to receive their GCSE results later today. Grades are going to be based on teacher assessments, and a...

Pakistan’s top diplomat in the UK has said Boris Johnson assured him the government is “looking into” the prospect of removing the South Asian...

More than three quarters of adults in the UK have now received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, the government has announced. The Department...

Universities that do not return to face-to-face teaching this coming academic year should not be charging full fees, the education secretary has told Sky...

The UK is “on track” to meet its “challenging” target of hitting net zero emissions by 2050, a minister has told Sky News. “I...

A minister has told Sky News he would like staff in his department to be coming into the office “at least” two or three...

Labour are calling for a senior Conservative to be investigated for training witnesses before they give crucial evidence to MPs. Parliament’s standards watchdog has...

Hopes for a summer getaway are given a boost from today with a sizeable expansion of the government’s green travel list – and the...

Urgent action is needed to address climate change or the world will soon face “catastrophe”, the UK’s COP26 chief has warned. With just 85...

The prime minister is not expected to isolate after flying to Scotland this week with a member of his staff who has tested positive...

An alpaca condemned to death after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis looks set to die despite his owner pleading with Boris Johnson for a...

Boris Johnson has refused to apologise after he said Margaret Thatcher gave the UK a “big early start” in its battle against climate change...

Alok Sharma, climate minister and COP26 president, is under fire for flying to dozens of countries since the start of the year. Mr Sharma...

People will be able to go on holiday “without looking over their shoulders the whole time”, Grant Shapps has said, as he promised that...

Fully vaccinated travellers and under 18s arriving in England from France will no longer need to isolate, while India is coming off the red...

Nicola Sturgeon has said it is “a bit strange” for Boris Johnson to have declined her invitation to meet for talks during the PM’s...

Boris Johnson has declined Nicola Sturgeon’s invitation to meet for talks while he is in Scotland this week. The first minister had invited the...

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will lift most of its remaining coronavirus restrictions next Monday. Making a statement in a virtual session of...