Politics

The Foreign Office’s top civil servant has admitted to MPs he was on holiday for nearly all of the UK’s evacuation effort in Afghanistan....

Damning claims from a whistleblower about failures during Britain’s evacuation from Afghanistan will be presented to MPs today. The government is accused of being...

The FDA union has lost a High Court challenge over Boris Johnson’s decision to back Priti Patel following accusations that she bullied staff. The...

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told Sky News he is to call in police after claims that drug abuse is rife in the...

It would have been “wrong” for a Christmas party to have been held in Downing Street last year, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has...

Scotland Yard is “considering” complaints from two Labour MPs about Christmas parties held in Downing Street last year that allegedly broke coronavirus regulations. The...

The speeding up of COVID booster jabs in England will happen no later than 13 December, NHS bosses have said. From that date, or...

The Metropolitan Police has not received any complaints about an alleged party in Downing Street last year when indoor socialising was banned under COVID...

Downing Street have confirmed “in-person events” such as parties will be held in the lead up to the festive period as a Cabinet minister...

The Conservatives have held on to the southeast London seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup after a by-election prompted by the death of MP...

Former cabinet ministers who remain in parliament earn an average of £162,000 on top of their MP salary from the private sector in their...

Number 10 has stressed that Christmas parties should not be cancelled and there are no rules limiting their size after conflicting comments from ministers...

A number of social gatherings were held in Downing Street in the run-up to Christmas last year while indoor mixing was banned in London...

Boris Johnson has said “all guidance was followed completely” as the prime minister was accused by Sir Keir Starmer of hosting a “boozy party”...

Downing Street has denied claims that Boris Johnson broke coronavirus rules with parties at No 10 last Christmas. The Mirror claims the PM made...

France’s interior minister has suggested talks with the UK over Channel crossings could resume as Paris proposed ideas to tackle the crisis. Gerald Darmanin...

Lisa Nandy will move from shadow foreign secretary to shadow levelling up secretary, Sky News understands, as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer continues a...

Yvette Cooper is elevated to shadow home secretary while Lisa Nandy will move from shadow foreign secretary to the levelling up brief as Labour...

Have the last few weeks seen a turning point in Boris Johnson’s premiership?  Dozens of Tories have refused to follow the prime minister’s orders...