Politics

A Labour MP has been asked to leave the House of Commons for the remainder of the day after refusing to withdraw claims that...

The government is “very concerned” about the numbers of people being pinged by the NHS app, the business secretary has told Sky News. Speaking...

NHS workers in England will get a pay rise of 3% backdated to April 2021, the government has announced. Those receiving the increase include...

Five Tory MPs breached the code of conduct by trying to influence the trial of former MP Charlie Elphicke, the Commons Standards Committee has...

The government will not draw up a list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full self-isolation if workers are “pinged”. Instead, employers...

A minister has not explicitly ruled out the prospect of the government requiring vaccine passports for people to go to pubs. Business minister Paul...

Downing Street has said the prime minister was already at his country retreat when he was contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told...

The vaccines minister has told Sky News he will provide an update on coronavirus jabs for children aged between 12 and 17 later on...

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have performed a dramatic U-turn and announced they will no longer dodge self-isolation after a fellow minister tested positive...

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK is not expected to peak until “late August, maybe even early September”, a minister...

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for coronavirus and has mild symptoms, he has said. In a tweet, he wrote: “This morning I...

The lifting of restrictions could cause friction within communities if government messaging is not clear, Downing Street advisers have warned. In a paper published...

There are no plans to change the sensitivity of the NHS COVID-19 app to reduce the number of people being told to self-isolate. Ministers...

The so-called “sausage war” trade dispute between the UK and EU was “not even handbags at dawn”, MPs have been told. Aodhan Connolly from...

Boris Johnson has claimed it is “highly probable” the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over – on the day the UK recorded its...

Boris Johnson will argue his “levelling-up” project is a “win-win” and will not mean “robbing Peter to pay Paul” as he sets out his...

Football banning orders will be changed to cover online racism, Boris Johnson has told MPs. The prime minister said the government is “taking practical...

Criticism of Home Secretary Priti Patel over efforts to fight racism are “unusual” and “odd”, one of her fellow cabinet ministers has told Sky...

Boris Johnson has seen off a Conservative rebellion over his plan to cut the UK’s foreign aid spending. MPs voted 333 to 298, a...