Politics

The prime minister has said “you’re out of your mind” if you think there is “something dodgy” about his texts with billionaire Sir James...

Downing Street has mounted a fightback against “sleaze” accusations by planting stories in Tory-supporting newspapers accusing Dominic Cummings of leaking Number 10 texts. The...

David Cameron lobbied the Treasury’s top civil servant on behalf of a financial services firm that later collapsed. Sir Tom Scholar told a committee...

MPs have accused the government of a “missed opportunity” in failing to give more detailed plans on how Britons might be able to enjoy...

Sir James Dyson has said it is “absurd to suggest” his company was doing anything other than trying to follow the rules, after it...

The government has abandoned plans to hold White House-style televised briefings – despite spending £2.6m on a new studio. Boris Johnson’s press secretary, Allegra...

A firm linked to the lawyer tasked by the prime minister with looking into the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal has been given £7m in...

Former prime minister David Cameron and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are set to be hauled before MPs to answer questions over the Greensill Capital lobbying...

The prime minister’s trip to India next week has been cancelled, Downing Street has confirmed. India is experiencing a surge in cases of COVID-19,...

David Cameron did not do anything wrong when lobbying for Greensill Capital and “meticulously observed the rules”, the environment secretary has told Sky News....

It will take five years for some hospitals to catch up with the backlog of patient care caused by the coronavirus pandemic, NHS Providers...

Boris Johnson should relinquish his right to decide when possible breaches of the ministerial code warrant investigation, according to the chair of the Committee...

The foreign secretary is set to reveal which UK projects around the world will be axed or reduced following a decision to slash foreign...

Whitehall’s spending watchdog has launched an investigation into Greensill Capital’s involvement in government-backed COVID support schemes prior to the firm’s collapse. The National Audit...

A government adviser became a director of Greensill Capital months after taking on his Cabinet Office role – in the latest link between the...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is being accused of “cronyism at the heart of government” by Labour after it was revealed he has been given...

The chair of the watchdog which exposed how the former government chief commercial officer was able to take a job at Greensill Capital while...

Senior civil servants have been told they have until the end of the week to declare any other jobs they hold outside government. Cabinet...

Labour has accused the Conservatives of a return to the “sleaze of the 1990s” ahead of a push for a fuller inquiry into the...