Politics

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...

Boris Johnson has called the bluff of rebel Tory MPs demanding a Commons vote on Rishi Sunak’s controversial decision to cut spending on overseas...

The ending of most legal coronavirus restrictions in England next week “should not be taken as an invitation by everybody simply to have a...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said “caution is absolutely vital” as he prepares to address the nation on Monday to announce whether the final...

There are growing calls for the government to reverse its plan to slash foreign aid spending, with Bill and Melinda Gates’s organisation among those...

The number of people waiting for NHS hospital treatment could reach 13 million in the months to come due to the COVID backlog, the...

Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister has blamed Theresa May for problems with the implementation of border arrangements for Northern Ireland. Lord Frost told members of...

A new Brexit row has erupted over how much the UK owes the EU as part of its “divorce bill”. The EU’s latest accounts...

Details of a plan to allow vaccinated expats into the UK without having to quarantine could be revealed in the “next couple of weeks”,...

The government will set out its plans for post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland within the next two weeks – as Labour claimed trust in...

Boris Johnson did not break the MPs code of conduct by accepting donations towards a private 10-day holiday to Mustique over Christmas in 2019,...