Politics

There are currently 10 people in hospital with the Omicron variant of COVID – not 250, as Dominic Raab told Sky News. The deputy...

There are likely to be 75 Conservative MPs who rebel against the government’s Plan B COVID restrictions, Sky News can reveal. The 75 likely...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to respond to allegations he broke COVID rules by hosting a festive quiz at Downing Street while...

The Conservative Party is drifting into authoritarianism, a senior Tory MP has warned, as he confirmed he would oppose new coronavirus restrictions. Former Brexit...

Boris Johnson has been accused of presiding over a “culture of disregard for the rules” after a picture emerged of him hosting a virtual...

Some staff at the Treasury had office drinks while England was in lockdown last year. The Times reported that around two dozen civil servants...

The government has been “presented with some very challenging new information” about the Omicron variant and will keep restrictions “under review”, Michael Gove has...

Downing Street has sought to play down the significance of Boris Johnson saying there may come a point when there needs to be a...

At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Boris Johnson apologised after footage emerged of senior Number 10 staff joking and laughing about a Downing Street...

Boris Johnson is facing mounting pressure from senior backbenchers over an alleged lockdown Downing Street Christmas party and the move to “Plan B” COVID...

Fewer than one in 10 people believe Number 10’s claim that no party took place in Downing Street last December during lockdown. An Opinium...

Boris Johnson will face a day of difficult questions after footage emerged of Number 10 officials joking and laughing about a Christmas party in...

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...