Politics

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...

The health secretary has said it is going to be a “great Christmas” as he defended not imposing stricter restrictions to combat the new...

The home secretary has said there will be “even worse scenes” in the Channel than the capsizing of the small dinghy that killed 27...

A government minister has defended Stanley Johnson, calling him “a gentleman” after a fellow Conservative Party MP accused the prime minister’s father of inappropriately...

There is limited evidence that Rishi Sunak’s £2bn jobs programme for young people is working, according to a new report. The National Audit Office...

France has cancelled a meeting with the UK to discuss Channel crossings after Boris Johnson asked the French to take back migrants arriving in...

The home secretary has said it was a “dreadful shock which was not a surprise” after 27 people died as they tried to cross...

The 27 people who died yesterday while attempting to cross the Channel to the UK from France included 17 men, seven women and two...

British patrols along the French coast are needed to prevent migrant boats from attempting to cross the Channel, the prime minister has told France...