Politics

One of five Conservative MPs calling for Boris Johnson to step down has told Sky News he has “lost his moral authority to lead”...

Sir Keir Starmer is turning up the heat on Boris Johnson on Downing Street drinking after new allegations of “wine time Fridays” in Number...

The head of the taskforce responsible for leading the government’s COVID-19 response held an office leaving bash at a time when indoor socialising was...

Priti Patel was busy trying to get on with the day job as home secretary on Thursday, joining Sky News at a pharmacy in...

Home Secretary Priti Patel has distanced herself from Chancellor Rishi Sunak as she threw her full support behind Boris Johnson over the Downing Street...

MI5 has warned that a Chinese government agent has been working in parliament “to subvert the processes”, MPs have been told. Iain Duncan Smith...

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has demanded the resignation of Boris Johnson over the Downing Street drinks party row. Mr Ross claimed the prime...

Boris Johnson has apologised after admitting that he attended a Downing Street garden drinks party during the first lockdown. Addressing the Commons under intense...

Social media influencers should be required to display a logo on digitally-altered photos of people, according to an MP who is calling for new...

If Downing Street hoped to press the reset button this year after weeks of damaging allegations of lockdown breaches, the latest revelations are the...

Boris Johnson can run from the latest “partygate” allegations, but he can’t hide. This is no longer about junior and middle-ranking Number 10 officials...

Boris Johnson has said the UK is making “great progress” in tackling Omicron – but warned the variant remains “incredibly contagious”. Speaking following a...

Almost half of all Tory members now believe that Rishi Sunak would make a better leader and could win more seats at the next...

A cabinet minister has said he is in favour of reducing the coronavirus isolation period from seven days to five – provided the move...

Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats are set to be spared having to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings as...

More than one million people have signed a petition calling for Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. The former Labour prime minister,...

The NHS is facing a “rocky few weeks ahead” as it contends with a wave of Omicron cases, the health secretary has said –...

Boris Johnson has questions to answer over his apparent backing for a “great exhibition” plan supported by a Conservative donor who helped pay for...

Boris Johnson has offered a “humble and sincere apology” for failing to disclose WhatsApp messages with a Tory peer in which he discussed the...