Politics

As the UN Climate Conference continues, thousands will take to the streets in Glasgow today, alongside millions more in other towns and cities across...

A cabinet minister has admitted it was “a mistake” for the government to attempt to overhaul parliament’s disciplinary processes in combination with saving a...

Owen Paterson has resigned as MP for North Shropshire after the government performed a U-turn over the controversial blocking of his 30-day Commons suspension...

The government has signalled a U-turn over the controversial blocking of a Conservative MP’s suspension. Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, told...

Scores of major coal using countries like Poland, Ukraine and Vietnam have committed to phase out the fossil fuel, in a series of commitments...

Boris Johnson has been accused of delivering “one rule for them and one rule for the rest of us” ahead of a Conservative bid...

One of Britain’s top scientists has quit the government’s pandemic advisory body, warning the COVID crisis is “a long way from over” and that...

The French government has stepped back from a threat to impose disruptive port checks on lorries and boats after the UK threatened to take...

France has backed down on immediate threats to ban British vessels from French ports as the two nations continue to feud over post-Brexit licences...

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has set a 48-hour deadline for a fishing dispute with France to be resolved before the UK moves ahead with...

“It’s one minute to midnight and we need to act now,” the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will declare on Monday as he seeks...

COP26 President Alok Sharma has said he wants “more out of every country” and now is the time to deliver on limiting temperature rises...

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow is “the world’s moment of truth” in the fight to tackle global warming, Boris Johnson has...

Boris Johnson has not ruled out triggering the dispute mechanism against France as a row between the two countries over post-Brexit fishing rights escalates....

Boris Johnson on Friday warned that “team world” was “5-1” down at half-time in the fight to tackle global warming, as he implored world...

The environment minister has said “two can play at that game” after France made threats over fishing in UK waters – which he said...

Britain has begun preparations for a major clash with the EU by activating a key government committee to look at the fallout from suspending...

Rishi Sunak has said his intent as chancellor is to “lower taxes for people” and insisted that was the fairest way of coming out...

Rishi Sunak will hit the airwaves to sell his budget later, after it was warned that the chancellor’s economic set piece will leave the...