Politics

Boris Johnson is set to announce a bespoke resettlement scheme for those “most in need” in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s dramatic takeover of the...

Parliament will be recalled next week over the situation in Afghanistan, as the prime minister called a second emergency Cobra meeting later this afternoon...

Joanna Lumley has called on the government to meet the “brave and loyal” Gurkha veterans who are currently on hunger strike opposite Downing Street...

Carrie Johnson has told other pregnant women there is nothing to worry about, after getting her second COVID-19 vaccine. The prime minister’s wife, who...

British filmmaker Ken Loach has said he has been kicked out of the Labour Party for supporting others who have been expelled. The 85-year-old...

The “vast bulk” of British citizens in Afghanistan will be brought back to the UK over the “next few days”, Boris Johnson has said....

Terror group al Qaeda “will probably come back” in Afghanistan as the security situation continues to deteriorate, the defence secretary has told Sky News....

Peers in the House of Lords charged taxpayers more than £46,000 on their day of tributes to Prince Philip. In a Freedom of Information...

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to “reassess” the licence for an oil field near Shetland given the “severity of the climate emergency...

Half a million teenagers are going to receive their GCSE results later today. Grades are going to be based on teacher assessments, and a...

Pakistan’s top diplomat in the UK has said Boris Johnson assured him the government is “looking into” the prospect of removing the South Asian...

More than three quarters of adults in the UK have now received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, the government has announced. The Department...

Universities that do not return to face-to-face teaching this coming academic year should not be charging full fees, the education secretary has told Sky...

The UK is “on track” to meet its “challenging” target of hitting net zero emissions by 2050, a minister has told Sky News. “I...

A minister has told Sky News he would like staff in his department to be coming into the office “at least” two or three...

Labour are calling for a senior Conservative to be investigated for training witnesses before they give crucial evidence to MPs. Parliament’s standards watchdog has...

Hopes for a summer getaway are given a boost from today with a sizeable expansion of the government’s green travel list – and the...

Urgent action is needed to address climate change or the world will soon face “catastrophe”, the UK’s COP26 chief has warned. With just 85...

The prime minister is not expected to isolate after flying to Scotland this week with a member of his staff who has tested positive...