Politics

Boris Johnson will receive a letter from the chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales outlining officers’ fury at a pay freeze...

Boris Johnson has pledged to ensure “less crime, fewer victims and a safer society” as the country recovers from the pandemic. The government will...

University students could need to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus to attend lectures and stay in halls this coming academic year. “We aren’t ruling...

The health secretary has apologised for saying people should no longer “cower from” coronavirus. Sajid Javid said he had deleted the tweet, which he...

The UK’s former cyber security chief has raised the alarm over the sale of a Welsh microchip manufacturer to a Chinese-backed company. Ciaran Martin,...

Throughout his life and political career, Boris Johnson has believed the rules don’t apply to him. And as he marks his second anniversary as...

Boris Johnson is facing growing pressure to allow fully vaccinated people who have been identified as close contacts of coronavirus cases to be exempt...

The government has released more details about which fully-vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine after coming into...

Emergency measures to exempt food supply chain workers from coronavirus self-isolation rules will not be extended to other businesses, Environment Secretary George Eustice has...

A Labour MP has been asked to leave the House of Commons for the remainder of the day after refusing to withdraw claims that...

The government is “very concerned” about the numbers of people being pinged by the NHS app, the business secretary has told Sky News. Speaking...

NHS workers in England will get a pay rise of 3% backdated to April 2021, the government has announced. Those receiving the increase include...

Five Tory MPs breached the code of conduct by trying to influence the trial of former MP Charlie Elphicke, the Commons Standards Committee has...

The government will not draw up a list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full self-isolation if workers are “pinged”. Instead, employers...

A minister has not explicitly ruled out the prospect of the government requiring vaccine passports for people to go to pubs. Business minister Paul...

Downing Street has said the prime minister was already at his country retreat when he was contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told...

The vaccines minister has told Sky News he will provide an update on coronavirus jabs for children aged between 12 and 17 later on...

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have performed a dramatic U-turn and announced they will no longer dodge self-isolation after a fellow minister tested positive...

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK is not expected to peak until “late August, maybe even early September”, a minister...