Politics

Boris Johnson has described a surge in coronavirus cases in France – which has plunged the country into a third national lockdown  - as...

The prime minister’s most senior black adviser is to step down from the government. Samuel Kasumu will leave his role as special adviser for...

An immediate review of safeguarding policies in schools has been launched after more than 10,000 reports were posted on a website for students to...

The UK is “100% confident in the efficacy” of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, after Germany suspended its use in the under-60s over concerns about...

A scandal-hit financier claimed he was a “senior adviser” to then prime minister David Cameron, according to a business card handed to the Labour Party....

MPs have been urged to approve a new sanctions system that could see them barred from parliament’s bars and restaurants if they breach House...

The prime minister has admitted “we don’t know… how strong our fortifications now are” against a fresh COVID wave – while the chief medical...

Summer holidays abroad are unlikely to be allowed until August it has been reported, as a cabinet minister said a traffic light system was...

The UK has planned to ensure second COVID jabs are administered on time, according to the culture minister, who also confirmed a batch of...

A second Westminster MP has defected from the SNP to join Alex Salmond’s new Scottish independence party. Neale Hanvey, MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath,...

Nicola Sturgeon has warned now is “not the time to gamble” with Scotland’s future as she said there were “significant questions” about Alex Salmond’s...

Boris Johnson has told Joe Biden that global vaccine access will be vital for beating COVID-19, as the leaders agreed combatting climate change will...

Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond has re-entered frontline politics to become the leader of the new pro-independence Alba Party. The party was registered...

Rishi Sunak is calling on Britain’s employers to end working from home and allow staff back in the office – or risk them voting...

MPs have voted to extend the government’s emergency COVID legislation for another six months. Despite opposition from some Tory backbenchers, the Coronavirus Act 2020...

Boris Johnson is facing a Tory rebellion on lockdown rules in the Commons, 24 hours after telling drinkers they may need a COVID vaccine...

For a prime minister who likes to give little away when he appears before the Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson dropped a number of news...

Boris Johnson is facing a tough end-of-term interrogation on COVID-19 by senior MPs after claiming the UK is making progress a year after his...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the “courage, discipline and patience of the nation” one year after he first announced a lockdown to combat...