Politics

Former Conservative MP and Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he has switched allegiances to join the Labour Party. Mr Bercow, who stepped down...

Sir Keir Starmer’s top spin doctor has quit after Labour suffered another poor by-election result in which the party lost its deposit. Ben Nunn...

Boris Johnson has denied his Conservative Party are neglecting southern parts of England in favour of its new northern seats as he blamed “particular...

It’s an unwritten rule of politics that every electoral action can have an opposite – if not quite equal – reaction. The question being...

Edwin Poots has resigned as leader of the DUP after less than a month in the post. Mr Poots is standing down following an...

DUP leader Edwin Poots has formally nominated Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan as Northern Ireland’s new First Minister at a special sitting of the...

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has published a 7,000-word blogpost including a series of claims about the prime minister and Health Secretary Matt Hancock....

Boris Johnson’s former chief aide has shared a WhatsApp message in which the prime minister appears to call Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s efforts “totally...

The government is to make coronavirus vaccinations compulsory for care home staff who work with elderly and vulnerable people, Whitehall sources say. Ministers are...

19 July is the “terminus date” for England’s remaining coronavirus restrictions and it would take an “unprecedented and remarkable” change in circumstances to derail...

What changed? Just under a fortnight ago, the prime minister told us he could see nothing in the COVID data that could put his...

It is “possible” that putting India on the red list earlier might have prevented the widely anticipated delay to easing England’s coronavirus lockdown that...

Boris Johnson has rejected claims of “moral failure” by the G7 in providing more COVID vaccines for poorer nations – as he dismissed suggestions...

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called for “a bit of respect” from EU leaders as he claimed the bloc’s senior figures “serially” talk about...

Boris Johnson has admitted he is less optimistic about the easing of lockdown restrictions than he was last month and offered a strong hint...

Boris Johnson has been warned by the EU to “implement what we agreed” on post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland. Ahead of the second day...

Ministers fear Boris Johnson may delay the final stage of lockdown lifting in England potentially by as much as a month. There is widespread...

World leaders are set to enjoy toasted marshmallows over fire pits as they gather for their first in-person summit in almost two years to...

Boris Johnson needs to level with the public about what the future of travel will look like and tell them that “we will not...