PM’s aide dragged further into row over decision to hire adviser with eugenicist views Boris Johnson’s senior aide Dominic Cummings has been dragged further into the row over No 10’s… Read more »
Cummings’ strategy under fire after exit of adviser who argued intelligence is linked to race Downing Street has come under intense pressure to say whether it vetted a No 10… Read more »
Cummings’ strategy under fire after adviser who argued intelligence is linked to race quits Downing Street has come under intense pressure to explain how an adviser who argued that intelligence… Read more »
Kwasi Kwarteng says views of Johnson ex-adviser are ‘racist, offensive and objectionable’ The business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has said the process for hiring staff to advise Downing Street needs to… Read more »
Move comes after hiring of new adviser who said black people have lower average IQs Boris Johnson’s spokesman has refused to say whether the prime minister thinks black people have… Read more »
Sajid Javid said ‘no self-respecting minister’ could accept the PM’s terms to stay in government Boris Johnson has moved to seize control over the Treasury in an unexpectedly brutal reshuffle… Read more »
Unexpected move comes as Boris Johnson begins much-anticipated reshuffle to his cabinet Sajid Javid resigns as chancellor amid Johnson reshuffle Boris Johnson’s reshuffle: who’s in, who’s out, at a glance… Read more »
Move is the latest sign that PM could take a more cautious approach to government Boris Johnson has set aside plans for a radical overhaul of Whitehall machinery in favour… Read more »
After Boris Johnson’s win, civil servants know the axe is hovering over departments including the DExEU and DfID Those who work for the government clearly are no better at predicting… Read more »
PM’s adviser Dominic Cummings claims that only carrying out Brexit will calm tensions Follow the latest political developments – live Boris Johnson has refused to apologise in the face of… Read more »
Breaking ‘manacles’ comments come a day before PM travels for Brexit talks in Luxembourg Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo smashes PM’s attempt at incredible metaphor European officials reacted with exasperation on… Read more »
Fresh setback for PM as he moves to shut down parliament for five weeks Brexit latest – live Boris Johnson shut down parliament in the early hours of Tuesday following… Read more »
The Speaker’s resignation comes on yet another day of humiliations for Boris Johnson It was all too much for Sally Bercow. After more than an hour spent sitting listening to… Read more »
Away from Brexit and the Tory melodrama, I’ve found a mood of weariness and disconnection. Yet its causes explain where we are As parliament tumbled through last week’s drama, I… Read more »
MPs demand to know why Boris Johnson’s aide has access despite being in contempt of parliament Senior MPs have demanded to know why Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s adviser, has… Read more »
Their clown prince resorts to telling bare-faced lies, making even Corbyn look dignified in the process Practice makes imperfect. There was an air of expectancy on the Tory benches as… Read more »
Proroguing parliament, expelling MPs: moves born of panic or part of a cunning plan? Either way, the stakes couldn’t be higher When some of the best-known Conservative figures of the… Read more »
PM ticked secret memo while refusing to confirm decision in public, Edinburgh court hears • Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen Boris Johnson had secretly decided… Read more »
Ex-civil service chiefs join critics of Boris Johnson’s aide as protests against ‘coup’ spread across Britain Senior politicians, a former cabinet secretary and an ex-head of the home civil service… Read more »
Dominic Cummings ‘pissed off’ about briefings on pay and gender balance – report A furious Sajid Javid confronted Boris Johnson on Friday and demanded an explanation of why his media… Read more »
Damian Collins claims ‘real-world sanctions’ are needed for those found in contempt of parliament Boris Johnson’s chief strategist Dominic Cummings should not have been allowed to take up his Downing… Read more »
‘Large’ number of Tory MPs set to vote against party, which would also lose ground to Lib Dems The Conservatives will lose significant votes to the Liberal Democrats or other… Read more »
Boris Johnson aide, a strident critic of Brussels, is accused of hypocrisy over payments Boris Johnson’s controversial enforcer, Dominic Cummings, an architect of Brexit and a fierce critic of Brussels,… Read more »
Alarm is mounting about Dominic Cummings and his willingness to defy parliament Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October… Read more »
Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser suggests MPs will not find a way of forcing out PM to stop no-deal Brexit Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, has laid down… Read more »
Comments appear at odds with reports that No 10 is ready to crash out of EU come what may Michael Gove has accused Brussels of refusing to negotiate a new… Read more »
PM’s spokesman declines to say if Commons vote against no deal would change anything Brexit will take place on 31 October “whatever the circumstances”, Downing Street has said, refusing to… Read more »
Exclusive: Dominic Cummings expressed damning views of party in 2017 and now has key role in No 10 Voters are right to think Tory MPs largely do not care about… Read more »