Exclusive: former minister convicted of perjury had grace-and-favour Westminster access The former Conservative minister Jonathan Aitken was awarded a grace-and-favour parliamentary pass despite the House of Commons claiming that ex-MPs… »
Exclusive: FoI victory uncovers scale of grace and favour access enjoyed by 324 former MPs A “strategic counsel” for the lobbying firm Crosby Textor is among 324 former MPs who… »
Labour leader asks why PM sat on report showing government underestimated Russian threat Politics live – latest updates Boris Johnson has been asked why he “sat on” the intelligence and… »
Keir Starmer presses PM over scientists’ call for preparations for possible second wave Politics live – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has indicated he has not… »
Open letter in British Medical Journal urges ministers to take urgent action as lockdown eases in England Health leaders call for review of second wave risk Five children have died… »
Exclusive: PCS union may ballot members after MPs waiting to vote failed to keep distance from staff Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A union representing hundreds… »
News updates: 324 new deaths in the UK; death rate in England higher among BAME people; testing data ‘widely criticised and often mistrusted’ UK coronavirus death toll passes 50,000, latest… »
Official total now at to 35,341; UK facing ‘severe recession the likes of which we haven’t seen’, says Rishi Sunak Excess deaths in UK reached almost 55,000 in early May,… »
Overall deaths in England and Wales in week up to 8 May were down for the third week in a row, at 12,657 Excess deaths in UK reached almost 55,000… »
Labour leader questions prime minister on excess deaths; chancellor Rishi Sunak warns of ‘significant recession’; death toll now 33,186 Exclusive: real care home death toll ‘double official figure’ UK economy… »
Michael Gove admits he only read key Exercise Cygnus pandemic planning report last week; Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of baby; death tolls rise in England, Wales, NI… »
Latest on UK coronavirus crisis as part of a PPE consignment arrives and Keir Starmer quizzes Dominic Raab in Labour leader’s first PMQs Revealed: Private firm running UK PPE stockpile… »
A COMMONS vote on post-Brexit immigration laws could be delayed by weeks after fears over the security of online video conferencing app Zoom. MPs returning from their Easter break today… »
Rolling updates on all the UK developments including Jeremy Corbyn’s final PMQs as Labour leader Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19 Coronavirus key questions: everything you need to know Businesses… »
House of Lords changes rules after warning BAME workers excluded from facilities for mostly-white peers Parliament has been accused of operating a form of apartheid after a report found that… »
Prime minister says it’s time to drop ‘old labels of leave and remain’, but Labour will oppose bill Latest politics news – live updates Boris Johnson has called on the… »
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including parliamentary Labour party meeting for first time since election Johnson’s speech to MPs PM: this parliament ‘vast improvement on predecessor’ Sturgeon’s speech… »
Legal block on finalising deal after 2020 removes safety net below negotiations with EU Boris Johnson will attempt to mark his election promise to “get Brexit done” by writing into… »
Legal block on finalising deal after 2020 removes safety net below negotiations with EU Boris Johnson will attempt to mark his election promise to “get Brexit done” by writing into… »
Bite back, Boris BORIS Johnson must fight back against an arrogant, toxic Remainer elite taking a sledgehammer to our democracy. They are coming for him at every turn — with… »
Meeting called after multiple MPs raise fears over effect of angry rhetoric in Commons Commons Speaker John Bercow has summoned party leaders to an emergency meeting on the growing use… »
SNP’s Stewart Hosie says opposition must unite and that Corbyn must get first chance to be PM There could be a vote of no confidence in the government next week… »
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… »
PM’s adviser says some politicians have failed to respect referendum result, ‘what do you expect to happen?’ Johnson urged to calm Commons ‘inferno of rhetoric’ Polly Toynbee: Johnson defied democratic… »
The Labour MP says she was horrified by the PM’s dismissal of her concerns about threats to politicians Johnson urged to calm Commons ‘inferno of rhetoric’ Polly Toynbee: Johnson defied… »
The shameful spectacle of Johnson’s MPs cheering him on can only serve to unite opposition efforts to defeat him • Live: Bercow calls for end to ‘toxic culture’ “Humbug”. That… »
PM rejects pleas to moderate his ‘inflammatory’ language after supreme court defeat An unrepentant Boris Johnson has sparked a furious backlash after he repeated his criticism of the supreme court… »
Boris Johnson’s reference to memory of murdered MP prompts gasps in Commons Boris Johnson has been branded a disgrace for dismissing pleas from Labour MPs to stop using inflammatory language… »
Prime minister lands back in UK to face crisis following supreme court ruling MPs trying to force PM to seek Brexit extension earlier Full story: Corbyn tells PM to apologise… »
MPs scrutinise granting of tens of thousands in public money to Jennifer Arcuri’s firms Boris Johnson has been accused of being reckless and unfit for office in a parliamentary debate… »
Nicola Sturgeon announces tighter household measures as PM says England’s new restrictions ‘likely to remain in force for six months’ Boris Johnson sets out new Covid restrictions at ‘perilous turning… »
A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or consent has been published today by the Irish Council for… »
