Owen Paterson will resign as the MP for North Shropshire in order to escape “the cruel world of politics” following a furious row over his proposed...
Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of “corruption” and “synonymous with sleaze, dodgy deals and hypocrisy” following a vote to protect Conservative MP Owen Paterson from...
A Conservative former minister has avoided a suspension after Tory MPs backed a government-sanctioned amendment to stop it in a Commons vote, despite anger at a...
One of Britain’s top scientists has quit the government’s pandemic advisory body, warning the COVID crisis is “a long way from over” and that the situation...
The French government has stepped back from a threat to impose disruptive port checks on lorries and boats after the UK threatened to take legal action...
France has backed down on immediate threats to ban British vessels from French ports as the two nations continue to feud over post-Brexit licences to fish...
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has set a 48-hour deadline for a fishing dispute with France to be resolved before the UK moves ahead with legal action....
“It’s one minute to midnight and we need to act now,” the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will declare on Monday as he seeks to stir...
COP26 President Alok Sharma has said he wants “more out of every country” and now is the time to deliver on limiting temperature rises to below...
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow is “the world’s moment of truth” in the fight to tackle global warming, Boris Johnson has said on...
Boris Johnson has not ruled out triggering the dispute mechanism against France as a row between the two countries over post-Brexit fishing rights escalates. On Friday,...
Boris Johnson on Friday warned that “team world” was “5-1” down at half-time in the fight to tackle global warming, as he implored world leaders to...
The UK’s Brexit minister has threatened to retaliate in the escalating fishing row with France with “practical responses”. Lord Frost said he made clear to EU...
Britain has begun preparations for a major clash with the EU by activating a key government committee to look at the fallout from suspending cooperation over...
A man has been charged with malicious communications after Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner received threats and abuse. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said 36-year-old Benjamin Iliffe,...
Rishi Sunak will hit the airwaves to sell his budget later, after it was warned that the chancellor’s economic set piece will leave the poorest families...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out a budget for a “new economy” after the COVID crisis with a £150bn increase in government spending – but he...
Rishi Sunak will deliver his Autumn Budget and Spending Review to MPs in the Commons today, setting out the government’s spending and financial strategy. It should...
Campaigners have expressed their anger after the government voted down an amendment to a bill that would put a legal duty on water companies to stop...
Millions of nurses, teachers and members of the armed forces will receive a pay rise next April as Rishi Sunak unfreezes public sector pay in the...