Lord Agnew resigns in parliament after £4.3bn write-off, saying oversight of loans scheme had been ‘nothing less than woeful’ Follow the latest UK political developments as they happen Boris Johnson suffered another major blow to his authority on Monday after a Treasury minister staged a dramatic public resignation over the […]
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New £50m funding pot allocated to help provide 350,000 extra slots – including weekends and evenings – in February and March Hundreds of thousands of dental patients in England are to be offered weekend and evening appointments under NHS plans to tackle the backlog exacerbated by the pandemic. More than […]
Former minister says she made clear party complaints process was not the right way to tackle her allegations Boris Johnson is facing calls to launch an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the Tory party after the former minister Nusrat Ghani claimed she was told her “Muslimness” was “making colleagues uncomfortable”. […]
Exclusive: findings in draft excerpt of committee’s report are described by campaigner as ‘ludicrous’ A committee of MPs has produced a report criticising the gambling industry regulator for trying to reduce addiction and urging ministers to take it into special measures. The findings by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on […]
State department says dependents of staffers must leave the country amid growing tensions over Russia’s military buildup on the border The US government has ordered the families of all American personnel at the US embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. The state […]
Deputy PM promises ‘full transparency’ but says it is for Boris Johnson to decide how much detail is released to the public Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dominic Raab has refused to confirm that the Sue Gray report on alleged Downing Street parties will be published […]
Committee report says draft bill is neither clear nor robust enough to tackle some harmful content The sharing of some of the most insidious images of child abuse will not be prevented by a new government bill that aims to the make the internet a safer place, MPs have said. […]
Security logs crucial to future of key staff as Sue Gray also ‘has details of new social event’ The senior civil servant investigating allegations of at least nine lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street has been given access to a detailed log of staff movements in and out of the building […]
Foreign Office claim of plot to install pro-Moscow government in Kyiv comes with scant detail The Foreign Office has said that it had exposed evidence of a plot to install a pro-Moscow government in Ukraine, and Boris Johnson promised to “ramp up pressure on Russia”, as his own domestic political […]
Bury South MP says former education secretary warned disloyalty over free school meals vote put new high school at risk Christian Wakeford has accused the former education secretary Gavin Williamson of threatening to withdraw funding for a school if he voted for a motion criticising the government over free school […]