Committee found former prime minister had misled the House of Commons and recommended lengthy suspension UK politics live – latest updates Boris Johnson is standing down immediately as a Conservative MP after an investigation into the Partygate scandal found he misled parliament and recommended a lengthy suspension from the House […]
Month: June 2023
The ex-prime minister’s surprise resignation as an MP followed a collapse in his popularity that is likely to be terminal UK politics: live updates When Boris Johnson sat down to draft his resignation statement after learning the privileges committee had concluded that he lied to MPs over Partygate, he was […]
Former PM says he is standing down as an MP and he has been driven out of parliament UK politics live – latest updates Here is the full text of Boris Johnson’s resignation statement: Johnson wrote: I have received a letter from the privileges committee making it clear – much […]
Tory former minister’s decision to go means there will be a byelection in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency UK politics live – latest updates Nadine Dorries, the Conservative former culture secretary, has announced she is standing down as an MP with immediate effect. She made the announcement in a tweet after […]
The ex-PM leaves parliament with a list evoking all that was wrong with his chaotic and damaging years in office Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect over Partygate report If nothing became Boris Johnson more than the manner of his leaving No 10, nothing says more about the […]
Twice-impeached ex-president is being prosecuted for violating Espionage Act and obstruction over documents held at Mar-a-Lago Trump indicted over alleged retention of documents – follow live Federal prosecutors have charged Donald Trump with violating the Espionage Act and conspiring to obstruct the criminal investigation among other counts, according to a […]
Quebec minister described ‘unprecedented’ situation amid warnings that country must be prepared in future • Wildfires latest news – live Wildfire crews in Canada continue to battle hundreds of blazes across the country as air quality in major cities remains poor and other regions brace for intense heat. And as […]
Home Office will no longer distinguish between people arriving by irregular means and other asylum seekers Rishi Sunak has quietly dropped a key plank of last year’s asylum law that introduced a two-tier refugee system and made lives tougher for tens of thousands of people who arrived in the UK […]
Bank removes all its ‘new business’ residential and buy-to-let products after surge in demand HSBC has temporarily withdrawn mortgage deals for new borrowers due to a surge in demand ahead of expected rate rises. The bank said on Thursday it would remove all its “new business” residential and buy-to-let products, […]
Andy Cooke says trust in police ‘hanging by a thread’ and forces failing to act on recommendations The head of the police inspectorate in England and Wales has demanded sweeping new powers to compel police forces to tackle what he described as the worst crisis in law and order in […]