New king mourns passing of ‘cherished sovereign and much-loved mother’ after Queen dies aged 96; US president Joe Biden says she ‘defined an era’ Queen Elizabeth II, UK’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96 King Charles III pays tribute to his ‘beloved mother’ The Queen’s funeral: what to expect over next […]
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Biden administration says undoing the protocol would not be ‘conducive’ to a trade deal between the UK and US The Biden administration has sent Liz Truss a message on her second day in office warning against “efforts to undo the Northern Ireland protocol”. The warning came from the lectern in […]
New PM expected to promise ‘immediate action to help people and businesses’ and end to fracking ban Liz Truss will finally present her long-awaited plans to tackle soaring energy bills on Thursday, with some Tory MPs conceding this is already a make or break moment for her entire premiership. The […]
Paul Urey was charged with ‘mercenary activities’ by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, who say he died of ‘stress’ The body of a British aid worker who was captured by Russian proxies in April has been handed to Ukraine with “possible signs of unspeakable torture”, according to the country’s foreign […]
Myles Sanderson went into ‘medical distress’ after his arrest, and later died in hospital, say police The fugitive wanted over a mass stabbing in Canada that killed 10 people and injured 18 has died in hospital after his arrest, police have confirmed, with sources saying his death was the result […]
Former intelligence chiefs say national security officials are ‘shaking their heads at what damage might have been done’ Mar-a-Lago – the Palm Beach resort and residence where Donald Trump reportedly stored nuclear secrets among a trove of highly classified documents for 18 months since leaving the White House – is […]
Lifelong Londoner entered Commons in 2015 and has spent nearly a year directly working for new PM James Cleverly becomes foreign secretary after nearly two years as a junior minister in the department and a few weeks as education secretary, with the challenge of working for a new prime minister […]
Coffey, a close friend of new PM, faces daunting task as she becomes third health and social care secretary in two months Politics latest – live Thérèse Coffey is a beer, music and football-loving MP whose lively karaoke parties are the stuff of legend at Westminster. One regular attender has […]
Braverman has pitched herself to the right of her predecessor – and is expected to move quickly to sideline ECHR Politics live – latest updates The issue of migration, which dominates the new home secretary’s in-tray, was at the forefront of Suella Braverman’s thoughts when she first arrived in parliament […]
Former business secretary will be helped by close relationship with PM but takes role during historic economic storm During his stint as business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng clashed with Rishi Sunak over how best to oversee the UK economy. This week, he walks into the office of chancellor once held by […]