Labour leader will stay in post after pledging to resign if fined for having a beer and takeaway curry with staff All the day’s politics news – live Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, have been cleared by Durham constabulary of breaching lockdown rules over a beer and takeaway […]
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Statements were drafted, alliances were sought, and the PM announced he would quit as days of pressure came to a head UK politics live: latest updates When Nadhim Zahawi released his statement calling for the prime minister to go early on Thursday morning, his allies believed there was a risk […]
Ireland urges change of tack on Northern Ireland protocol, and EU’s Michel Barnier calls for ‘more constructive’ relations Latest politics news – live Boris Johnson’s downfall has been received as a reason for hope in Brussels and Dublin, after relations between the UK and the EU hit a historic low […]
The prime minister is variously thanked for this time in office and urged to be gone as soon as possible in today’s front pages The chaotic choreography of Boris Johnson’s sort-of resignation as prime minister delivered some contrasting front pages on Friday. The Guardian has a poster-style front page with […]
Prime minister dramatically announces his intention to step down, but signals he hopes to stay in post for months to come Boris Johnson resigns and says no new policies until next prime minister announced Boris Johnson dramatically quit as prime minister after a mass walkout of MPs finally sealed his […]
But most in the know say the soon-to-be former PM is unlikely to fall on hard times The day’s political developments – live Boris Johnson is not a man currently without, as he might put it himself, a slew of significant botherations. But his biggest problem now, according to his […]
Word from No 10 bunker goes out to the Tory trenches but even the diehards know that the party’s one-time hero has to go A blood-curdling vow to fight to the death, despair among Tory grandees at the impending loss of their champion, and incredulity that Boris Johnson is still […]
A defiant prime minister may try to hold a general election to buy himself more time UK politics: live updates Boris Johnson already knew more of his cabinet ministers wanted him gone before he went to face his MPs at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Michael Gove, the levelling up […]
Downing Street source says ‘he wants to stay and fight’ despite interventions from ministers including Shapps and Patel • Politics live blog Boris Johnson was locked in an unprecedented standoff with his own cabinet on Wednesday, as he clung to power after an extraordinary day that saw more than 40 […]
Keir Starmer was in lethal form against the PM and Sajid Javid, despite oratorical deficiencies, was hardly less deadly The Sky News helicopter hovered above Westminster. The constant thrum an insistent death knell for any incumbent prime minister. Down below, a steady stream of junior ministers and parliamentary private secretaries […]