Tory MPs face tricky calculation in choice between three potential leadersLondon Letter: Desire to back the winner and the lure of a big job rub up against grievances and external pressuresThu Jul 14 2022 - 20:59
Rishi Sunak tops second ballot of MPs in Tory leadership contestAttorney general Suella Braverman eliminated, leaving five candidatesThu Jul 14 2022 - 20:39
Penny Mordaunt the star of the Tory leadership contest so farSunak and Truss the other candidates who seem most likely to emerge and make it a three-horse raceWed Jul 13 2022 - 19:43
Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi eliminated from Conservative Party leadership contestSunak and Mordaunt lead the way in first round of MPs votes for party leadershipWed Jul 13 2022 - 17:47
Eight Tory MPs make it on to ballot for party leadershipFormer health secretary Sajid Javid withdraws from race after failing to secure 20 nominationsTue Jul 12 2022 - 18:59
Contest could see leader emerge that most Conservative MPs don’t wantAnalysis: Poll shows party membership may go their own way in upcoming ballotMon Jul 11 2022 - 21:16
Process to select new Conservative Party leader to begin on Wednesday So far 11 candidates have come forward - a number that will be reduced by next week as MPs get to voteMon Jul 11 2022 - 20:34
Most Tory leadership candidates in favour of scrapping NI protocolRishi Sunak is frontrunner to succeed Johnson but memo casts doubt on his popularity with British publicSun Jul 10 2022 - 21:00
British politics has become a game of snakes and ladders played on speedWhile Boris Johnson was answering questions in a parliamentary committee room, ministers were gathering in Downing Street to tell him the game was upSat Jul 09 2022 - 06:00
‘Patriotism, fairness, hard work’: Rishi Sunak enters ring for Tory leadershipVideo released by former chancellor strikes optimistic note as he tells story of his parents’ success as immigrants in BritainFri Jul 08 2022 - 19:45
Unease as Johnson remains in Downing Street until Conservatives choose new leaderJohnson announced his resignation after he was unable to fill ministerial posts following the departure of more than 50 MPsThu Jul 07 2022 - 21:08
No escape for UK from North protocol in wake of Johnson’s resignationLondon Letter: Any incoming prime minister looking to reset relationship with EU will need to accept the reality of the UK’s responsibilitiesThu Jul 07 2022 - 20:00
Johnson announced his resignation blaming everyone except himself The former Conservative party leader’s critics always feared that he would leave behind him a bitter remnant within the party bent on avenging his downfallThu Jul 07 2022 - 19:21
Denis Staunton: Embittered Johnson gives Tory MPs a new headacheBritish PM’s critics always feared he would leave behind a remnant bent on avenging his downfallThu Jul 07 2022 - 13:31
Boris Johnson rejects calls from cabinet delegation to resignBritish prime minister could face no confidence vote next week after Conservative Party revoltWed Jul 06 2022 - 21:57
Johnson deploys all his old routines as his power drains awayAnalysis: It was Sajid Javid, who resigned as health secretary on Tuesday, who twisted the knife in a personal statement after prime minister’s questionsWed Jul 06 2022 - 21:03
Boris Johnson defiant as government colleagues tell him to quitIt would be wrong to step down while Britain faces great challenges, prime minister saysWed Jul 06 2022 - 20:59
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign as British PM’s position plunges deeper in crisisBritish prime minister apologises for handling of row over allegations against Chris PincherTue Jul 05 2022 - 23:57
Jacob Rees-Mogg backs Johnson following resignationsLabour leader Keir Starmer says while it is clear Johnson should step down, only a change of government can give the country a fresh startTue Jul 05 2022 - 20:47
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resignations spell the end for Boris JohnsonAnalysis: Most Tory rebels understood it would take a cabinet revolt to get rid of the prime ministerTue Jul 05 2022 - 20:30
London Letter: Belfast banter in Westminster reveals protocol home truthsSince protocol Bill was introduced the DUP’s romance with the Conservatives is back on againThu Jun 30 2022 - 19:00
Sexual offences set to be excluded from proposed Troubles amnesty bill Alliance MP Stephen Farry described UK law as unworkable and unamendableWed Jun 29 2022 - 21:08
Second Scottish independence poll could take place in October 2023Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon plans to ask Britain’s supreme court if she has the power to call a second referendumTue Jun 28 2022 - 20:19
Senior Conservatives denounce NI protocol Bill as illegal under international lawEU representatives may no longer be interested in negotiating with UK government figures they believe may be about to be ousted, Theresa May warnsMon Jun 27 2022 - 20:19
Denis Staunton: This is a moment of real peril for Boris JohnsonResignation of Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden in wake of byelection defeats revives threat to PM’s leadershipFri Jun 24 2022 - 19:41
Johnson dismisses calls for resignation after double byelection defeat Liberal Democrats overturn a 24,000-plus majority to secure Tiverton and Honiton, while Labour takes WakefieldFri Jun 24 2022 - 19:28
Union leader Mick Lynch wins the admiration of millions by channelling James ConnollyLondon Letter: Son of Irish immigrant Mick Lynch repulses media assault with determined defence of train strikesThu Jun 23 2022 - 20:00
BA staff at Heathrow back summer strikes over payJohnson calls on 40,000 striking rail workers to end their strikesThu Jun 23 2022 - 19:22
Boris Johnson’s Bills designed to catch the eyes of right-wing MPs who control his fateAll but a handful of Conservative MPs will vote for laws to tear up NI protocol and ignore European Court of Human Rights rulingsWed Jun 22 2022 - 22:01
Bill to allow British ministers to ignore European Court of Human Rights rulings New legislation called Bill of Rights changes Human Rights Act making right claims harderWed Jun 22 2022 - 21:07
Wages for top judges and doctors will rise by more than €20,000 annually next monthRecession-era public pay cuts to be reversed after Government advised it is not legally possible to stall increasesWed Jun 22 2022 - 20:21
Downing Street does not rule out possibility Johnson considered wife for government jobsBritish government considering how to ensure oversight and scrutiny of ministerial interests following resignation of ethics adviserTue Jun 21 2022 - 19:44
Checks on goods from Britain to NI may be shelved before Protocol Bill becomes law, says DUP leader Inspections present problems for companies in Northern Ireland and consumers — Jeffrey DonaldsonTue Jun 21 2022 - 19:24
Rail union claims UK government blocking deal on strike actionBritain faces biggest rail strikes in 30 years after last-minute talks failMon Jun 20 2022 - 20:12
Johnson put ethics adviser in ‘impossible position’, letter statesChristopher Geidt steps down over British government’s plan to breach obligations under WTO rulesThu Jun 16 2022 - 19:32
‘I loved England. I still do. There is no other country that’s so tolerant and kind’London Letter: The sentiment was poignant given a Strasbourg court had just grounded a flight meant to transport asylum seekers to RwandaThu Jun 16 2022 - 19:00
Rwanda magic lantern show fails to hide problem at heart of UK governmentAnalysis: the Rwanda refugee scheme and the phoney war against the European Court of Human Rights are designed to shore up support for Johnson among his MPsWed Jun 15 2022 - 20:53
UK not ruling out quitting European rights convention after Rwanda flight groundedAttorney general says people in Britain would be ‘rightly frustrated’ that a Strasbourg court had intervened after British courts gave the go-ahead to the flights to RwandaWed Jun 15 2022 - 19:49
Britain accuses EU of undermining Belfast AgreementEuropean Commission launches two new infringement procedures against UKWed Jun 15 2022 - 19:02
European Commission to take legal action against UK over protocol BillJeffrey Donaldson shrugs off pressure from British government to restore StormontTue Jun 14 2022 - 20:02
Sturgeon cites Irish experience in fresh call for Scottish independenceFirst minister insists Holyrood parliament has indisputable mandate for second referendumTue Jun 14 2022 - 17:51
EU warns London protocol Bill could endanger wider trade dealBarely concealed anger in Dublin, as Coveney challenges Johnson’s claim that legislation is ‘no big deal’Mon Jun 13 2022 - 22:28
Protocol bill is more extreme and far-reaching than anticipatedThe legislation is so reckless in its scope that it should win the support of Conservative Eurosceptics in the European Research GroupMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:59
UK invokes doctrine of ‘necessity’ to renege on treatyLondon claims protocol puts strain on Northern Ireland institutions and ‘socio-political’ conditionsMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:40
UK publishes bill to override much of Northern Ireland protocolEuropean Commission said it is likely to recommence legal action against the UKMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:21
Boris Johnson to introduce protocol overrideUK government to risk a trade war with the European UnionMon Jun 13 2022 - 02:00
British government confirms move to introduce legislation to override NI protocolTory MPs who voted no confidence in Boris Johnson threaten to join Labour in voting against BillFri Jun 10 2022 - 19:00
Johnson facing battle with DUP and hardline Brexiteers over protocol Bill PM has rejected Conservative Eurosceptics’ calls for tougher legislation which would effectively scrap protocol’s measuresThu Jun 09 2022 - 21:00
Johnson’s plan to unilaterally override the protocol unlikely to achieve any of its aimsThe precise final form of next week’s bill is still anyone’s guessThu Jun 09 2022 - 20:19
Britain’s economic troubles force its politicians to think the previously unthinkable London Letter: Despite ebbing confidence in his leadership, the PM is not for turningThu Jun 09 2022 - 20:00
