Westminster consumed with plotting and speculation about Boris Johnson’s fatePM plays greatest hits as MPs wait for Sue Gray’s report on Downing Street partiesWed Jan 26 2022 - 20:00
Boris Johnson vows not to resign as report on Downing Street parties awaitedSue Gray understood to be completing checks on report as fresh questions of PM’s truthfulness emergeWed Jan 26 2022 - 18:48
Denis Staunton: Hope springs ephemeral for Boris JohnsonOpening of police investigation into Downing Street parties pulls rug from under British PMTue Jan 25 2022 - 19:45
Boris Johnson welcomes police investigation into Downing Street partiesSue Gray’s report to be published as early as Wednesday despite police interventionTue Jan 25 2022 - 16:10
EU and UK to push for protocol solutions as fears over Russia change moodSides affirm desire for positive relationship and co-operation on ‘common challenges’Mon Jan 24 2022 - 22:26
ITV claims Johnson had birthday party in Cabinet Room during lockdownCummings says he answered Sue Gray’s questions in writing as he feared the prime minister would lie about anything he saidMon Jan 24 2022 - 19:29
Julian Assange can appeal extradition to supreme court, London high court rulesWikiLeaks founder faces extradition to US to face 18 charges over release of secret filesMon Jan 24 2022 - 12:12
Truss says ‘deal to be done’ on Northern Ireland protocolBritish lorry drivers blaming Brexit for 15km queues that have been building up at DoverSun Jan 23 2022 - 19:38
Tory MP claims she was told she lost her job because of her ‘Muslimness’Nusrat Ghani’s allegations deepen crisis around Boris Johnson ahead of Sue Gray reportSun Jan 23 2022 - 16:35
Bloody Sunday is still damaging the British Army. And that’s a choice it continues to make‘It is not approaching this ... failure in its past and taking the opportunity to learn from it’Sat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
Downing Street declines to investigate MPs’ blackmail allegationsMPs critical of Johnson claim they were intimidated into backing government in votesFri Jan 21 2022 - 19:45
Boris Johnson’s departure would mark end of revolutionary phase of BrexitLondon Letter: Conservative MPs’ thoughts turning to PM’s potential successorsFri Jan 21 2022 - 09:07
Johnson allies accused of intimidating MPs over no-confidence votePM ‘acting more like a mafia boss’ as pressures brought to bear on critics of behaviourThu Jan 20 2022 - 20:43
Pressure mounts on Johnson amid rumour of no-confidence voteEx-Brexit secretary invokes remark that led to Chamberlain exit – ‘In the name of God, go’Wed Jan 19 2022 - 19:00
Denis Staunton: Old Brexit comrades turn on Johnson as his position remains perilousNo-confidence momentum slows after PM’s punchy display but Davis’s move underlines threatWed Jan 19 2022 - 17:45
Boris Johnson denies he lied to parliament over lockdown partyBritish PM rejects Cummings claim that he knew Downing Street event was against rulesTue Jan 18 2022 - 17:59
No 10 defends Johnson lockdown trip as Cummings says PM knew of partyPM’s former adviser says he would ‘swear under oath’ that Johnson was advised to cancel partyMon Jan 17 2022 - 19:23
Denis Staunton: Tory grassroots pressure on Johnson all going in one directionPM’s plan involves persuading MPs to postpone a decision on his fate until after May local electionsMon Jan 17 2022 - 09:25
Boris Johnson ‘broke law’ by attending party during lockdown, says StarmerLabour leader says it’s clear ‘industrial-scale partying’ was going on in Downing StreetSun Jan 16 2022 - 18:31
Boris Johnson on the edge: Can he survive?Difficult to see how British PM can make it through the current crisisSat Jan 15 2022 - 04:00
Downing Street apologises to queen for two parties on eve of Prince Philip’s funeralFormer head of government unit ‘truly sorry’ for another lockdown breach at the top of the British governmentFri Jan 14 2022 - 19:01
‘Deal to be done’ on Northern Ireland protocol, says TrussCoveney foresees ‘landing zone’ over next two months if talks stay on trackFri Jan 14 2022 - 17:31
Boris Johnson will not face police inquiry unless civil servant finds rules brokenParty infighting over PM’s future after Scottish Tory leader calls for his resignationThu Jan 13 2022 - 21:50
British government denies report over postponement of Troubles amnestyNI Minister declines to tell MPs when the overdue legislation will be brought forwardThu Jan 13 2022 - 21:32
Roast beef and ‘woke warriors’: Hogarth exhibition re-examines Britain’s pastLondon Letter: The artist’s outlook was connected with Europe but firmly rooted in his EnglishnessThu Jan 13 2022 - 21:05
Johnson apology met with deafening silence from Tory MPsView begins to take shape that Teflon PM may be cornered after lockdown party debacleThu Jan 13 2022 - 01:00
Britain and EU set for talks in bid to break NI protocol deadlockForeign secretary Liz Truss signals deal to be done but ‘pragmatic EU approach’ requiredThu Jan 13 2022 - 00:01
Scottish Tory leader urges Boris Johnson to quit over lockdown-breaking partyBritish PM apologises for attending Downing St gathering he ‘believed was a work event’Wed Jan 12 2022 - 18:56
Denis Staunton: Boris Johnson’s future being measured in days rather than weeksAnalysis: All goes wrong for British PM as he explains attendance at lockdown-breaking partyWed Jan 12 2022 - 16:29
Boris Johnson urged to resign over ‘bring your own booze’ partyPolls find majority of voters want British PM to step down amid new lockdown breach claimsTue Jan 11 2022 - 17:48
Donaldson seeks ‘imminent progress’ on protocol – or unilateral actionMary Lou McDonald says ‘stability’ should be focus rather than DUP ‘electoral positioning’Mon Jan 10 2022 - 20:11
Irish Government and EU brush off Truss threat to trigger article 16British foreign secretary in face-to-face talks wtih European Commission’s Sefcovic this weekSun Jan 09 2022 - 20:23
Brexit: Liz Truss threat to trigger article 16 a stale replay of Frost formulaForeign secretary’s contradictions and ambiguities misread as tough new approachSun Jan 09 2022 - 19:12
Tributes paid to MP and ‘proud Irishman’ Jack Dromey after death aged 73Former trade unionist who was married to Harriet Harman MP died in BirminghamFri Jan 07 2022 - 20:33
Johnson admits forwarding Tory donor’s ‘great exhibition’ planLord Brownlow, who originally paid for part of PM’s flat refurbishment, met culture secretaryFri Jan 07 2022 - 16:45
Labour’s stand on the cost of living crisis may be more crucial to it than Starmer’s speechesLondon Letter: the Labour leader drove home his rejection of the left-wingers who helped make him leader by praising BlairFri Jan 07 2022 - 01:00
Ethics adviser asks for greater powers following Johnson apologyUK PM apologised for not disclosing messages with Tory donor about flat refurbishmentThu Jan 06 2022 - 19:57
Rayner hits Johnson where it hurts: Britain’s cost of living crisisLabour’s deputy leader forced the PM away from coronavirus successes during PMQsWed Jan 05 2022 - 20:50
One in 10 people in London had coronavirus last week, data showsJohnson acknowledges surge in cases nationwide posing problems for NHSWed Jan 05 2022 - 20:30
Coveney to meet British foreign secretary for North protocol talksLiz Truss has taken charge of Brexit negotiations following David Frost’s resignationWed Jan 05 2022 - 18:54
UK can ‘ride out’ Omicron with no new measures, Johnson saysCovid figures hit new record as PM criticised by Starmer over shortage of antigen testsTue Jan 04 2022 - 20:24
Irish-born director of Wigmore Hall awarded CBE in honours listJohn Gilhooly’s ‘immense contribution to classical music’ marked by Queen ElizabethFri Dec 31 2021 - 22:31
Johnson faces turbulent new year as threats to his premiership growLondon Letter: Covid restrictions, cost of living and local elections spell peril for PMThu Dec 30 2021 - 22:48
Pressure on British government to prioritise health workers for Covid testsHealth secretary Sajid Javid warns that tests may have to be rationed over the next two weeksThu Dec 30 2021 - 20:44
Boris Johnson defends decision not to impose fresh restrictions before new yearBritish government resists calls to reduce isolation times amid record Covid casesWed Dec 29 2021 - 19:27
UK in 2021: Johnson in freefall and annus horribilis for the royalsFew would bet on the PM remaining in office another year or the royal family making upFri Dec 24 2021 - 06:00
Omicron cases far less likely to be hospitalised, says British health bodyAgency warns infections could still overwhelm hospitals as UK records 119,789 new casesFri Dec 24 2021 - 00:01
Silent nights in London as city drifts into unofficial shutdownLondon Letter: Shops, restaurants, theatres struggle as gloomy message takes holdThu Dec 23 2021 - 20:30
Wales sets limit of six on groups in bars, restaurants, cinemas from SundayCountry joins Scotland, Northern Ireland in introducing post-Christmas Covid restrictionsWed Dec 22 2021 - 17:26
Johnson accused of putting party before public as Omicron cases soarPM rejects calls to tighten restrictions but hints at new measures after ChristmasMon Dec 20 2021 - 19:39
