DUP petition condemning NI protocol debated in WestminsterSDLP leader says unionists should tone down their rhetoric and work with other partiesMon Feb 22 2021 - 19:31
England sets June 21st target for lifting all Covid restrictionsBoris Johnson outlines plan to reopen shops, hairdressers and outdoor hospitality in mid-AprilMon Feb 22 2021 - 18:41
G7 leaders promise to ensure poorer countries have access to vaccinesGroup did not agree on an approach to share stocks of Covid-19 vaccinesFri Feb 19 2021 - 19:40
Frost’s new role to harden UK’s approach to its EU commitmentsLondon Letter: David Frost unlikely to tackle deficiencies in the Brexit deal he negotiatedThu Feb 18 2021 - 20:55
Starmer calls for ‘moral crusade’ to tackle inequalities in UKIn major policy speech, Labour leader blames Tory cuts for making pandemic task greaterThu Feb 18 2021 - 18:22
Johnson to focus on ‘data, not dates’ for ending restrictionsSchools expected to reopen in March with other measures eased at four-week intervalsWed Feb 17 2021 - 22:30
British academia criticises state proposals on funding and free speechMinisters not ‘cancel culture’ biggest threat to campus, University and College Union saysTue Feb 16 2021 - 19:22
Johnson calls for patience around lifting lockdown as over 15m get first vaccine doseBritain records 9,765 new coronavirus cases, the first time the daily figure has fallen below 10,000 since OctoberMon Feb 15 2021 - 19:43
UK and EU appear to harden positions on implementing Northern Ireland protocolMichael Gove and Maros Sefcovic meet in London after EU commissioner rejects changesThu Feb 11 2021 - 22:55
Unionist delight at Sturgeon’s woes are testament to her standingLondon Letter: Scottish independence movement needs hugely popular spearheadThu Feb 11 2021 - 20:45
UK government defends Covid-19 vaccine supply as Scotland plans to scale back rolloutDowning Street says Britain still on course to offer first dose to all over-70s by next weekThu Feb 11 2021 - 20:42
Covid-19: Johnson’s 10-year jail plan for lying about travel branded ‘stupid’PM facing resistance from Conservatives and opposition over ‘disproportionate’ penaltyWed Feb 10 2021 - 19:18
Businesses to struggle unless NI grace period extended, MPs hearCommittee hears new procedures introduced so quickly that companies cannot reactWed Feb 10 2021 - 19:16
Michael Gove rejects DUP call to scrap Northern Ireland protocolCabinet office minister says British government wishes to avoid triggering article 16Tue Feb 09 2021 - 20:49
Travellers to England must pay £1,750 for quarantine after visiting virus hotspotsHancock announces tough new quarantine measures in bid to slow spread of Covid-19Tue Feb 09 2021 - 15:34
No need to ‘ditch’ Northern Ireland protocol, Gove tells MPsMinister tells Westminster committee issues can be resolved within the agreementMon Feb 08 2021 - 20:30
Johnson backs UK’s vaccines amid South African variant concerns‘Scary’ headlines should not deter anyone, deputy chief medical officer saysMon Feb 08 2021 - 20:14
Everyone over 50 in Britain to be offered vaccine by MayGovernment target revealed in press release confirming May local elections will go aheadFri Feb 05 2021 - 19:59
Johnson has no option but to rein in rhetoric on NI protocolLondon Letter: Threat to trigger article 16 is empty and would make of PM a pariahThu Feb 04 2021 - 20:53
EU-UK negotiators to resume talks on Northern Ireland protocolBoris Johnson earlier threatened to invoke Article 16 unless his demands were metWed Feb 03 2021 - 21:29
Covid-19: More than 10 million people in UK receive first vaccine doseLevel of infection ‘still alarmingly high’ and NHS under huge pressure, Johnson saysWed Feb 03 2021 - 20:32
Gloating Gove seeks grace period as protocol problems exceed ‘teething’ troublesFoster ignores calls to dial down political rhetoric on protocolTue Feb 02 2021 - 20:00
Grace period extension for checks on goods urged by GoveJohnson’s idea of mere ‘teething problems’ for NI trade contradicted by UK ministerTue Feb 02 2021 - 19:36
English homes to be targeted in door-to-door testing in Covid-19 clampdownCommunity spread of South African variant prompts selective action across eight regionsMon Feb 01 2021 - 19:33
EU’s vaccines blunder will cast kinder light on Johnson and BrexitFriday’s fiasco let the Article 16 genie out of the bottle but may help resolve vaccine warsSun Jan 31 2021 - 19:40
Boris Johnson drops David Frost as national security adviserEx-diplomat to take vague Brexit role and be replaced by civil servant Stephen LovegroveFri Jan 29 2021 - 19:23
Johnson rejects calls for second Scottish independence referendumPandemic has strengthened case for union, says prime minister on visit to ScotlandThu Jan 28 2021 - 20:22
Bubbles are bursting all over London under the strains of CovidLondon Letter: Many support bubbles entered in haste are being found wantingThu Jan 28 2021 - 20:00
Efforts to calm North’s business sector ahead of post-Brexit grace period’s end‘Some sections of the community are starting to sense they are sitting on a powder keg’Wed Jan 27 2021 - 20:29
Covid-19: Johnson targets easing of restrictions from March 8thVisitors to England from ‘red list’ of 22 countries will have to quarantine in a hotelWed Jan 27 2021 - 20:03
Covid-19: Johnson ‘deeply sorry’ as UK passes 100,000 deathsCMO says recent surge in infections due to variant could not have been predictedTue Jan 26 2021 - 18:40
Scottish Tories call for boycott of unapproved independence referendumNicola Sturgeon confirms plan to press ahead with second independence voteMon Jan 25 2021 - 20:53
Sturgeon ups the ante with promise on independence voteSNP leader’s plan leaves unanswered questions with vow to make vote legally watertightMon Jan 25 2021 - 20:41
British Labour party begins Belfast Agreement education programmeInitiative aims to tell the story of the peace process and the role of key figures in both communitiesThu Jan 14 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: NHS may run out of ICU beds, Boris Johnson warnsUK records 1,564 coronavirus deaths, the highest daily figure so farWed Jan 13 2021 - 19:48
Boris Johnson promises safeguards if trade with North severely disruptedUK government planning further engagement with Irish authorities to reduce frictionWed Jan 13 2021 - 17:14
Coronavirus: British police vow tougher enforcement of restrictionsUK stores to insist on face coverings as 45,533 new cases and 1,243 deaths reportedTue Jan 12 2021 - 19:40
Hancock says UK on track for 15m vaccinations by mid-FebruaryJohnson warns that rising hospital admissions are putting massive strain on the health serviceMon Jan 11 2021 - 20:51
Brexit: British hauliers pause transport of goods to EU and NIProblems with documents the ‘main reason’ lorries being turned away from portsMon Jan 11 2021 - 20:27
Covid-19: Tories bow to the inevitable and back Boris Johnson’s new restrictionsFour DUP MPs vote against measures with the other four abstainingWed Jan 06 2021 - 21:00
Britain’s Covid restrictions could last until end of March – Boris JohnsonPM says emergence from lockdown will not be a ‘big bang but a gradual unwrapping’Wed Jan 06 2021 - 20:06
Paisley calls for Britain to disapply Northern protocol due to trade disruption‘The protocol’s effect has been an unmitigated disaster,’ says DUP MPWed Jan 06 2021 - 17:57
Johnson’s political fortunes may turn on success of vaccine rolloutVacillating prime minister’s record on making hard decisions suggests rocky road aheadTue Jan 05 2021 - 20:44
Estimates put over a million people in England infected with coronavirusDaily number of positive tests for the virus rises above 60,000 for the first timeTue Jan 05 2021 - 19:49
Covid-19: England introduces national lockdown until mid-FebruaryJohnson says surge in infections putting NHS under more pressure than at any time since start of pandemicMon Jan 04 2021 - 20:49
Julian Assange cannot be extradited from UK to US, judge rulesExtradition request for WikiLeaks founder rejected because of risk of suicideMon Jan 04 2021 - 15:15
Brexit bureaucracy a ‘tragic reality’, says Boris JohnsonDelays and disruption expected at Britain’s borders as cross-channel traffic increasesSun Jan 03 2021 - 19:53
UK restrictions may tighten further as Covid hospitalisations continue to riseStarmer calls for an immediate national lockdown as Johnson says schools are safeSun Jan 03 2021 - 19:41
Can Boris Johnson dig the UK out of the hole it is in? Don’t count on itEconomic rot and the Scottish question will take wisdom and imagination to solveSat Jan 02 2021 - 03:00
Brexit will see UK nations pull together, Boris Johnson saysBut Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon reasserts Scotland’s desire to be part of EUFri Jan 01 2021 - 17:13
