Dominic Cummings

British PM’s head of policy leaves in protest over smear against Labour leader Keir Starmer

Theresa May says the public had a right to expect the prime minister to know the lockdown rules and to follow them

Uncertainty surrounds extent of editing likely when lockdown party report appears

Cummings says he answered Sue Gray’s questions in writing as he feared the prime minister would lie about anything he said

London Letter: Conservative MPs’ thoughts turning to PM’s potential successors

Drama at PMQs as one of the Conservatives’ newest MPs defects to Labour Party

British PM rejects Cummings claim that he knew Downing Street event was against rules

PM’s former adviser says he would ‘swear under oath’ that Johnson was advised to cancel party

Difficult to see how British PM can make it through the current crisis

In Northern Ireland the Prime Minister’s destiny is seen in the context of Brexit in particular

Around 40 staff gathered in garden of 10 Downing Street for the event in May 2020

Non-compliance with Covid-19 restrictions would be implicitly sanctioned by partying at No 10

UK cabinet secretary to look at gathering at education department and staff leaving event

Met asked to investigate reports of alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules at No 10

Labour leader revels in PM’s discomfort as rift with chancellor Rishi Sunak widens

Ireland didn’t want this, but Brexiteers have a deep belief that someone else should pay

Change might reflect a conclusion in London that it’s the wrong time to risk EU retaliation

EC’s Maros Sefcovic welcomes ‘change in tone’ from Brexit minister David Frost

EU approach involved ‘listening to people’ in North and coming up with solutions

London Letter: ECJ oversight issue remains but EU poised for Britain’s possible next step

Acute concern over British intentions and impact on political stability in North

UK government should work with European Union in pursuit of joint solution, says Taiseach

Democrat overseeing trade deals says British reversal on North raises question of trust

Commission convinced reluctant member states to make an exception for the North

London Letter: Possible return to imperial and Crown Stamp for beer pave the way forward

Johnson will hope to reopen the Northern Ireland protocol with her successor

Ian Marshall urges Oireachtas to sit in Belfast and notes ‘ignorance’ of Cummings

London Letter: Cummings and Frost refuse to take responsibility in dramatic fashion

Ministers to outline new proposals on trade between Britain and the North at Westminster

Architect of Vote Leave campaign says anyone sure on issues like Brexit has ‘a screw loose’

PM said he was not prepared to lock down country to save people in their 80s, according to released messages

Johnson and Sunak just two more cases as app ‘pingdemic’ alerts potentially infected

London Letter: ‘Big speech’ in Coventry proves a damp squib as PM offers mere ‘skeleton of a plan’

There are straws in the wind to suggest that Boris Johnson’s vaccine bounce may be faltering

Johnson was reluctant to sack a minister over a personal indiscretion, but it became clear Conservative MPs were unwilling to back Hancock

UK health secretary resigned in wake of video showing him kissing aide in his office

Patrick Freyne: Dan Wootton and Andrew Neil are the stars of this sort of Fox News UK

Former aide claims PM plans to leave office after next election ‘to make money and have fun’

Holohan to discuss objections to antigen testing before Oireachtas committee

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