Ready for Rishi? Sunak launches leadership bid
Rishi Sunak has this afternoon confirmed that he is running to be the next leader of the Conservative party. In…
Boris Johnson says goodbye – reluctantly
Boris Johnson has announced his resignation. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister confirmed that he would reluctantly leave…
Suella Braverman announces Tory leadership bid
Boris Johnson has so far had four cabinet ministers resign and sacked one – in the form of Michael Gove. Now,…
Will Nadhim Zahawi be a tax cutting Chancellor?
Just over three hours after Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor, Boris Johnson appointed his successor. Downing Street confirmed on Tuesday…
Johnson’s loyalists try to steady the ship
MPs and aides in Westminster are on tenterhooks this evening as to whether more ministers will follow in the footsteps…
How can Boris Johnson survive this?
This evening Boris Johnson has attempted to get a grip on the crisis engulfing his government. Only after two senior…
Boris’s most important election
When Boris Johnson suggested over the weekend that he was actively thinking about a third term as Prime Minister, it…
Is tactical voting unravelling before it has even begun?
Since the Tories lost not one but two by-elections on Friday, ministers have been rather quiet on the issue of…
Boris Johnson’s strike gamble
It’s day one of the RMT’s planned strike action after last-minute talks between train operators and Network Rail failed. The…
‘We can show these crimes to the planet’
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor on her country’s quest for justice
The Rwanda policy is about sending a message
Is the UK on course to leave the European Convention on Human Rights? This is what some Tory MPs are…
The next Brexit battle is here
The government will today reveal its plans to unilaterally rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Depending on who you…
Send in the army
When Conservative prime ministers face a problem of logistics – from ambulance-driver shortages to border-force failures – there is a…
Can Boris bounce back?
How does Boris Johnson bounce back from 148 members of his own party expressing no confidence in him? The Prime…
Boris to face confidence vote tonight
After months of anonymous threats and speculation, Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote by Tory MPs this evening. Announcing…
‘China is all-out against us’
Lithuania’s foreign minister on Ukraine, Taiwan and the principle of sovereignty
Boris’s fighting talk
Boris Johnson has never quite been able to decide whether he wants to be a great unifier or a great…
Sunak faces the pressure over Britain’s cost of living crisis
Will the Chancellor announce new measures to ease the cost of living crisis? Rishi Sunak is under pressure to do…
After Keir
What’s next for Labour – and the Tories?
‘Whitehall was horrified by Brexit’
Australia’s departing high commissioner on what really happened in the trade talks
‘I’m old-school’
Nadine Dorries on online safety, the BBC and taking risks
Boris fights on
Will he survive?
Rishi Sunak’s political naivety
Before the war in Ukraine, ministers and Tory MPs believed a fixedpenalty notice for the Prime Minister would mean the…
The new plan to stop Channel migrants
How best to move attention away from the Prime Minister receiving a fine over partygate? An eye-catching government announcement to…
Rishi Sunak breaks his silence
After Boris Johnson issued an apology (along with a pool clip) over the fixed penalty notice he received for attending a…
