UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggests Tier 4 could stay until vaccine ‘rolled out’
As 16.4 million people wake up to the first day of Tier 4 restrictions, many are asking for how long…
Liz Truss’s equalities speech is a sign of things to come
Liz Truss has set the cat among the pigeons today with a speech entitled ‘the new fight for fairness’. The…
Is Boris Johnson braced for a Brexit deal?
Prime Minister’s Questions may have proved a rather dreary affair this week but there was one reply that has become a source…
Four-nations Christmas Covid truce hangs in balance
It’s become a regular refrain to hear that Brexit talks have been extended. Now the same applies to negotiations over…
Johnson and von der Leyen agree a new Brexit deadline
Ahead of Boris Johnson’s dinner with Ursula von der Leyen, the hope in government had been that the discussion would…
Johnson’s ‘last throw of the dice’ in Brexit talks
The UK’s chief negotiator David Frost has arrived in Brussels for last-minute talks with the EU’s Michel Barnier. After a phone…
Brexit talks resume despite ‘critical issues’
Brexit talks are back on between the UK and EU after a brief break. After both sides paused talks due…
Brexit negotiations paused ahead of crunch talks
Those hoping for white smoke in the Brexit negotiations tonight will be left disappointed. After a week of intense negotiations,…
Boris Johnson suffers his biggest Tory revolt since the election
When Boris Johnson addressed MPs this evening on a Zoom call ahead of the Commons vote on his new tier…
Is a no-deal Brexit underpriced?
As Brexit talks enter what is expected to be the last full week of substantive negotiations, opposition leaders are blasting the government…
Meet Boris Johnson’s new chief of staff
Boris Johnson’s search for a chief of staff to bring order to 10 Downing Street has proved so difficult that…
Blowing in the wind
With Cummings gone, which way will the PM turn now?
Boris Johnson’s ‘reset’ week gets off to a bad start
After a weekend of torrid headlines over infighting in 10 Downing Street, Boris Johnson had hoped to use this week…
Dominic Cummings leaves the building
After a week of infighting in Downing Street which saw the resignation of Director of Communications Lee Cain and senior aide Dominic…
Will Tory MPs back Boris’s lockdown plan?
Boris Johnson did not want to give a Downing Street press conference this evening. The Prime Minister had hoped to present his…
Is the UK heading for a second national lockdown?
Is the UK heading for a second national lockdown? That’s the question being asked in Westminster as coronavirus cases rise…
Number 10: EU must go further to restart Brexit talks
The government’s negotiations with the EU appear to be going a little better than their talks with Greater Manchester mayor…
Inside Boris Johnson’s Zoom call with Tory MPs
As Tory MPs vent over the government’s new three-tier coronavirus system, Boris Johnson appeared this evening before his party for an…
Johnson tightens Covid rules
After weeks of speculation over the government’s new Covid restrictions grading system, the Prime Minister today announced the details. Addressing…
‘Cabin crew can make good nurses’
Thérèse Coffey on stemming the unemployment tide
Rishi lays the groundwork for tougher Covid restrictions
There was a time when the announcement of new Treasury spending tended to spell good news. However, these days it…
Boris Johnson warns of turbulence ahead
As Conservative party conference gets underway online, Boris Johnson used an appearance on the Andrew Marr show to warn of the…
Johnson turns up pressure on EU for a deal
Hopes of agreeing a Brexit deal have increased among ministers in recent weeks, but today the UK’s chief negotiator Sir David Frost offered…
Sweden’s virus expert briefs No. 10
One of the questions regularly asked by Tory MPs on the libertarian wing of the party: why isn’t the UK…
Boris defends new Covid rules
Boris Johnson addressed the nation this evening to update the public on his government’s coronavirus strategy. After announcing the broad…
