Portrait of the week
Portrait of the Week: Resignations, royal farces and World Cup wins
Home Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform, announced that he would leave parliament (by applying to be Steward and Bailiff…
Portrait of the week: Burnham wins, Starmer resigns and a heatwave hits
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, stood outside 10 Downing Street and said that he would resign as leader…
Portrait of the week
Home The electors of Makerfield decided who might be prime minister. After John Healey resigned as defence secretary, Al Carns…
Portrait of the week: Belfast burns, Sullivan resigns and the Iran ceasefire cracks
Home A horrible video circulated on social media of a man on the ground in a Belfast street being stabbed…
Portrait of the week: Sturgeon speaks, Henry Nowak’s killer is jailed and Mandelson’s messages are released
Home Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the murder of Henry…
Portrait of the week: Tony Blair intervenes, Peter Murrell pleads guilty and temperatures hit a May high
Home Sir Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, said in a 5,700-word essay: ‘The Labour party is playing with…
Portrait of the week: Streeting resigns, HS2 stalls and ebola spreads to Uganda
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, found his position challenged after Wes Streeting resigned as Health Secretary. At the…
Portrait of the week: Labour’s civil war begins, government borrowing rises and Trump arrives in China
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, made a speech without a jacket or tie in an attempt to save…
Portrait of the week: Golders Green attacked, borrowing costs soar and rat virus hits cruise ship
Home Two Jewish men aged 76 and 34 were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. Essa Suleiman, 45, a British…
Portrait of the week: Starmer avoids ethics inquiry, Birmingham’s bin strikes end and Trump is targeted by a gunman
Home The House of Commons voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion to refer Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime…
Portrait of the week: Olly Robbins is sacked, inflation rises and the Strait of Hormuz is (briefly) opened
Home Sir Keir Starmer tried to explain himself to parliament after Sir Olly Robbins was sacked as permanent under-secretary of…
Portrait of the week: Trump attacks the Pope, Trump praises the King and Melania goes public
Home Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, the former secretary general of Nato, said: ‘We are under attack. We are not…
Portrait of the week: Trump threatens Iran, Kanye is banned and Artemis II heads to the Moon
Home The government withdrew an offer to create 1,000 more training posts for doctors in England after the British Medical…
Portrait of the week: Oil prices surge, Scott Mills is sacked and the Houthis join the war
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, said: ‘We are working on a viable plan for the Strait of Hormuz.’…
Portrait of the week: More migrants cross, government borrowing rises and Trump warns Iran
Home Iran fired two missiles at the British-American military base at Diego Garcia, 2,400 miles away, one being intercepted by…
Portrait of the week: Growth slows to zero, Scotland rejects assisted dying and Trump sends Marines to the Gulf
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, spoke to President Donald Trump of America about the importance of reopening the…
Portrait of the week: Andrew arrested, tariff rulings and Boris in Ukraine
Home Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and released under investigation.…
Portrait of the week: Gender in schools, election U-turns and the ‘truth’ about Navalny
Home Pupils will be allowed to change gender at school, according to guidance issued by Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary;…
