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Former prime minister Boris Johnson dramatically quit the Commons on Friday (Victoria Jones/PA)
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Johnson labelled a ‘coward’ for quitting as MP before partygate report released

Labour leader Angela Rayner said the former prime minister had ‘jumped’ to avoid facing a potential by-election test.
Jun 10, 2023
Politics

Cabinet Office wary of ex-PM handing Covid messages to inquiry

A Government lawyer said it would ‘not be appropriate’ to take steps that could lead to legally-contested material being submitted

Jun 10, 2023
Politics

Partygate panel to publish report after Boris Johnson quits as MP

The former prime minister launched a scathing attack on the Commons inquiry, comparing it to a ‘kangaroo court’

Jun 10, 2023
Politics

Senior aides implicated in partygate nominated for honours by Boris Johnson

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said it was ‘sickening’ that those who held ‘boozy lockdown bashes’ in Downing Street had been recognised.
Jun 10, 2023
Politics

Johnson quits as MP as he accuses partygate probe of trying to drive him out

The former prime minister said the Commons Privileges Committee investigation was acting like a ‘kangaroo court’.
Jun 9, 2023
Politics

Health minister Will Quince to stand down at next election to ‘put family first’

The Conservative MP for Colchester said he felt he had been ‘neglecting’ his job as a father.
Jun 9, 2023
Politics

Permission for asylum seeker barge in London rejected, confirms Royal Docks

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he backed the decision as he implored the Home Secretary to abandon her plan to use vessels for refugee accommodation.
Jun 8, 2023
Politics

Sunak urged to put Johnson’s honours list ‘through the shredder’

The Liberal Democrats said giving the green light to Boris Johnson’s peerage recommendations would be a reward of ‘failure’.
Jun 8, 2023
Politics

Covid inquiry announces first witnesses to give evidence in public

The first session will open on Tuesday with a statement from the chairwoman and a video featuring people bereaved during the pandemic.
Jun 8, 2023
London

Disabled people face ‘dangerous’ conditions around Westminster

Protests have been blocking the streets around Parliament, causing one wheelchair-using peer to miss hospital appointments

Jun 8, 2023
Politics

Ministers accused of obstructing Covid probe with spending on ‘loophole lawyers’

The Cabinet Office is challenging inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.
Jun 7, 2023
Politics

Minister insists Government trusts Covid inquiry chairwoman despite legal action

The Cabinet Office is challenging Baroness Hallett’s request for former prime minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.
Jun 7, 2023
Politics

Cabinet Office deadline to clarify Johnson WhatsApp redaction stance

Covid inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett challenged the Government on why it wanted to block material Boris Johnson was happy to submit to the probe

Jun 6, 2023
Politics

Transparency row between Government and Covid inquiry widens

Both the Foreign Office and Cabinet Office had made submissions containing redactions, the chairwoman was told.
Jun 6, 2023
Politics

Covid Inquiry could see unredacted Johnson WhatsApp messages despite legal clash

The counsel for the inquiry said Boris Johnson’s co-operation means his team is likely to be able to read unredacted messages and notebooks.
Jun 6, 2023
Politics

Covid inquiry chairwoman expected to address High Court challenge

Baroness Hallett is set to respond for the first time to the decision to contest her request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages

Jun 6, 2023
Tech

Sunak’s AI adviser warns tech could help produce killer weapons within two years

Matt Clifford said global regulation was needed to control AI and harness its capability for good purposes.
Jun 5, 2023
Politics

Hancock apologises after breaching MPs’ conduct rules by lobbying standards tsar

Former health secretary Matt Hancock made a verbal apology in the Commons after being found to have committed a ‘minor breach’.
Jun 5, 2023
Politics

Formal complaint submitted to Labour over suspended MP Geraint Davies

The party suspended the veteran politician pending a probe into claims of ‘unacceptable behaviour’.
Jun 1, 2023
Politics

What the Australia and New Zealand deals mean for shoppers, workers and farmers

The post-Brexit trade deals that the UK has negotiated with Canberra and Wellington came into force on Wednesday.
May 31, 2023
Business News

UK has safeguards to stop flood of Australian and New Zealand produce – minister

The UK’s trade deals with Australia and New Zealand came into force on Wednesday.
May 31, 2023