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<p>Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in the police investigation into SNP finances (Robert Perry/PA)</p>
Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the SNP’s finances. (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Police investigation into SNP finances – what we know so far

A probe into the party’s finances has been going on since July 2021.
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Nicola Sturgeon arrested in police investigation into SNP finances

Police Scotland said she is in custody and is being questioned by detectives.
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Nicola Sturgeon: The former FM whose independence dreams were never realised

She made history as the first woman to become Scotland’s first minister.
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Shapps says politics has ‘moved on’ from Johnson as he plays down talk of return

Johnson ally Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has raised the possibility of the former prime minister standing for the Tories at the next election.
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Sunak did not remove names from Johnson’s peerages list, insists minister

Allies of the former prime minister claim there was unhappiness with some of those nominated.
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SNP could ‘make life difficult’ for Starmer without co-operation, Yousaf warns

The Scottish First Minister said independence would be ‘front and centre’ of his party’s general election campaign.
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Tories face three by-elections as Labour claims PM ‘has lost control’

Key allies, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams, followed the former Prime Minister in stepping down in the last 24 hours

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Sunak urged to call snap election as Johnson ally predicts return for former PM

The call by rival party leaders comes after three Conservative MPs quit, including Boris Johnson, in 24 hours.
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Devolution ‘becoming unworkable’, warns Yousaf in attack on ‘interfering’ Tories

The Scottish First Minister has hit out at the UK Government – and claimed Labour has been ‘posted missing’ when it comes to defending devolution.
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Boris Johnson’s exit ‘very Trumpian’, says his former press secretary

The former PM resigned as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip saying he was ‘bewildered and appalled’ at the Privileges Committee’s investigation into him

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UK to provide extra £16 million to flood-hit areas of Ukraine

The announcement comes following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam

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Veteran MP and arch Brexiteer Bill Cash to retire at next election

Sir Bill joins a slew of MPs to have announced their intention not to contest the next election, which is expected to be held next year

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‘Farce’ of Johnson resignation honours sparks call for reform

A former Lords speaker described the handling of the former prime minister’s honours roll as an ‘extraordinary mess’.
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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.
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MPs could bring further charges against Boris Johnson after ‘narcissistic rant’

It comes after the former prime minister accused a Commons partygate inquiry of conducting a ‘witch hunt’.
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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

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Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect

Former PM ‘bewildered and appalled’ after being found guilty of lying to MPs over partygate

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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’

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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.
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Nation’s papers have a mixed response to Boris Johnson’s resignation

Differing opinions of ‘a giant felled’ and ‘professional clown’ as newspapers react to ex-PM’s resignation.
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Have I Got News For You jokes about recording on Friday after Johnson quits

This week’s episode featured comedian Harry Hill as host – his first ever appearance on the show – and was recorded on Thursday.
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Boris Johnson: The former PM who promised to get Brexit done

His resignation statement on Friday came just hours after the Government published his long-awaited resignation honours list.
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In Pictures: Serial poll winner’s campaigning skills undone by Covid missteps

Boris Johnson was a formidable campaigner at the ballot box but failed to obey draconian rules he had imposed on others.
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Boris Johnson’s seven allies who are to join the House of Lords

Former No 10 chief of staff Dan Rosenfield will also enter the upper chamber.
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Sunak faces by-election after Dorries quits as MP amid absence from honours list

The immediate departure of Nadine Dorries as a Tory MP will trigger a crunch by-election for Rishi Sunak.
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Johnson rewards close allies and aides linked to partygate in honours list

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel were given a knighthood and a damehood.
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SNP announces candidate for potential by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton

The SNP has nominated Katy Loudon to replace Margaret Ferrier.
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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.
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Boris Johnson packs resignation honours list with friends and allies

Several former Cabinet ministers and Mayor of London candidate Shaun Bailey to receive gongs

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Nadine Dorries quits as Tory MP triggering by-election

Former minister to stand down immediately after being dropped from Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list

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Nadine Dorries: Staunch Johnson loyalist who took on the jungle

She started her working life as a nurse before pursuing a career in business.
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Government accused of giving in to oil and gas giants with windfall tax change

The windfall tax on oil and gas companies will be scrapped if prices fall to certain levels, ministers announced.
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Who is Rhun ap Iorwerth? Politician to become new Plaid Cymru leader

Former leader Adam Price stepped down in May after a report found a culture of harassment within the party

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Legacy Bill changes not ‘some great cover-up’, Government minister insists

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has criticised the series of amendments to the legislation as not going far enough.
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Sunak urged to block Johnson from handing honours to ‘carousel of cronies’

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock called for action from the PM amid speculation the list could be published imminently.