New DUP leader says scrapping Northern Ireland Protocol is top priority
Edwin Poots will replace Arlene Foster as leader of the DUP in the coming weeks.
Labour slumps to 12-month low in the polls after Hartlepool thrashing
The Tories now have a 13-point lead over Keir Starmer's Labour.
Hancock: ‘High degree of confidence’ vaccines work against Indian variant
Ministers are hoping surge testing and the acceleration of second vaccine doses can allow a safe opening up of the nation.
Leicester players hold up Palestinian flag at Wembley in show of solidarity
The gesture prompted predictable calls to "keep politics out of sport" from some corners.
Matt Hancock personally helped ex-Tory MP nab £180 million PPE deal
The Good Law Project, which is suing the government over its awarding of PPE contracts, said the “scandalous” revelations revealed “VIP access to ministers”.
Indian variant: 20,000 allowed to enter UK while Johnson dithered
New evidence gives a “high degree of confidence” that coronavirus vaccines work against the Indian variant, Matt Hancock said.
Israeli air strikes kill 23 in Gaza City in deadliest bombardment yet
The Gaza health ministry said rescuers are racing to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble following the assault on Sunday.
David Miliband’s charity offers unpaid internships… while he pockets £700k
Unpaid internships have been criticised for locking disadvantaged young people out of top careers.
Burnham: ‘Labour wouldn’t have lost Red Wall if I’d beaten Corbyn in 2015’
He suggested Labour in its current state would not be bold enough to repeat the creation of the NHS in 1948.