A public inquiry into what has been called "the worst treatment scandal in the history of the NHS" is taking evidence after some 4,800 people with haemophilia were infected with hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 1980s. More than 2,000 are thought to have died.
"MPS are very angry, particularly because Boris Johnson, a former Foreign Secretary, and he thinks a future Prime Minister, instead of supporting our diplomat in Washington, basically dived for cover and threw him under the bus"
Liam Fox and the US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross were due to meet on Tuesday to discuss future trading relations.
Donald Trump has dramatically stepped up the war of words over Britain’s US ambassador, branding him a “pompous fool”. In his latest explosive tweets, the president complained that Sir Kim Darroch was a “very stupid guy” who had been foisted on the US. He also again attacked Theresa May over ...
There would be a “great deal of reluctance” amongst European leaders to grant the UK another Brexit extension, the Irish premier has warned. Leo Varadkar said a lot of European countries had become very frustrated at the rolling extensions in the Brexit process but he did not rule out the ...
The accusation comes after Civil Emergency planners described Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport as “unhelpful” and decried it for omitting “key” information when planning for a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson pledged to create a tolerant “modern British culture” as prime minister after being challenged over his “arguably racist” comments about Muslim women. The would-be prime minister was questioned at a hustings in Nottingham about how he could represent minority groups following his “derogratory” remarks in a newspaper column ...
The UK is going through a “political nervous breakdown” with anxiety in Whitehall about the outcome of the Tory leadership contest and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, a former MI6 chief has claimed. Sir John Sawers said the Brexit debate has left the country deeply divided and damaged the UK’s standing on ...
Senior Tories have called for action to prevent party members voting multiple times in the election to choose the next prime minister after some were issued with more than one ballot paper. Members will vote to choose either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt to become the next Conservative leader in ...