Politics

Top civil servants at the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence are all on leave.

In response to Labour and Tory backlash a spokesman for the Scottish Greens said: “It’s no surprise that parties only interested in scoring political points would be alarmed about any suggestion of co-operation in the interests of people and planet."

Mr Raab was holidaying on the Greek island of Crete and said to be staying at the five-star “luxury” Amirandes Hotel when the request for the call was made.

Domestic beet producers are worried that the new UK-Australia trade deal will put them out of business.

“Afghan soldiers fought side by side with British troops. They put their lives on the line to protect British soldiers. Now those people are counting on us. They are counting on you.”

A significant number of EU citizens believe Brexit has made Britain "unrecognisable", a new study found.

The MP for Plymouth, Moor View, also suggested “not a single member of the Conservative Party phoned me up” after the shootings in the city earlier this month, which he described as “very rare but grotesque violence”.

Professor Peter Openshaw said maskless Tories in the House showed how the issue has been politicised.

Would Raab class ignoring a call to save Afghans, while on a beach, as laziness?