Politics
Likely sticking points in the UK-EU negotiations
Talks on trade and other issues around the future relationship will begin on Monday.
Priti Patel faces calls to explain Home Office civil servant’s resignation
Sir Keir Starmer said the Home Secretary has a ‘duty’ to face Parliament over bullying allegations.
Senior Government adviser says UK farming and fishing ‘not critically important’
The comments are likely to increase sector fears that their interests will not be safeguarded in the forthcoming EU and US trade talks.
PM says coronavirus ‘top priority’ after critics accuse him of being slow to act
Boris Johnson has spoken out after being criticised for waiting until Monday to chair an emergency Government meeting on the spread of the virus.
Home Secretary Priti Patel: no stranger to controversy
Her return to Government as Home Secretary in 2019 raised eyebrows due to the manner of her departure from Cabinet in 2017.
Patel’s top civil servant quits with stinging attack on Home Secretary
Sir Philip Rutnam said he had been the target of a ‘vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign’ which he accused Priti Patel of orchestrating
The ‘not quite right’ Boris Johnson article Thatcher read before her downfall
The then PM highlighted parts of the report before making a key statement which triggered a Tory rebellion.
Boris Johnson urged to ‘get a grip’ on the coronavirus outbreak
The PM is under fire for not holding his first Cobra meeting on Covid-19 before the weekend.
PM warned Brussels will not bow to ‘artificial deadlines’ in Brexit trade talks
France’s Europe minister Amelie de Montchalin said substance is more important than deadlines.