Politics
China received £48 million in aid from UK in 2021
The UK sent nearly £50 million to China in aid in 2021/22, as a watchdog complained of ‘insufficient transparency’ in how money is spent.
Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApps from old phone STILL not handed to inquiry
Government officials are helping him to try to retrieve the messages on the locked device relating to the early pandemic response, it is understood.
England’s major political parties are displaying ‘cowardice’ over Brexit
Sir Ed Davey recently refused to say whether he wanted the UK to rejoin the EU as the Lib Dems chase Blue Wall seats.
Commons Speaker issues warning over ministers giving false information to MPs
Sir Lindsay Hoyle was speaking in the Commons amid suggestions Oliver Dowden should resign for allegedly misleading the Commons
Migration Bill attacked by senior members of the Conservative Party
Theresa May and 11 other Tories lead a rebellion against the migration bill as Lords amendments are overturned.
Nadine Dorries to publish book called ‘The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson’
The former prime minister’s staunch ally claims to have uncovered a ‘fault line’ within the Conservative Party.
Sunak hosts hog roast as he rallies troops ahead of by-elections
The prime minister is trying to avoid a skewering in three crunch by-elections.
Carrie and Boris Johnson welcome birth of third child
Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson is the couple’s first child born since Mr Johnson left Downing Street last year.
Harriet Harman becomes tearful following Tory MP’s moving tribute
Laura Ferris hit out at Boris Johnson allies over their Partygate attacks and credited Harman for her "final act of service to this House"