Politics
Cameron met vaccines minister months before firm he advises won health contracts
Cameron met Nadhim Zawahi to discuss genome sequencing two months before the genome firm he advises won contracts worth £870,000.
‘UK demeans itself’: China warns Royal Navy to ‘obey the rules’ in South China Sea
The Royal Navy’s carrier strike group is sailing through the disputed waters, earning a stinging rebuke from Beijing.
Vote Leave ally handed £580k Covid deal after Cummings ‘ordered it’
The PM's former aide asked the most senior civil servant responsible for contracts to sign off the budget immediately.
Treasury mandarins handed pay rises and bonuses at peak of pandemic
Top Treasury civil servants were handed 30 per cent pay rises while Rishi Sunak froze public sector pay.
Johnson’s leaky borders plan risks letting new variant ‘run rampant’
England is to allow people visiting from the US and the EU who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus to enter without the need to quarantine.
Join the Greens to beat climate change, says PM’s climate spokeswoman
The Green Party welcomed Allegra Stratton's emission, saying they "absolutely agree" with her assessment.
Northern Ireland could become ‘permanent casualty’ of Brexit, peers warn
A House of Lords committee called for compromise in the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Cost of royal yacht mysteriously jumps by £100m
Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour’s shadow home secretary, said Johnson had lost control of his “vanity yacht”.
Official Secrets Act changes won’t ‘interrupt’ investigations, vows Johnson
A Home Office consultation is looking at whether journalists handling leaked documents should be treated similarly to spies.