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EU leaders reluctant to grant another Brexit extension, UK warned

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 ...

MPs to launch fresh bid to block no-deal Brexit in Commons vote

MPs are set to launch a fresh bid to block a no-deal Brexit during a Commons vote on Northern Ireland on Monday. The Government has tabled a Bill to delay any new election to the Northern Ireland Assembly while talks to restore powersharing are ongoing. Speaking to the BBC, former ...

Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service Sir John Sawers arrives at 10 Downing Street, central London.

UK suffering political nervous breakdown, warns former spymaster

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 ...

Police cuts linked to feeling of lawlessness, says ex-Met chief

Cuts to policing have contributed to a feeling of lawlessness fuelled by drug and knife crime, five former Scotland Yard chiefs have said. In a letter to the Times, the former top brass warned the police service’s resources had been “drained to dangerously low” levels. The letter, which was signed ...

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