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Campaign groups had said making women travel to take the pill denies them ‘clear potential advantages in terms of their wellbeing at what is often a very difficult time’

Scottish women to be allowed take abortion pill at home

October 27, 2017, 08:18

Move does not require a change in the law as it comes under 1967 Abortion Act

“It was all so different before June’s election, when Jeremy Corbyn was greeted with cheers from the Conservatives and a dark, mutinous hush from the benches behind him.” File photograph: PA Wire

Prime minister’s questions: ‘I am afraid it’s mortal combat’

Denis Staunton
October 27, 2017, 01:00

London Letter: ‘You have just got to slay the leader of the Opposition – and vice versa’

Undated handout photo issued by Kent Police of Chiron Hutchinson, who has been handed a 28-year extended sentence for raping two women and having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Photograph: PA Wire

Rapist jailed for 28 years after ‘opportunistic’ attacks

October 26, 2017, 09:47

Chiron Hutchinson (20) was found guilty of raping two women and having sex with a girl (14)

Recovering British hospital patients to be put up by locals in new pilot

October 26, 2017, 09:14

AirBnb-style accommodation trialled for hospital patients in UK

Britain’s Brexit secretary David Davis said on Wednesday that parliament may not get to vote on a final Brexit deal until after Britain leaves the EU. Photograph: AFP

Brexit: parliament may vote on deal ‘after Britain leaves’

October 25, 2017, 12:13

David Davis dismisses the EU’s claims that Brexit trade talks would drag on for years

Michael Bloomberg (right) and London Mayor Sadiq Khan at the launch of Bloombergs new European Headquarters in London. Photograph: AFP

Brexit is ‘single stupidest thing any country has ever done,’ besides Trump

October 25, 2017, 10:35

Bloomberg says it’s ‘hard to understand why a country doing so well wanted to ruin it’

Prime minister Theresa May makes a statement to MPs in the House of Commons. Photograph: PA Wire

No Brexit transition period without EU trade deal, May says

October 23, 2017, 20:19

Remarks to MPs again raise prospect of UK crashing out of EU with no deal and no buffer

People wave Catalan independence flags at a demonstration in Barcelona on Saturday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Catalonia reminds us the nation state is not a constant of history

Janan Ganesh
October 23, 2017, 18:19

Politics: European nations are too young to deserve the assumption of permanence

Police at the scene at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton where they are dealing with an ongoing incident. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Gunman who held two hostage in English bowling alley arrested

October 22, 2017, 19:40

Police storm building as two employees unharmed after incident in Nuneaton

Britain’s secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox: “How much does the European Commission and the European elite want to punish Britain for having the audacity to use our legal rights to leave the European Union?” Photograph: EPA

Brexit talks will only be complicated if EU wants to ‘punish’ UK

October 22, 2017, 12:30

Liam Fox says leaving EU with a trade deal is ‘not exactly a nightmare scenario’

Leader of the house Andrea Leadsom told the Commons the government would listen to MPs’ concerns but would not halt the roll-out of universal credit. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

UK government's universal credit dream turns to nightmare

Denis Staunton
October 20, 2017, 05:30

London Letter: Changes to benefits system have become government’s biggest headache

British prime minister Theresa May: “We hugely value the contributions that EU nationals make to the economic, social and cultural fabric of the UK.” Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images

Theresa May appeals to EU nationals to stay in UK

Denis Staunton
October 18, 2017, 22:30

Prime minister will say Brexit deal on citizens’ rights within ‘touching distance’

Brexit secretary David Davis told MPs this week that he expects EU leaders to agree that the negotiations are close to achieving as much progress as they can before moving on to trade talks. Photograph: AFP/PRU

Tensions rise between ‘tough guy’ Britain and ‘intransigent’ EU

Denis Staunton
October 18, 2017, 22:30

Each side of the Brexit table blames the other for the stalemate. Is there a path forward?

British Brexit minister David Davis: “In a negotiation you always have to have the right to walk away – if you don’t, you get a terrible deal”, he told MPs in the House of Commons. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Senior UK ministers in dispute over ‘no deal’ Brexit

Denis Staunton
October 17, 2017, 19:26

Home secretary says no deal ‘unthinkable’ while Brexit minister claims UK can walk away

UK chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond: rose because of the baseless hunch people with little outward charisma must possess great depth. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg

Forcing out Philip Hammond would reveal Theresa May’s weakness

Janan Ganesh
October 17, 2017, 01:00

Pragmatic people appear unwelcome in Brexit-era public life

British chancellor Philip Hammond: “The enemy, the opponents, are out there on the other side of the table. Those are the people that we have to negotiate with to get the very best deal for Britain.” File photograph: PA Wire

Hammond regrets calling EU ‘the enemy’ over Brexit

October 13, 2017, 17:40

UK chancellor laments ‘poor choice’ of words when discussing negotiations in Washington

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer: says that Theresa May is sending out a confused message on Brexit because the Conservative party is so divided on the issue. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Theresa May’s double-speak can’t hide deep divisions over Brexit

Denis Staunton
October 13, 2017, 01:00

London Letter: Conservative chancellor Philip Hammond wants access to EU markets; the Brexiteers want to maximise sovereignty. The prime minister is caught in between

UK chief Brexit negotiator David Davis (left) and the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier give a press briefing at the end of the fifth round of negotiations at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, today. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

Barnier may get more wriggle room to help break Brexit impasse

Patrick Smyth
October 12, 2017, 18:56

Frustration of EU negotiator could be eased if EU leaders give him enlarged mandate

UK chancellor Philip Hammond arriving at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg

Theresa May ‘slaps down’ chancellor over Brexit spending comment

Denis Staunton
October 11, 2017, 19:22

Philip Hammond says EU should respond quickly to proposal for transition period

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan said Britain’s proposal for a two-year transition period for businesses after Brexit was too short. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

North staying in customs union ‘key to avoiding hard Border’

Denis Staunton
October 11, 2017, 19:10

Charlie Flanagan says Government has contingency plans for all eventualities of Brexit

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