British PM looks to winter and 2022, urging people to help NHS by getting flu vaccine

London Letter: It can feel as if life has returned to normal until conversation turns to the lockdown

EU’s chief Brexit negotiator claims there has been no progress on key issues

British prime minister to argue coronavirus crisis has undermined case for independence

London became laundromat for looted wealth long before Putin’s policy of threat

Russian influence in Britain is ‘new normal’, delayed parliamentary report finds

Hong Kong extradition treaty suspended as Tory backbenchers urge further measures

Prime minister stresses next steps in easing lockdown contingent on coronavirus remaining under control

Chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser contradict prime minister’s assertions

London Letter: Raab muddies waters ahead of release of delayed Russia report

Coronavirus scientific work in Britain, US and Canada targeted by Russian-backed APT29

PM pledges extra £3bn to NHS as top medic admits UK’s coronavirus outcome is ‘not good’

UK government’s £2bn insufficient in light of coronavirus, cross-party group says

SNP leader at Westminster accuses prime minister of staging a power grab

Clarity lacking due to UK’s ‘political approach’ to implementing withdrawal agreement

Wearing masks ‘basic good manners’ says Gove as country battles local Covid-19 outbreaks

UK will not take part in EU vaccine purchase plan aimed at combining buying power to get promising vaccines at cheaper prices

London Letter: The city’s retail and hospitality sectors face ruin unless workers return to offices

Further easing of lockdown as Boots and John Lewis announce 5,000 job losses

Coronavirus crisis has thrust together the fates of Britain’s PM and his chancellor

Sunak pledges hospitality 50% meal subsidy during August and furlough scheme bonus

Downing Street refuses to apologise after Johnson appears to blame care homes for Covid death tallies

British government unsure if new app will be ready before winter after failure of first model

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland shun ‘air bridges’ plan aimed at boosting tourism

The prime minister will point to Leicester as a reminder that coronavirus is still a threat in Britain

London Letter: This week’s lack of progress does not obscure UK’s need for an agreement

Barnier says no deal on economic partnership without ‘balanced’ guarantees

‘Government must not waste time, we face risk of deadly second wave of infections’

Boris Johnson says China’s new security law is serious breach of Hong Kong autonomy

Localised Covid-19 surge taints Johnson’s news of UK infrastructural investment

UK hospitals, schools and roads to be boosted by ‘Rooseveltian build build build’ plan

Fears over crowded beaches on south coast, violence in London after police tried to break up street parties

London Letter: Wigmore Hall’s John Gilhooly says response to streamed concerts has been ‘incredible’

Labour leader says former rival’s tweeting of article undermined efforts to rebuild trust with Jews

Government rejects calls from heads of 15 top health groups for a review of nation’s preparedness

PM tempers good news with note of caution as he tries to win back public confidence

Two-metre social distancing rule to be cut to one metre as lockdown eased dramatically

Khairi Saadallah (25) left three dead and number of others injured in mass stabbing

Interview: MP says her party must escape its mythology, be tough on China and unite voters

British minister says North’s businesses won’t need exit summary declarations when they send goods to rest of the UK

French president bestows Legion of Honour on London as UK’s own tracing app ditched

Isolation has pushed people across the Rubicon of getting to know their neighbours

PM reaches for classics to score strike against Starmer around stance on school return

Tories accuse Labour of magnifying Covid-19 infection fears around school reopening

Britain’s NHS to start giving coronavirus patients on ventilators the steroid that has cut deaths by a third in clinical trials

Three former prime ministers warn move will diminish UK’s global standing

Johnson spokesman announces £120m ‘Covid summer food fund’ for UK poor families

Talks likely to go well beyond summer, with stakes rising for British business

Two former Northern secretaries join Conservative in seeking measures against parmilitaries

Violent protest involving right-wing extremists led to 113 arrests

Sides at impasse on issues including fair competition, fisheries and security

Dubliners who had long been intimidated by the book found they enjoyed it

Scottish and Welsh governments withdraw from talks with London on Brexit strategy

Black Lives Matter protest in London cancelled to avoid confrontation with far-right groups

London Letter: CBI leader says business could not cope with failure to reach a deal

As infection rate falls nationwide, UK capability to test and detect growing, says tracing chief

News of easing restrictions lost amid scientist’s contention many deaths were avoidable

Neil Ferguson, a scientific adviser to No 10, says earlier lockdown would have saved lives

Zoos, safari parks and drive-in cinemas to open amid concerns for toll taken on pupils

Statue of slaveholder Robert Milligan removed from outside Museum of London

Paymaster general says change of format sought ‘for both our sakes’

Home secretary describes incidents including toppling of statue in Bristol as hooliganism

Number of daily recorded deaths in UK falls to lowest level since before lockdown

David Frost appears to abandon threat to leave talks if shape of deal not in sight in June

London Letter: Former governor predicts other European countries will join Britain in scrutinising their relationship with Beijing

Passengers risk fines from June 15th if they break new rule to curb spread of coronavirus

Visitors from Ireland to be largely exempt from measures taking effect from Monday

1km queue to vote as Jacob Rees-Mogg says it’s time for parliament to return to normal

‘High level of anxiety’ as EU and British negotiators enter crucial round of talks  

North feels like ‘pawn in the game’ on free trade negotiations, says committee report

‘We’re going to be doing this in a cautious and data-driven way’ says housing secretary Jenrick

British chancellor announces lower wage supports and plans to stem unemployment

London Letter: Reactions to Labour leader’s virtual town hall meetings will worry Tories

PM intends to ‘draw a line under the matter’ as Durham police take no further action

Prime minister urges Commons liaison committee to ‘focus on the next steps’

Number of Conservative MPs calling publicly for PM’s chief adviser to be sacked reaches 44

No pushback from EU on British government interpretation of protocol, minister tells MPs

Dozens of MPs voice disquiet and minister quits over Johnson adviser’s lockdown breach

Adviser blames inaccurate media reports for public anger over 420km journey

Chief adviser to Boris Johnson looks set to remain in his role despite apparently breaching lockdown guidelines he helped to draft

British PM’s aide says he went on outing to see if sight was good enough to drive back to London

British PM accused of undermining his own government’s coronavirus advice

PM emphatically backs chief adviser but by doing so he undermines coronavirus message

PM’s chief adviser heavily criticised for alleged breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules

London Letter: Impatience is in the air, with many businesses eager to open up again

British PM pressured by Starmer to exempt key workers in Covid fight from £400 charge

Government sources privately fear the North set to become Brexit battleground again

Rees-Mogg tells MPs that arrangements which allow them to participate and vote without being in Westminster end on June 2nd

While the DUP thanked Gove for his reassuring words, the paper does not reinterpret the essentials of the protocol Johnson agreed (...)

EU says customs checks and controls on some goods from Britain required

Top adviser says British opted instead in March to concentrate testing resources on those in hospital

Gove blames EU for lack of progress in talks as UK seeks standard free trade agreement

Spokesman plays down concerns Common Travel Area could be used as back door into Britain

Public opinion could be about to turn due to high death toll and unfulfilled promises

Both sides say little progress made in this week’s talks with crunch time approaching

Travellers from Britain will have to self-isolate like everyone else, says spokesperson

London Letter: Early casualties of Aids in the 1980s were mostly in their 20s and 30s

Labour leader accuses PM of misleading parliament by denying threat to residents was downplayed

Data entry errors, missing contact details and incompatible systems among issues

Independent scientific experts say North should harmonise its Covid policies with those of the Republic