Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson, Carrie Symonds and the curious case of the vanishing newspaper story

The UK PM seemingly wanted to hire his now wife as his chief of staff when he was foreign secretary. Why have media reports of the claims disappeared?

Nato warns of long Ukraine war as Russia intensifies assaults

‘We will not give the south to anyone’: Zelenskiy visits soldiers on the Mykolaiv region frontline

Zelenskiy makes visit close to front line in southern Mykolayiv region

Ukraine says it has pushed back Russian assault outside key eastern city of Severodonetsk

Johnson ‘very confident’ of legality of Rwanda deportation plan

Court injunction halting flight with asylum seekers was ‘weird last minute hiccup’, British PM says

Liz Truss: The once vocal Liberal Democrat who converted to Conservatism

Britain’s foreign secretary is taking a hard line when it comes to the Northern Ireland protocol

EU has shown ‘enormous flexibility’ in Brexit row, says Šefčovič

Regulatory checks kept to ‘absolute bare minimum’ in Northern Ireland, says European Commission vice-president

Johnson put ethics adviser in ‘impossible position’, letter states

Christopher Geidt steps down over British government’s plan to breach obligations under WTO rules

Rwanda magic lantern show fails to hide problem at heart of UK government

Analysis: the Rwanda refugee scheme and the phoney war against the European Court of Human Rights are designed to shore up support for Johnson among his MPs

Boris Johnson’s independent ethics adviser resigns

Lord Geidt reportedly threatened to quit following publication of Sue Gray report

Scottish government planning for independence referendum in October 2023

Timetable set out by Robertson dependent on securing legal authority to stage a fresh vote

Patel undeterred despite late grounding of Rwanda deportation flight

UK home secretary says preparation for next flight ‘begins now’ after aircraft failed to take off following European court ruling

UK protocol bill ‘profoundly dispiriting’, says Taoiseach

Talks have reached a ‘dead end’ unless EU changes protocol text, British foreign secretary says

UK publishes bill to override much of Northern Ireland protocol

European Commission said it is likely to recommence legal action against the UK

Confrontation between EU and UK looking more and more likely

The Irish Government has been urging Brussels to adopt a cautious approach but how long that position is tenable is a moot point

Protocol impasse the latest chapter in well over a century of Tory misuse of the Irish question

Management of the Conservative Party has always taken precedence over the stability and welfare of Northern Ireland that is supposedly essential to the `integrity of the UK’

Britain’s economic troubles force its politicians to think the previously unthinkable

London Letter: Despite ebbing confidence in his leadership, the PM is not for turning