Tory chair quits after spectacular by-election losses for Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton
Labour gained Wakefield from the Tories with a 12% swing, with the Lib Dems gaining Tiverton and Honiton with an almost 30% swing,
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Brexit anniversary: Six Brexit U-turns imposed by Boris Johnson and his government
The PM trumpeted the deal he struck over Brexit. In less than two years, his government is already attempting to unpick many parts of it, asserting its ‘unworkability.’
Downing Street admits pressuring The Times to drop explosive Carrie Johnson story
Downing Street has admitted that members of the Prime Minister’s team intervened before an explosive story about his wife Carrie Johnson was withdrawn from publication in The Times.
Accusations of a ‘cover up’ after Times pull damning story about Boris Johnson and Carrie
The piece, written by veteran journalist Simon Walters, claimed that Johnson tried to appoint his now-wife Carrie as his £100,000-a-year chief of staff while he was foreign secretary in 2018
Everyone who has resigned since partygate instead of Boris Johnson
More than 10 senior political figures have resigned since allegations of parties at Downing Street first emerged
Rwanda deportation flight cancelled after last minute legal intervention
In an embarrassing upset for Johnson and Patel, the first flight due to leave for Rwanda has been grounded following successful emergency action by the ECHR.
Tory minister struggles to answer SIX TIMES whether she voted to have confidence in Boris Johnson in excruciating interview
Even Johnson’s own Ministers appear to find it difficult confirming they backed him in the crucial vote
Government shelves free school meals for tens of thousands of children
Boris Johnson is facing another backlash following the ditching of the free school meal extension for up to one million pupils.
Johnson makes high-wage economy U-turn as calls for £15 minimum wage grow
The PM’s comments for workers to accept pay cuts or UK faces 1970s-style ‘stagflation’, have been blasted as ‘nonsense.’
Cabinet tensions flare over government plans to shred Northern Ireland protocol
Tories descend further into chaos in tense protocol talks.