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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his first Prime Minister's Questions

Rishi Sunak's new cabinet: Who got the top jobs in reshuffle

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday July 6, 2022.

Boris Johnson’s woes deepen with spate of early morning resignations

Boris Johnson is reportedly looking for ways to appease possible Conservative rebels as the partygate affair threatened to reignite over new rule-breaking claims.

Conservative MP says party is 'in denial' over Boris Johnson and Partygate

Alistair Carmichael urged the UK Government to focus on “lives and livelihoods” as debate over the Northern Ireland Protocol escalated.

Lib Dem MP calls for focus on ‘lives' as UK Gov considers scrapping NI Protocol

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Use of police questionnaire for Johnson 'unusual', says Scottish law lecturer

The push for independence will not be helped by the actions of the UK Government in Northern Ireland, constitutional lawyers have said.

UK Government failure to intervene in Irish Sea dispute 'frankly bizarre'

Former health secretary Matt Hancock. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Internal probe launched into how CCTV footage of Matt Hancock was leaked

U.S. President Joe Biden with first lady Jill Biden

Joe Biden has brought seriousness back into international affairs - Alyn Smith

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis was questioned on why the UK currently has the highest Covid death rate in the world. (Pic: Getty Images)

Why does UK have the highest Covid death rate?

The UK officially has the highest coronavirus death rate per capita in the world

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis admitted the Internal Market Bill is in breach of international law (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Britain risks becoming an outlaw nation on the road to hell – Alyn Smith MP

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon joins Alyn Smith, the SNP MP for Stirling, on the general election campaign trail last year. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

UK Government ‘driving a coach and horses’ through international order

Lord Keen of Elie QC, the Advocate General for Scotland and a justice minister, told the House of Lords that the bill did not “constitute a breach of international law or the rule of law.”

Advocate General for Scotland resigns over Internal Markets Bill row

Can Boris Johnson rely on the idea that only a minority of people care whether the UK abides by its international treaties? (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Johnson's aping of Trump will live on in ignominy – Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson

The UK could leave the single market and customs union without a trade deal in place (Getty Images)

No-deal Brexit: how likely is it that the UK will leave the EU without a trade d...

Boris Johnson leaves his weekly Cabinet meeting. Picture: Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street

Boris Johnson risks Euro court battle in Brexit showdown

The rules on wearing masks in restaurants and cafes

Business Secretary Alok Sharma wipes his face during a speech in the House of Commons. Sharma has been tested for coronavirus after becoming visibly unwell in the debating chamber

Boris Johnson may have to self-isolate after minister falls ill

Campaigners for the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland during a rally in Belfast.

UK government to face legal challenge over Northern Ireland abortion law

The change in colour aims to symbolise the UK's national identity, having first been used in 1921 (Photo: Shutterstock)

When do UK passports turn blue? If travel documents will be renewed following Br...

Home Office figures revealed more than half a million EU citizens applied during October to live and work in the UK after Brexit. Picture: JPIMedia

Brexit: More than half a million applied for EU settlement scheme in October

Border control at a UK immigration point

Tories pledge to cut immigration if they win general election

Scotland's Migration Minister Ben Macpherson said that such a move should have been made immediately after the EU referendum in June 2016. Picture: Neil Hanna

Brexit: EU citizens' rights should be enshrined in law, says SNP migration minis...

Police are investigating reports that Foreign Office Minister grabbed and pushed a climate protester

Minister Mark Field suspended over video of him grabbing protester

Gavin Williamson was sacked over a leak from the National Security Council

SNP calls for Gavin Williamson to lose CBE and Privy Council seat

Former Tory cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says a cross-party coalition may be the only way to break the Brexit deadlock. Picture: Mark Duffy/AFP/Getty Images

Theresa May faces calls for unity government to break Brexit deadlock

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn Picture: House of Commons/PA Wire

Jeremy Corbyn in misogyny row over '˜stupid woman' remark aimed at Theresa May

Pictured with the The Radhuni's award (left to right): Ashok Ram, front of house manager Rajesh Karki and Habibur Khan.

Loanhead curry houses makes the UK top 100 list

Keir Starmer: Labour 'not ruling out Remain' in new EU referendum

Boris Johnson has yet to response to allegations of Islamophobia. Picture: AFP/Getty

Boris Johnson dodges burka row in latest newspaper column

Mr Johnson resigned from Theresa May's cabinet last month

Boris Johnson faces Conservative Party investigation over burka comments

Boris Johnsons comments that Muslim women who wear burkas look like letter boxes has reignited accusations that the Conservatives are Islamophobic. Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images.

Islamophobia in the Conservative Party: The accusations that led up to the Boris...

If you buy Corbyn's speech on benefits of Brexit, he may also have a bridge and some unicorns to sell you(Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ayesha Hazarika: On Brexit, Tories tell lies and Corbyn sells unicorns

Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May are both showing signs of poor leadership. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brian Wilson: The weakness of May and Corbyn has been exposed

Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis broke a pairing agreement not to take part in a Brexit vote (Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty)

Leader comment: MPs are nothing without honour

Theresa May told MPs it was an error. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Theresa May under pressure to sack key allies amid Brexit votes row

Jo Swinson slams "breaking of trust" on pairing for maternity leave

Home Secretary Sajid Javid, Picture: SWNS

Sajid Javid rejects Islamophobia probe for Conservative Party

‘Still got that PVC Cross of St George? We’ve got to cheer for England again

Tory Minister Brandon Lewis. Picture: PA

Tory chairman urges Scots to support England at the World Cup

Jeremy Corbyn arrives to cast his vote at the polling station in Pakeman Primary School in Holloway, London, during the local council elections on Thursday. Picture: PA

Jeremy Corbyn puts brave face on English local election results

Home Secretary Amber Rudd leaves Downing Street. Picture: PA Wire

Memo leak shows Amber Rudd told of removal targets
Home Secretary Amber Rudd is facing fresh questions over her claim not to have known about immigration removal targets following the leaking of a memo suggestin...

Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn MP on
'Peston On Sunday' TV show. Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock

Jeremy Corbyn: '˜US is not our biggest ally'

'Minister for no deal' expected as reshuffle begins with confusion

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon: Blue British passport is '˜insular nonsense'

The original passport. Picture: Home Office

Blue passports to return after Brexit, Government announces

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Scotland hits Syrian refugee target three years early

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, and British Secretary of State David Davis. Picture; AP

Ireland wants sea border with UK after Brexit

Brandon Lewis (left) said free movement of labour would end as of March 2019

Free movement from UK to EU will end in March 2019

A private member's bill in the name of SNP MP Eilidh Whiteford aims to force the government to ratify the Istanbul Convention

MPs back SNP bill to tackle violence against women despite filibuster attempt

British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis walks with Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad and Chief Executive of London City Airport. Picture: Declan Collier / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Stefan Rousseau

Links with EU police force will be '˜critical' after Brexit

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with SNP MPs at the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry

'˜Hypocritical' SNP block English Sunday trading laws reform

Tom Cruise: A member of the Church of Scientology. Picture: Getty

Scientology a bona fide religion - Supreme Court

Firefighters in England and Wales are to go on strike as a bitter row over pensions continues. Picture: TSPL

Firefighters to strike in pensions row

Foreign Secretary William Hague. Picture: Getty

William Hague’s £800 Christmas card bill revealed

Claire Smith: Camra plan to refresh drinkers’ approach to pub culture

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries