New defeats for the government’s Rwanda bill in the House of Lords have set up a parliamentary showdown on Wednesday – forcing MPs to consider...
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Rishi Sunak’s flagship smoking ban has passed its first parliamentary hurdle despite opposition from within his cabinet – as Labour backed the bill...
Nigel Farage has hit out at “cancel culture” after officers moved to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels. Local officials...
“Absolutely nuts” was how Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, described Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually phase out smoking –...
MPs have rejected a series of Lords’ amendments to the government’s Rwanda bill – as a week of parliamentary showdown on the legislation...
The prime minister is facing another rebellion from his party over his plans to ban young people from ever smoking again. Should the Tobacco and Vapes Bill...
Rishi Sunak is facing further calls from parliament to take action against Iran in the wake of the nation’s direct attack against Israel over the weekend...
From Rishi Sunak to Keir Starmer, to President Macron and President Biden, Western leaders on Monday appealed to Israel to exercise restraint following...
Soul searching about the UK’s role in the world has broken out again following the publication of a pamphlet by senior diplomats including Mark Sedwill...
MPs return to Westminster today after two weeks away, to the possibility of dangerous escalation in the Middle East. But this is a week the prime minister will...
At every level of the British diplomatic machine, the focus after Saturday night’s Iranian attack on Israel is now to do whatever possible to de-escalate...
UK jets shot down “a number of drones” launched by Iran in its unprecedented attack on Israel last night, Rishi Sunak has said. The prime minister...
A cabinet minister was unable to say whether an airline has been found to send asylum seekers to Rwanda – despite suggesting the scheme will be running...
Liz Truss has revealed she considered abolishing the UK’s economic watchdog and replacing leaders at the Treasury and Bank of England, accusing the...
A new British military laser could be used in Ukraine to shoot down Russian drones, the defence secretary has suggested. The DragonFire weapon, which is...
Sue Gray’s ascension to the Labour Party – from civil service partygate investigator to Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – has...