‘China is all-out against us’: an interview with Lithuania’s foreign minister
Lithuania’s foreign minister on Ukraine, Taiwan and the principle of sovereignty
Boris’s plan to divide and conquer
Boris Johnson has never quite been able to decide whether he wants to be a great unifier or a great…
Sunak faces the pressure over Britain's cost of living crisis
Will the Chancellor announce new measures to ease the cost of living crisis? Rishi Sunak is under pressure to do…
After Starmer: what’s next for Labour?
What’s next for Labour – and the Tories?
‘Whitehall was horrified by Brexit’: an interview with Australia’s departing high commissioner
Australia’s departing high commissioner on what really happened in the trade talks
Nadine Dorries: My vision for the BBC
Nadine Dorries on online safety, the BBC and taking risks
The survivor: how much longer can Boris Johnson keep going?
Will he survive?
Rishi Sunak’s political naivety
Before the war in Ukraine, ministers and Tory MPs believed a fixedpenalty notice for the Prime Minister would mean the…
The new plan to stop Channel migrants
How best to move attention away from the Prime Minister receiving a fine over partygate? An eye-catching government announcement to…
Rishi Sunak breaks his silence
After Boris Johnson issued an apology (along with a pool clip) over the fixed penalty notice he received for attending a…
The changing face of No. 10
David Canzini has made quite an impression since he joined No. 10 as the Prime Minister’s deputy chief of staff…
Rishi’s wife changes tack on tax
This evening Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty has announced that she will pay UK taxes on her overseas income, following a public backlash…
Pressure on Sunak grows over his wife’s non-dom status
Rishi Sunak goes into the weekend facing questions from the media, Labour and some Tories over the tax status of…
Tory backlash over Channel 4 privatisation
Downing Street’s plan to privatise Channel 4 is already facing a Tory revolt – less than 24 hours after the…
No. 10 prepares decades-long energy plan
The government’s delayed energy strategy is finally due to be released this week. The Prime Minister is due to unveil…
Do the No. 10 partygate fines spell trouble for Boris?
Partygate is back in the news as Downing Street braces itself for a bumpy few weeks. This morning, Scotland Yard…
No. 10 is gearing up for the next election
As the Conservative party’s Spring Forum gets underway in Blackpool, attention is turning back to domestic politics, with cabinet ministers…
Kemi Badenoch: the curriculum does not need ‘decolonising’
When the government published a report last year by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) into racism in the…
How the Foreign Office secured Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release
There was a rare display of unity in the Commons chamber this afternoon when Liz Truss gave a statement on…
Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release will be a big relief for Boris Johnson
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released from custody in Iran, according to Iranian government officials. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the 43-year-old British-Iranian woman, was…
Nadhim Zahawi: how I escaped Saddam’s Iraq
The Education Secretary has come a long way since his Baghdad schooldays
Abramovich sanctioned for ‘destabilising Ukraine’
Following criticism in recent weeks that the UK government has lagged behind both the US and the EU when it…
‘We will fight in the forests, the fields, the shores and in the streets’: Zelensky addresses the Commons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted with applause and a standing ovation this evening when he appeared before the House…
Boris Johnson is operating in a new political reality
Boris Johnson is attempting to carve out a role for himself as the figure who can lead the West in…
Johnson under pressure on offer to Ukraine refugees
What help will the government offer to Ukrainians seeking shelter in the UK? While the Prime Minister has been talking…