Penny Mordaunt defends colleagues over Boris vote A prominent supporter of Boris Johnson has hit out at the “snobs” on the Privileges Committee as they tried to censure him over criticism of its report into the former Prime Minister. The committee has published a report into the Tory MPs and a peer Lord Cruddas claiming that they were guilty of […]

Humza Yousaf discusses his hopes for Scottish independence Humza Yousaf has set out plans to use the next general election to demand a fresh Scottish independence referendum if the SNP wins the most seats north of the border. The Scottish First Minister said the SNP’s manifesto will make clear on “page one, line one” that a vote for the nationalist […]

Question Time audience ‘We haven’t started Brexit yet – when’s it going to start?’ A Question Time audience member launched into a furious rant, claiming the UK hasn’t “started Brexit yet”. The audience member accused Alastair Campbell of “three years of frustration”, adding that Covid and the Ukraine war have also contributed to the delay in implementing Brexit. He said: […]

More than 380 guests were invited to the state dinner President Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India on Thursday night, a list that included government officials, business leaders, star athletes, a renowned violinist, a Hollywood director, the son of a civil rights icon, fashion designers and prominent Indian Americans. Here is the entire list of invitees provided […]

When Judge Aileen M. Cannon assumed control of the case stemming from former President Donald J. Trump’s indictment for putting national security secrets at risk, she set the stage for the trial to be held with a regional jury pool comprised mostly of counties that Mr. Trump won handily in his two previous campaigns. She signaled that the trial would […]

Senator Rick Scott of Florida is considering a late entry into the Republican presidential primary race, a move that would make him the latest high-profile Florida Republican to try to wrest the nomination from Donald J. Trump, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Should he enter the race, Mr. Scott, Florida’s former governor, would be challenging both the […]

Sunak’s answer to Peston’s question on Boris Johnson Rishi Sunak noticeably looked uncomfortable as he was put on the spot for the first time over whether he agreed with the Privileges Committee’s controversial report into Boris Johnson. On Monday the Commons voted to back the committee’ recommendations that Mr Johnson should have had a 90 day suspension for deliberately lying […]

Farage says Brexiteer should be governor of Bank of England Nigel Farage insisted a Brexiteer should have been made governor of the Bank of England as he hit out at Andrew Bailey over interest rate hikes. The politician-turned-broadcaster claimed the “economic incompetence with which this country is now being led beggars belief”. The GB News presenter called for Bank of […]

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told a Covid-19 Inquiry that the lockdown could have been avoided in the UK and blamed it on a “narrowness of thinking”. The Treasury chief was giving evidence to the first stage of the inquiry, which is looking into UK preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic, a virus that caused the country to be placed under restrictions […]