Ministers are planning to build two scientific research bodies in the Midlands and the north of England in a bid to deliver on Boris Johnson’s promise to “unite and level up” regions across the UK.  

Brussels will find it difficult to negotiate a trade deal with the UK in the 11-month timeframe set out by Boris Johnson, the President of the European Commission has cautioned. 

An angry backlash has erupted after former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith was given a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.

Tom Watson has said he decided to quit as Labour's deputy leader because of the "brutality and hostility" he suffered at the hands of his critics.

Britain’s job boom is set to slow in early 2020, despite inflation-adjusted wages passing 2008 levels for the first time.

The UK will always be welcome to rejoin the EU after Brexit, a top official has written in a 'love letter' to the country.

The Treasury is set to change how it allocates government cash to boost spending for the North and Midlands.

Groups of patients with "greatest need" will see NHS hospital parking charges scrapped from April under new plans announced by the government.

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Labour has hit out at the Government over a series of "disgraceful" delays for NHS patients waiting for diagnostic scans and tests.

George Osborne has described Boris Johnson as a “contradiction” that has supported causes such as Brexit “to get himself to the top”.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have paid tribute to NHS and other public sector workers in their annual Christmas messages to the public.

Dawn Butler has confirmed that she is planning to run to be Labour's deputy leader.

Emily Thornberry has launched a fresh attack on Jeremy Corbyn and his advisers as she stepped up her bid to succeed him as Labour leader.

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband is helping run a review into the party’s disastrous election result.

Emily Thornberry has promised to quit as Labour leader if the polls shows she could not win an election.

The editor of Radio 4's Today programme has accused Downing Street of deploying "Trumpian" tactics after ministers were banned from appearing on the flagship morning show.

Former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow should be given a peerage despite objections from Number 10, his successor has said.

Boris Johnson has defended a £4bn deal which will see a US private equity firm purchasing a major British defence company, depsite concerns from UK military leaders.

Donald Trump has invited Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House as the US and UK look to strike a "massive trade deal" after Brexit.

Labour MP David Lammy has revealed he is considering a run at his party's leadership as he vowed to challenge Boris Johnson with "civic nationalism".

Former Labour deputy leader Lord Hattersley has called on the party's MPs to defy Rebecca Long-Bailey if she succeeds Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

A Labour MP has called on the party to expel one of its members after they unleashed a “barrage of abusive and false tweets” in the wake of the election.

Boris Johnson is to serve Christmas lunch to British troops in Estonia today during a visit to a Nato mission.

Boris Johnson has sparked anger after insisting Britain will not follow any EU rules after Brexit.

Boris Johnson has expanded the government’s team of taxpayer-funded special advisers, with some being paid more than £100,000 a year.

 

Jeremy Corbyn has been hit by a rebellion of his shadow Cabinet as MPs threw their weight behind Boris Johnson's EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Ministers will overhaul a controversial tax policy after an independent report found it caused “serious distress”.

Boris Johnson saw his EU Withdrawal Bill easily pass its latest hurdle in the Commons as MPs signed off for Christmas by wishing their colleagues “a merry Brexmas”.

The Prime Minister has been criticised for scrapping protections for child refugees in his new Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief Andrew Bailey has been named as the next governor of the Bank of England by the Treasury.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has spoken of his "shock" after being diagnosed with diabetes.

Boris Johnson has urged MPs to end “years of delay and rancour” as he called on them to back his plan to leave the European Union in a crucial Commons vote.

Clive Lewis has announced he is standing to replace Jeremy Corbyn saying he will “unleash” the Labour movement.