John Johnston

Britain must be prepared to fight conflicts abroad without the help of United States forces, the Defence Secretary has warned.

Dominic Raab has accused Iran of a "flagrant violation of international law" after the UK's ambassador to the country was arrested.

The UK's departure from the European Union has taken another major step forward after MPs finally gave approval to Boris Johnson's Brexit plans.

Barry Gardiner claims he could win a general election as he continues to consider whether to run for the Labour leadership.

Donald Trump has demanded the UK withdraws from the "foolish" Iranian nuclear deal amid growing tensions in the Middle East.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Boris Johnson of being "scared" of upsetting US President Donald Trump after he failed to show up to a Commons debate on the situation in Iran.

Ministers have committed a further £165m fund to keep the Troubled Families programme running for another year.

The husband of jailed charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called for an urgent meeting with Boris Johnson in the wake of growing tensions with Iran.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has become the first MP to come out as pansexual after she revealed she was in a relationship with a woman.

Boris Johnson has announced plans to raise the National Living Wage by 6.2% from April.

Dominic Raab has expressed "serious concerns" over the case of a British teenager found guilty by a Cypriot court of fabricating claims she had been the victim of rape.

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

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

European elections, Theresa May out, Boris Johnson in, a snap general election and a new Parliament. For fans of politics, the 2019 season has been action-packed. Take a trip down memory lane as we round-up our most read stories from the year.

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

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

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.

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".

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to hand the powers to hold future independence referendums to the Scottish Parliament.

Emily Thornberry has accused "courtiers" working for Jeremy Corbyn of "undermining" the leader during the election campaign.

Labour has attacked ministers for causing a "national shame" after new figures revealed a steep rise in homelessness ahead of Christmas.

Tony Blair has accused Jeremy Corbyn of turning Labour into a "glorified protest group with cult trimmings" as he laid the blame for the party's election defeat at the leader's door.

The Muslim Council of Britain has accused Boris Johnson of "deceit" after the Conservatives ditched their commitment to holding a probe specifically into Islamophobia in the party.

Labour faces being replaced as the main opposition to the Conservatives if it tries to "whitewash" the causes of its shattering general election defeat, Tony Blair will warn.

Jo Swinson has confirmed she is stepping down as Liberal Democrat leader after losing her seat to the SNP.

The Conservatives have launched a probe into one of their election candidates after she was accused of sharing Islamophobic messages on social media.

Two Brexit Party activists have been expelled from the party after they were recorded making "hideous" racist remarks while campaigning.

A Scottish Labour candidate has come under fire after she shared a message suggesting Nick Robinson was biased due to his Jewish heritage.

Boris Johnson has insisted a leaked government analysis suggesting there would need to be customs checks in the Irish Sea after Brexit is "wrong".

Boris Johnson has announced plans to launch a probe into the source of a leaked UK-US trade document.

Labour has come under fresh pressure over its handling of anti-semitism complaints after a leaked dossier appeared to show a backlog of unresolved incidents.

Since its creation in 1950, the affluent South West Hertfordshire constituency has elected a string of Conservative MPs, but with Brexit fracturing the political system across the country, can one ex-Tory pull off a major upset and vanquish his own former party? John Johnston reports.

Labour claims that it would save families nearly £7,000 a year if the party wins the election have been dismissed as "not credible" by experts.

The Conservatives have announced a fresh £4.2bn fund which they claim will "change the face" of local transport networks.

Watchdogs have cleared Channel 4 over Tory claims it had breached impartiality rules by replacing Boris Johnson with an ice sclupture after he refused to take part in a climate change debate.

Labour has blasted the Government's "shameful" record on tackling poverty as child homelessness hits its highest level in over a decade.