Matt Honeycombe-Foster

Boris Johnson will take personal charge of the next phase of Brexit talks with a new 'Taskforce Europe' team working under him, Downing Street has announced.

The European Union will have the upper hand in post-Brexit talks with Britain, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has claimed.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has mounted a last-ditch effort to stop Boris Johnson allowing Huawei to help run Britain's 5G network.

Boris Johnson has promised that Britain will be open to the world's "most talented" minds after Brexit as he unveiled a new fast-track visa scheme for scientists, mathematicians and researchers.

Britain will not diverge from European Union rules "for the sake of it" after leaving the bloc, according to the Brexit Secretary.

Ministers are looking at "all options" to help more than 200 Britons stuck in Wuhan amid the coronavirus epidemic, Priti Patel has said.

Boris Johnson has ordered an emergency summit of ministers ahead of a crunch decision on the future of the troubled High Speed Rail 2 project.

Boris Johnson must not rub Remainers' "noses in it" with a raft of "unwise" celebrations on Brexit day, Lord Heseltine has warned.

John Bercow's hopes of securing a peerage have suffered another blow as he faced a second formal complaint of "bullying, intimidation and unacceptable behaviour".

Labour should stop trying to "save" working class voters from themselves, Rebecca Long-Bailey has declared.

John Bercow has been formally accused of bullying by the man who served as his most senior official.

Ministers are facing renewed calls to overhaul the honours system as new figures revealed that a quarter of all New Year's gongs were handed out to people living in London.

Lisa Nandy has become the second Labour leadership contender to make it through the contest's final round after winning the backing of another key group.

The House of Commons must "decide what it’s made of" and force Boris Johnson to reinstate protections for the most vulnerable child refugees, Lord Dubs has declared.

Boris Johnson will ditch the £30,000 minimum salary threshold faced by immigrants coming to the United Kingdom after Brexit, it has been reported.

Labour leadership frontrunner Sir Keir Starmer should "stand side" to make way for a woman, the party's chairman has declared.

Teachers are in line for the biggest shake-up of their pay "in a generation", Gavin Williamson has declared, as he unveiled plans for starting salaries to rise to £30,000 by 2022.

British business leaders have urged Boris Johnson to spell out his plans for post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union.

Boris Johnson has been urged to do more for voters in the North East of England as a new poll found that they feel more "marginalised" than the rest of the country.

A Parliamentary watchdog has been urged to block a peerage for top Labour aide Karie Murphy until an inquiry into the party's handling of anti-semitism has concluded.

Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse has confirmed that she is readying a bid to become the party's next leader.

Boris Johnson will usher in Britain's exit from the European Union with a light show at Number 10 amid a row over Brexiteers' demands for Big Ben to bong instead.

A former Labour MP who won a libel battle with the Unite union has threatened to call in the bailiffs to recover her costs.

Boris Johnson has been forced to shelve his call for members of the public to donate their own money so that Big Ben can bong to mark Brexit.

Farmers will be rewarded for protecting the environment and boosting access to the countryside, under plans for a post-Brexit agricultural system being introduced to Parliament on Thursday.

Rebecca Long-Bailey is ahead of Sir Keir Starmer in the race to become the next Labour leader, a new poll has shown.

Boris Johnson has admitted that NHS waiting times are "unacceptable" after the Health Secretary suggested key targets for the health service could be scrapped.

Boris Johnson will aim to "cut the head off the snake" and crack down on crime with a new cross-government taskforce.

Former Commons Speaker John Bercow took a £1,000 taxi ride from Westminster to Nottingham during his final few months in the job, it has emerged.

Ministers have signed off on a rescue plan for Flybe in a bid to stave off the troubled airline's collapse.

Boris Johnson is facing fresh calls to guarantee that veterans of the Troubles will not face "unfair prosecution" as the Northern Ireland Assembly returns.

The United States has warned Boris Johnson it would be "nothing less than madness" to hand Huawei a role in the UK's 5G network.

Probation officers dealing with some of the country's most high-risk criminals are working with major "staff shortages, stretched middle managers and poor facilities", ministers have been warned.

Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry have all won the backing of enough MPs and MEPs to make it through to the next stage of the Labour leadership race. Matt Honeycombe-Foster explains what happens next.

"An element of racism" lay behind Britain's push to leave the European Union, Clive Lewis has said.

The European Union will "not be rushed" into signing off on post-Brexit agreements with Britain despite a UK law setting a fixed deadline on the talks, Ireland's deputy prime minister has warned.