Boris Johnson and most of his frontbench choose not to cover faces in packed parliamentary chamberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCabinet ministers have been accused of undermining Covid advice and putting MPs’ and parliamen…
West Midlands mayor tells PM: ‘Red wall voters want to see delivery’
Andy Street says the region’s new Tory voters need concrete policies to match Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledgeBoris Johnson has been urged by one of the most senior Conservative figures outside London to match the symbolism of his “levelling up” p…
UK net zero delay has left room for sceptics’ attacks, says government climate adviser
Lord Deben says he is ‘pressing very hard’ to get details of strategy published as Cop26 approachesBoris Johnson’s delay in publishing the net zero emissions strategy has left a space for climate sceptics to “complain, attack and undermine” on cost gro…
Priti Patel appoints ex-Taxpayers’ Alliance head as new aide
Jonathan Isaby joins Home Office as home secretary’s new communications private secretaryPriti Patel has appointed the former head of a hard-right anti-tax pressure group and former editor of a conservative blog to a government role in the Home Office,…
Overconfident and rebellious – Johnson will rue the day he made a Tory party in his own image | Martin Kettle
Clashes over the climate crisis and Covid are revealing deep divisions in government. A time of reckoning is approachingCompared with the fate of the globe, that of Boris Johnson is infinitesimally trivial. Yet the two things are interconnected. In Nov…
David Cameron urged to address reports he made $10m from Greensill
Labour says if figure is wrong as ex-PM’s spokesperson has suggested, then he should set record straightDavid Cameron is under growing pressure to answer further questions about his involvement in Greensill Capital, given he reportedly made up to $10m …
Labour accuses Philip Hammond of breaking ministerial code
Former Tory chancellor reportedly wrote to Treasury to advocate for a bank he is a paid adviser forThe former chancellor Philip Hammond has been accused by Labour of breaking the ministerial code, after reportedly writing to the Treasury to advocate fo…
Tories ‘squandering Olympic legacy’ as school PE declines
Sport England reveals that in some regions a third of children are active for less than 30 minutes a daySuccessive Tory-led governments have been accused of squandering the sporting legacy left by the 2012 Olympics in London, amid evidence that falling…
Labour increases pressure for ‘cronyism’ inquiry into Tory co-chair Ben Elliot
Opposition writes to committee on standards in public life over claims he blurred business and political interestsLabour is intensifying its demands for an inquiry into the activities of the Conservative party’s co-chair after claims that he ran a secr…
Boris Johnson’s approval rating slips to lowest level since he became prime minister
Bad news for the Tories does not necessarily lead to good news for Labour: backing for Keir Starmer is also downBoris Johnson’s personal approval rating has slipped to its lowest level since he became prime minister, according to the latest Opinium pol…