Alain Tolhurst

Rishi Sunak has long been tipped for political greatness - but his appointment as Chancellor still represents a startling rise to the top table for the 39-year-old former banker.

Boris Johnson has sacked five Cabinet ministers in a reshuffle aimed at setting "the foundations for government now and in the future".

Julian Smith has been sacked as Northern Ireland secretary despite brokering a deal to get the Stormont government back up and running just weeks ago.

Nicola Sturgeon has launched a furious attack on Boris Johnson after it emerged that a major climate change summit could be moved from Glasgow to London.

New appointments to the Supreme Court could face interviews by MPs, according to the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox.

Labour should print its own “tabloid-style” free newspaper to hand out to commuters, according to Richard Burgon.

Downing Street has launched an outspoken attack on the Court of Appeal's decision to halt the deportation of 25 foreign criminals to Jamaica.

Britain's economy flatlined in the run-up to Brexit thanks to a fall in manufacturing, official figures have revealed.

Ministers are beefing up powers to force those suspected of coronavirus to stay quarantined after declaring it an "imminent threat" to public health.

The Labour leadership candidate Keir Starmer’s mother-in-law has died after an accident two weeks ago.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he would oppose any moves to make judges politically appointed.

Downing Street is "bullying" John Bercow by denying him a peerage, according to a senior Labour frontbencher.

Boris Johnson is said to be weighing up shock plans to introduce a “mansion tax” in next month’s Budget.

John Bercow has been hit by a third allegation of abusive behaviour by a senior Parliamentary figure as he awaits the decision on whether he can be handed a peerage.

House of Commons officials have slammed John Bercow for naming members of staff in his autobiography and called on those allegedly bullied by him to come forward.

Liz Truss has set out plans to slash tariffs on US goods post-Brexit as well as protecting UK industries from cheap imports from other countries.

Diane Abbott has been criticised after she suggested that John Bercow cannot be guilty of bullying because one of his alleged victims was in the Army.

The Government will set itself on a fresh collision course with the BBC by taking the first steps towards decriminalising people who don’t pay their TV Licence.

Boris Johnson has been accused of admitting he “doesn’t really understand” climate change by the woman he sacked as president of COP26.

The Foreign Office spent almost £6,000 on a designer sideboard and side table “to advance British interests around the world”, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Boris Johnson has accused Donald Trump of “letting the air out of the tyres of the world economy” by entering into a trade war with China.

Boris Johnson is to unveil “fundamental changes” to the way convicted terrorists are released from jail in the wake of the Streatham knife attack.

Businesses will face more regulations and bureaucracy when trading with the EU after Brexit, Michael Gove has admitted.

Boris Johnson is accused of being “terrified of the Scottish people having their say” by Nicola Sturgeon as she makes a renewed independence push.

The UK will officially exit the European Union at 11pm on Friday night, more than three and half years since the public voted to leave, so how did we finally get here?

The Foreign Secretary said China has agreed to let a plane full of UK nationals trapped in Wuhan fly home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has taken a swipe at John Bercow by pledging to introduce greater "transparency" to the way he makes decisions.

A leaked internal report by Labour into the party’s dismal election performance last month has blamed it on Brexit and “unprecedented” media attacks on Jeremy Corbyn.

The Government are tracing more than 2,000 passengers who flew from Wuhan to the UK in the past two weeks as part of measures to tackle the coronavirus threat.

Boris Johnson has heralded “a new chapter in our nation's history” after signing the official document which formalises the UK’s exit from the EU next Friday.

John Bercow has attacked the Government for not awarding him a peerage as he "categorically" denied fresh allegations of bullying.

Boris Johnson is set to award the contract to help build part of the UK’s 5G network to Huawei as soon as next week in a snub to Donald Trump.

Moves to give John Bercow a peerage should be put on hold while new bullying claims against him are investigated, according to Andrea Leadsom.

Britain has crossed the "Brexit finish line", Boris Johnson has claimed, as both Houses of Parliament passed his flagship EU agreement.

Lisa Nandy has accused the last Labour government of being "as tight as the Tories" as she praised Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the party.

While Jess Phillips has seen her path to the nomination for Labour leader shut off, the way ahead has opened up for the two other second-tier candidates.