Alain Tolhurst

Zac Goldsmith has been given a peerage after losing his seat so he can stay on as environment minister and attend Cabinet.

Boris Johnson has announced he will ban public institutions from holding anti-Israel boycotts after they were labelled a “thin disguise for anti-Semitism” by a former Tory chairman.

The Brexit department is to be “wound up” after the UK leaves the EU on January 31, the Government has confirmed.

The Government is set to hand new powers to British judges in lower courts to overturn rulings by the European Court of Justice after Brexit.

Keir Starmer has said last week’s general election defeat has not dented the need for “a bold and radical Labour government” as he all-but confirmed that he will run to be the party's next leader.

A raft of Labour MPs tore into Jeremy Corbyn and his leadership team at a meeting in Parliament to discuss their disastrous election results.

Nursing students will get a new £5,000 a year grant from next September to help with the cost of their courses.

The Tories under Boris Johnson are now more popular with the working classes than the middle classes, according to a new poll.

The SNP will be the “real opposition” to Boris Johnson in Parliament after winning 80% of Scottish seats, the party's Westminster leader has declared.

Voters were three-times more likely to fail to back Labour because of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership than they were over Brexit, according to a new poll.

Boris Johnson has vowed to deliver “closure” on Brexit so the UK can “let the healing begin” after sweeping to victory in the general election.

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will not contest another election and formally kicking off the race to replace him as Labour leader. Here are the main contenders.

The 2019 General Election delivered a remarkable majority for Boris Johnson but along the way a host of big names lost their seats. Here is a rundown of the most high-profile casualties.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have cast their votes in the election as the last poll of the campaign suggests the Tories still enjoy an 11-pont lead over Labour.

Labour has closed the gap on the Conservatives but Boris Johnson in still on course for a small Commons majority, according to a major new poll.

With the two main party leaders at historically low levels of popularity, this election campaign has been dominated by calls for voters to deny either the Tories or Labour a majority.

Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson are travelling across the UK in the final day of campaigning offering competing visions of the UK if they win Thursday’s election.

The father of one of the London Bridge terror attack victims has accused Boris Johnson of using his son's death as "an opportunity to score some points in the election".

A Labour frontbencher has forecast that Boris Johnson is going to win the election as voters "can’t stand Jeremy Corbyn".

Boris Johnson was labelled a “disgrace” for pocketing a reporter’s phone when he was asked to look at the image of a sick toddler lying on the floor of a hospital because there were not enough beds.

Pro-EU campaign groups have united to condemn Labour and the Liberal Democrats for “failing” Remain voters and handing the Tories a Commons majority.

Boris Johnson is embarking on a blitz of Labour-held marginal seats in the final 72 hours of the election campaign as he tries to secure a Conservative majority.

Labour is unveiling £4billion plans to electrify the country's entire bus fleet and bring “services into the future” as part of their Green Transformation Fund.

The Liberal Democrats are announcing they would re-introduce standing at top-flight football if they got into Government.

Boris Johnson won a narrow victory in a snap poll following the final TV leaders debate but Jeremy Corbyn was seen by viewers as more trustworthy.

A top UK diplomat has quit after delivering a damning attack on the Government for “peddling half-truths” on Brexit.

The campaign to unseat Iain Duncan Smith in Chingford and Woodford Green has become one of the bitterest races in this months’s snap election. Alain Tolhurst reports.

Boris Johnson has described claims that he and fellow world leaders mocked Donald Trump behind his back as "complete nonsense".

Boris Johnson has risked a trade row with Donald Trump after vowing to push ahead with a tax on US tech giants.

Almost a third of voters plan to vote tactically at the general election, a new poll has found.

Donald Trump has insisted the United States will have "absolutely nothing to do with" the NHS after Brexit as he appeared to back Boris Johnson to stay on as Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson has rejected suggestions he is exploiting the London Bridge terror attack to help his election campaign.

Boris Johnson’s plan for local government could lead to further cuts to council services, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Boris Johnson appeared to suggest he was going to be interviewed by Andrew Neil after a row over his appearances on the BBC.

Jeremy Corbyn has said those convicted of terror offences should “not necessarily” serve their full prison sentences.

Labour would create a “one-stop shop” for rail tickets to rival Trainline website if it moves into government after the election.