Alain Tolhurst

Angela Merkel has given the UK a 30-day countdown to come up with a replacement for the backstop or face a no-deal Brexit.

A no-deal Brexit is now the “most likely” outcome according to France ahead of Boris Johnson’s visit to try and re-open negotiations with the EU.

The public are increasingly convinced by Boris Johnson's clam Brexit will happen by 31 October "do or die", according to a new poll.

The future of HS2 hangs in the balance after Boris Johnson ordered a review into “whether” it should proceed.

Downing Street has accused the EU of being unwilling to renegotiate a Brexit deal after it rejected Boris Johnson’s call to ditch the backstop.

The EU has rejected Boris Johnson’s letter calling for the Irish backstop to be “replaced”, as the Prime Minister was accused of "not proposing realistic alternatives" to the border plan.

Pressure is mounting on Jeremy Corbyn to ditch Labour’s policy of getting a new Brexit deal as two of his closest allies said they want to stay in the EU whatever the circumstances.

EU citizens entering Britain will face “tougher criminality rules” the day after a no-deal Brexit, Number 10 have revealed.

Labour has backed calls for MPs to cut short the summer recess and head back to Parliament to work on blocking a no-deal Brexit.

Kwasi Kwarteng has dismissed the Government’s own dire warnings about a no-deal Brexit as “scaremongering”.

More than 100 MPs have written to Boris Johnson urging him to recall Parliament because the country is facing “a national emergency” over Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn has urged MPs opposed to no-deal to back his plan to lead a caretaker Government and “seize the opportunity before it’s too late”.

Tory MP Guto Bebb has claimed a short-term Jeremy Corbyn government would be “less damaging” than a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson chose his words very carefully when he claimed MPs and the EU are in “collaboration” on Brexit, and it is all about winning the blame game in a no-deal scenario.

Boris Johnson has hit out at a “terrible collaboration” between MPs who want to block Brexit and the EU, saying it is forcing the UK towards no-deal.

Boris Johnson has been urged to “end the scourge of poverty pay” after new figures revealed staff working in a Government department earn well below the Real Living Wage.

Amber Rudd has denied she is a “sell-out” after appearing to reverse her warnings about the negative impact of a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson has identified 9 September as the key date in the upcoming fight with MPs who want to block a no-deal Brexit, according to a senior Government source.

MPs who want to block a no-deal Brexit are running out of options and now stand little chance of stopping Boris Johnson from going through with it, according to a leading think tank.

Labour’s split on a second Scottish independence referendum has deepened after the party's deputy leader Tom Watson spoke out against it.

Boris Johnson has ordered an urgent review of sentencing policy, saying “the punishment must truly fit the crime” for offenders.

Fewer than five women have taken up the opportunity to become infantry soldiers – more than nine months after all Armed Forces roles were made open to them.

The number of tax exile non-doms in the UK has fallen to a record low amid fears of a Jeremy Corbyn government and uncertainty over Brexit.

A senior Tory has quit the party blaming Boris Johnson's "dangerous and damaging" Brexit strategy.

This autumn, politics is going to be dominated by two very different men both called Dominic, as the battle for Brexit draws closer to the 31 October deadline.

A Labour councillor has been suspended after promoting accusations that TV star Rachel Riley works for "the Israeli state propaganda machine".

Michael Gove has accused the European Union of being unwilling to negotiate with the UK over a new Brexit deal.

Nicola Sturgeon has hinted she could join forces with Jeremy Corbyn in a "progressive alliance" after a snap election.

The top 1% of taxpayers are increasingly just men based in London and the South East, according to new research branded “shocking” by Labour.

Britain is joining forces with the US to protect shipping in the Gulf after Iran reportedly seized a third tanker, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.

Dominic Raab has been accused by MPs of “misleading the public” by claiming he raised the possibility of a no-deal Brexit during the EU referendum when there is no evidence to show he did.

Plans to create tax-free zones at ports and airports post-Brexit have been condemned by Labour as a “race to the bottom”.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has been slapped down by Number 10 after suggesting some suspects in rape cases should remain anonymous until they are charged.

Boris Johnson has been branded the DUP’s “gopher” by Sinn Fein as the party warned that a no-deal Brexit could lead to a border poll in Northern Ireland

Parliament may be in recess but politics has certainly not broken up for summer, with the new Prime Minister facing his first electoral test just eight days into the job.

Labour has torn into the Government after "alarming" figures revealed that the number of drugs found in prisons has almost doubled in the last two years.