Boris Johnson has insisted the UK does not want to see customs checks "at or near" the Irish border as he called on the EU to "compromise" in order to strike a new Brexit deal.

Read Prime Minister Boris Johnson's full speech to delegates at the 2019 Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

A Cabinet minister has suggested scrapping a "left wing" bank holiday and replacing it with a day celebrating the United Kingdom.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab squares off with Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott at the latest round of Prime Minister's Questions from 12pm. It comes as Boris Johnson unveils his big Brexit plan to the Tory party conference in Manchester.

John McDonnell has predicted that he can "convert" Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson over to backing Jeremy Corbyn as a caretaker Prime Minister.

Speaking at the Institute for Government panel, sponsored by the Association for Project Management at Conservative Party Conference, Jesse Norman MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury said that “Government can manage, if it’s properly structured and phased, well run IT projects and automation projects for the public good."

Diane Abbott will make history on Wednesday as the first black person to represent their party at Prime Minister's Questions.

Boris Johnson will on Wednesday present the UK's final Brexit offer to the EU - and vow to leave with no deal if it is not accepted.

Sajid Javid has hinted that he could scrap inheritance tax in the Budget.

Boris Johnson has admitted he was "no memory" of a lunch at which he is alleged to have groped two women.

Police chiefs are to be given the power to "dramatically" boost the number of officers who are able to carry Tasers, Priti Patel has announced.

A Tory MP has been sent home from his party’s conference after he was involved in a “totally unacceptable” altercation with staff at the event.

Tory Brexiteers have signalled that they are ready to drop some of their key objections to a deal with the EU which could see the UK leave the bloc on 31 October.

Boris Johnson has suggested that allegations about his personal conduct have been motivated by people opposed to his policies on Brexit.

Britain’s top mandarin has vowed to “resist” efforts to drag the civil service into political rows about Brexit, according to a leaked letter.

The UK government has suggested placing customs checks away from the Irish border as a way of breaking the Brexit deadlock, it has emerged.

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More voters believed Theresa May was up to the job of Prime Minister than Boris Johnson, a poll has found.

The National Living Wage will rise to £10.50 an hour for all workers over the age 21 within five years, Sajid Javid has announced.

Dominic Cummings’ wife has issued a statement denying that she was the second woman allegedly groped by Boris Johnson during a lunch in the late 90s.

Chancellor Sajid Javid has admitted that no-one "really knows” the economic hit the UK would take in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The DUP will never accept a Brexit deal that sees Northern Ireland signed up to different customs rules to the rest of the United Kingdom, Arlene Foster has warned Boris Johnson.

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Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.