Nicholas Mairs and Emilio Casalicchio

Labour is moving to oust MPs who split off to form the new Independent Group from their Commons committee seats, PoliticsHome understands.

Boris Johnson has launched a withering assault on Theresa May’s Brexit plans just hours after he resigned as Foreign Secretary - saying her plans would leave the UK as a "colony" of Brussels.

Recent “calamitous” mistakes by Conservative prime ministers have left the UK “in a mess”, a former Tory Cabinet minister has said.