Sunak unveils new wage subsidy scheme aimed at ‘viable’ jobsLondon signals tax hike for Covid-19 measure with future return to ‘nimble and agile’ stateThu Sep 24 2020 - 19:04
London Letter: Sunak basks in gratitude as he shows his command of detailIt may be a time of uncertainty but Jono Edwards at the Junction Bar is very happyThu Sep 24 2020 - 12:39
Irish hauliers say they will be ‘between a rock and a hard place’ post-BrexitUK government warns of possible queues of 7,000 lorries in the port of Dover, and two-day delays to cross to continental EuropeThu Sep 24 2020 - 00:51
Gove says ‘Kent access permit’ will be needed to avoid lorry congestionHaulage representatives criticise government’s lack of preparation for looming changesWed Sep 23 2020 - 18:31
Johnson promises ‘massive package’ of support for struggling economyPrime minister defends his assertion that testing and tracing did not affect spread of coronavirusWed Sep 23 2020 - 17:45
Brexit: Law-breaking UK legislation moves one step closer to enactmentChange introduced to give MPs a vote before any treaty-breaking clauses are triggeredTue Sep 22 2020 - 21:18
Britain at ‘perilous turning point’ as new restrictions rolled outPub hours, fines and home working among strategies to fight Covid-19 resurgenceTue Sep 22 2020 - 20:49
Coronavirus: Support but little enthusiasm for Johnson’s six-month clampdownMPs fear prime minister could make same mistakes as he did early in the pandemicTue Sep 22 2020 - 20:26
Bars and restaurants in England to close at 10pm under new restrictionsExperts warn Covid cases are doubling every seven days in England, and could reach 50,000 a day by the middle of OctoberMon Sep 21 2020 - 22:36
May to vote against Bill permitting Britain to break international lawBill would weaken trust in London and cut NI willingness to stay in UK, says former PMMon Sep 21 2020 - 21:40
Doubling of UK Covid-19 cases sparks scientific experts’ warning‘Seasons against us’ as revolt brews among Tory MPs over Johnson’s six months of curbsMon Sep 21 2020 - 20:36
Coronavirus: Second wave in the UK ‘inevitable’, warns JohnsonBritish government considering two-week lockdown after 4,322 new cases confirmedFri Sep 18 2020 - 20:32
Ex-Tory leader Michael Howard not voting for contentious BillLeading Brexiteer and peer shuns proposed compromise, saying changes not enoughThu Sep 17 2020 - 21:28
English ‘chumocracy’: Boozy weekends and class disdain with the CameronsLondon Letter: David Cameron has been embarrassed by a book about his inner circleThu Sep 17 2020 - 21:25
UK’s issues with Brexit deal do not appear difficult to resolveThere is ample time to work out differences before the EU summit on October 15thWed Sep 16 2020 - 20:03
Brexit: Johnson agrees deal with Tory rebels on law-breaking BillPM promises MPs a vote before he reneges on parts of Brexit withdrawal agreementWed Sep 16 2020 - 18:50
‘Trumpite’ Boris Johnson wants EU to fail, former British diplomat saysEx-UK ambassador to EU Ivan Rogers says British PM no longer wants Brexit dealWed Sep 16 2020 - 11:00
Downing Street warns House of Lords against blocking controversial BillWilliam Hague joins criticism of legislation that would break international lawTue Sep 15 2020 - 19:29
Boris Johnson moves to quell Tory rebellion over controversial BillSajid Javid and former attorney general Geoffrey Cox join senior Tories opposing BillTue Sep 15 2020 - 01:00
Johnson’s Bill to breach Brexit deal passes first Commons voteBritish prime minister accuses the EU of not negotiating in good faithMon Sep 14 2020 - 22:56
Boris Johnson eviscerated by a ghost of Labour’s pastAnalysis: Ed Miliband delivers parliamentary tour de force in opposing PM’s Internal Market BillMon Sep 14 2020 - 21:18
London believes trade talks can advance despite plan to break international lawConservative backbench rebellion in the Commons not expected to be big enough to defeat Internal Market BillMon Sep 14 2020 - 01:00
Boris Johnson faces Conservative backbench rebellion over new lawThe Bill will break international law by overriding parts of Brexit withdrawal dealMon Sep 14 2020 - 01:00
Brexit: Johnson says breaking law needed to stop ‘foreign power’ splitting UKThree former Tory leaders and several senior MPs have warned against the moveFri Sep 11 2020 - 20:04
EU threatens legal action if UK does not withdraw treaty ‘violation’ by end of monthBrussels wants London to reverse plan that would tear up Brexit guarantees on NorthFri Sep 11 2020 - 00:38
Britain refuses to retract controversial Brexit withdrawal agreement BillEU expects letter and spirit of agreement and Northern Ireland protocol to be respectedThu Sep 10 2020 - 21:46
Boris Johnson’s Bill just another phony bargaining chipLondon Letter: Prime minister may be redeploying tedious combative campaign trickeryThu Sep 10 2020 - 20:24
Brexit: EU and UK relations nosedive amid fallout from Bill that breaks lawEU leaders voice concerns over legislation that will violate withdrawal dealThu Sep 10 2020 - 00:59
Johnson’s law-breaking Bill could yet get mired in the LordsDowning Street’s spin on legislation that overturns part of Brexit deal continues to shiftWed Sep 9 2020 - 19:09
Boris Johnson defends contentious Bill as necessary to protect peace in the NorthJohn Major warns of fallout from Bill, which UK admits will break international lawWed Sep 9 2020 - 18:42
Brexit trade deal hopes fade as Britain plans to renege on agreement with EUNorth secretary Brandon Lewis admits new internal markets Bill breaks international lawWed Sep 9 2020 - 01:20
Westminster sketch: Commons bewildered as Brandon Lewis drops bombshellWidespread shock as rule of law ‘beacon’ poised to breach Northern Ireland protocolTue Sep 8 2020 - 20:57
UK admits it intends to break international lawBritish legislation will override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit withdrawal agreementTue Sep 8 2020 - 20:30
London seeks to allay fears of plan to erode Brexit withdrawal pactIrish Government downplays reports as ‘sabre rattling’ ahead of resumed Brexit talksTue Sep 8 2020 - 04:00
London plays down significance of legislation affecting the NorthNews of the planned legislation coincides with fresh display of sabre-rattling by JohnsonMon Sep 7 2020 - 19:46
UK plays down impact of new Brexit Bill on Northern Ireland protocolBill includes provisions to circumscribe protocol’s influence on UK’s state aid policyMon Sep 7 2020 - 13:40
Government’s Brexit plan to warn on imports and exportsFirms trading or moving goods via UK will be affected whatever the outcome of talksMon Sep 7 2020 - 01:19
How would a federal UK affect a shared island of Ireland?‘Up until now, the English have barely distinguished between England and Great Britain’Mon Sep 7 2020 - 01:00
Brexit: Johnson puts six-week deadline on EU talksBritish PM threatens to walk away if no agreement before European Council meetingSun Sep 6 2020 - 22:31
Julian Assange: Liberals feted him, then hated himWikileaks founder, whose extradition case is due in court on Monday, has alienated his early supportersSat Sep 5 2020 - 05:00
In Brexit talks impasse, both sides consider life without dealState aid a major stumbling block as London insists topic has no place in accord with EUFri Sep 4 2020 - 20:13
Britain to ‘prosper mightily’ with or without free trade dealBoris Johnson’s confidence clashes with road haulage group’s warning of border chaosFri Sep 4 2020 - 19:20
Donning a hat and dark glasses, my friend slips out for morning coffeeLondon Letter: UK's quarantine rules are stricter than lockdown, but few are compliantThu Sep 3 2020 - 20:15
Boris Johnson’s directionless bluster makes Keir Starmer’s job easierBritish PM’s latest Commons performance will not lessen anxiety of Tory MPsWed Sep 2 2020 - 20:06
Johnson warns Tory MPs to prepare for ‘choppier waters’Chancellor Sunak says British government must take action to deal with ballooning public debt due to coronavirusWed Sep 2 2020 - 19:06
Boris Johnson defends Covid record after summer of U-turnsFigures fail to back up prime minister’s claim that people are returning to work in offices ‘in huge numbers’Tue Sep 1 2020 - 20:03
‘Tough times ahead’ controlling coronavirus, Johnson saysBritish PM looks to winter and 2022, urging people to help NHS by getting flu vaccineFri Jul 24 2020 - 18:40
After months of isolation, everyone’s dance card is filling upLondon Letter: It can feel as if life has returned to normal until conversation turns to the lockdownThu Jul 23 2020 - 20:20
Barnier says trade agreement unlikely between EU and UKEU’s chief Brexit negotiator claims there has been no progress on key issuesThu Jul 23 2020 - 18:43
Boris Johnson to make the case for union in ScotlandBritish prime minister to argue coronavirus crisis has undermined case for independenceWed Jul 22 2020 - 22:30