Row over use of comedians on political show, as Tories complain following Joe Lycett outburst nine months ago

Tony Blair's ex-spin doctor left Victoria Derbyshire and Alex Phillips looking aghast with his outburst.

Leader of the Reform Party was faced with tough questions on ITV morning programme

Rishi Sunak should admit ‘main factor’ behind problem so he can fix it, says Durham University study

The age of Conservative Party supporters is said to be 'rapidly rising'.

Tories are becoming increasingly concerned over Suella Braverman's grip over the Home Office

Analysis by the Liberal Democrats found the former-PM’s departure from No10 cost taxpayers £230,000 in severance payments for sacked ministers

A council is looking into whether where the PM's adviser stayed had the correct planning permission.

Any Questions presenter Alex Forsyth revealed the breaking news during last night's programme.

Letters: The Tories will never own up to the disaster they caused, writes Dr Richard Milne, while Peter Buckman calls for an independent Office of Accountability

Radio 4 interviewer laughs during Cleverly’s bid to defend Sunak

Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores why the cuts announced to the corporation's flagship news programme are another damning, but unsurprising, blow to its reputation

Submissions were received from Mr Johnson at 11.57pm on Monday, the committee says

The former PM’s insistence to ‘Get Brexit Done’ is the biggest historic mistake this country has made in peacetime

Boris Johnson is not a true Tory and only used the Conservative party to get into power, his ex-girlfriend Petronella Wyatt has told LBC.

‘Whoever wins in September, the party will be stuck. Even in power it remains incapable of generating and delivering credible policies, incapable of using its resources to tackle the challenges...

Office for Budget Responsibility says UK entry into the Indo-Pacific agreement will add just 0.04% to GDP in the long run

Boris Johnson could withdraw the whip from Tory MPs who vote to block no-deal Brexit. But today the rebels faced him down - in a move that risks a historic split in the Conservative Party and the...

A Cabinet Office source says the Conservative Party has ‘had its fill’ of Johnson now

Possible walk-outs over asylum policy ‘appalling’ and ‘unacceptable’, say senior Conservatives

The Wilko name will disappear from UK High Streets as a rescue deal for the chain falls through.

Under new entry/exit system, facial scans will also be taken from UK passengers on first trip after launch

Election watchdog tells i it cannot guarantee that local Conservative associations are passing on postal voting applications to local councils

A Freedom of Information battle means Byline Times can now reveal the cost to the public for the Government's doomed legal challenge to the Covid inquiry

He is the latest ex-Cabinet minister quitting at the election after Theresa May, Sir Sajid Javid, Dominic Raab and others

Mr Sunak, the nation's first Hindu prime minister, has issued an Easter message celebrating 'Christian values'

Covid inquiry expected to quiz Simon Case over ‘treasure trove’ of official correspondence

MPs are speculating that Mr Sunak may wish to take the country to the ballot box earlier than scheduled amid fears continued high inflation is going to lead to many more mortgage holders facing...

Former Chancellor Lord Philip Hammond has told LBC that Brexit has come “at a cost” to the economy.

Editorial: The Conservatives have been plagued by sex scandals in recent years – but the multiple rape accusations made against one or more Tory MPs, and the party’s handling of those allegations,...

Keir Starmer's tedious, hardline rhetoric on Brexit actually reveals our path back to Europe

The Conservatives are braced to lose as many as 1,000 seats in next month's polls amid fears the 'chaos' of last year has put off Tory voters

Editorial: You would expect a home secretary and former attorney general to understand such things, and not to embarrass her civil servants by seeking their assistance in conniving her way out of it

Bim Afolami’s comments distance British government from protectionist moves by US

"Apparently, he is 'putting Ashfield on the map'. I think he is making us a laughing stock" one constituent said

MICHAEL Gove has directly contradicted England’s most senior medical adviser after she warned a no-deal Brexit may lead to deaths.

The PM is soon to appear for questioning, and a perilous narrative is emerging about his role in the crisis response

Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules

UNHCR defends 1951 convention after UK home secretary’s speech on ‘uncontrolled and illegal migration’

The study comes just weeks after a Tory bustup over secretive polls, including the “Labour landslide” poll warning of Tory wipeout at the general election

Lib Dem leader tells party conference that being at the centre of Europe is ‘where we belong’

Expense of fresh red tape on EU imports is simply ‘cost of doing business’, says Tory minister Andrea Leadsom

‘I think that’s a mic drop!’ Labour chair of privileges committee fires back at senior Tory’s attack on her tweets

Ex-Cabinet minister sent a WhatsApp message to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case asking if she could have another go at being elevated to the Lords

Satisfaction with public services is falling and Brits see Brexit as a top cause, says Ipsos study

The greater the wait until the election, the more reassurance Labour must provide. And that weakens its future mandate, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Parliamentary commissioner for standards says PM inadvertently broke transparency rules by failing to declare wife’s interest in firm

Seven years on from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, more Brexiteers than ever regret their decision

The former Countdown host on how her love of puzzles and quizzes led to her Perfect 10 podcast, her hopes for 2024, and her unlikely mission to oust the Tories

The PM's unique selling point - ending the chaos of the Truss and Johnson years - is taking a battering.

Tory MPs have named their dream Christmas gift – the return of Boris Johnson, united in an electoral pact with Nigel Farage.

The former prime minister could be called to give evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) investigation, insiders told i

Impact assessment which found radical plan ‘discriminatory’ pulled from government website

Conservative MPs are becoming increasingly alarmed at the potential scale of defeat in the general election

Rebecca Long-Bailey says Labour would “consider very, very strongly” voting to revoke Article 50 to avoid no deal.

For Team Starmer, the nightmare scenario is winning the election but with a small Commons majority, allowing a rump of Corbynista MPs to call the shots. But, says Andrew Grice, a growing friendship...

The Labour leader promised he would ‘make Brexit work’ if elected

The system, which alters the road layout between Junctions 8 and 9, directs lorries heading for mainland Europe onto the motorway's coast-bound carriageway. | ITV News Meridian

A damning report has shown that the UK has dropped out of the top 10 countries for good governance under Rishi Sunak’s leadership

The Labour leader spoke to Sky News's Beth Rigby about Rwanda, winning a majority, his newest MP and whether he would do a deal with the Lib Dems.

Lord Vaizey called on Conservative MPs to stop ‘banging on’ about tax cuts

Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has changed his plans and now intends to vote in support of the Partygate inquiry tomorrow following a frank discussion with Sangita Myska and hearing messages from her...

Minister Michelle Donelan has been forced to apologise to two academics after she accused them of extremism

Importers, exporters, private citizens and the Labour party all urgently need the economy to function better than this

It’s far better than a Corbyn administration would have been, but it would be wrong to pretend that the public shouldn’t feel angry and frustrated with the growing list of problems we’ve seen in...

In ‘crushing irony’, the demand for tougher action came just weeks after his rule-breaking No 10 birthday party

Conservative peer made multiple denials of any association between her and PPE Medpro

Boris Johnson’s plan to bestow an honour on his father is a blow to those seeking to protect women from domestic violence

Many Conservative MPs will remember this "bleak" week as the moment when they truly gave up any hope of avoiding defeat to Labour at the next general election.