The support of Arlene Foster’s party, the DUP, is seen as crucial if Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to get his proposed Brexit deal through Parliament...
A Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiating teams before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “We’ve...
Boris Johnson has been holding meetings with parliamentary factions he hopes will back any deal he reaches A government source has told the BBC...
Even a “relatively benign” no-deal Brexit would push UK debt to its highest since the 1960s, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said. The think...
EU Council chief Donald Tusk is one of several leading EU figures to question Boris Johnson’s plans The European Union is “open but not convinced”...
PM: Boris Johnson: “It (no deal) is not an outcome we want… but is an outcome for which we are ready” Boris Johnson says there should...
Johnson “deplores threats” against MPs but doesn’t apologise for his use of language Boris Johnson has insisted he “deplores any threats to anybody, particularly female MPs”,...
Boris Johnson has told MPs the Supreme Court was “wrong to pronounce on a political question at a time of great national controversy”. And he urged...
Boris Johnson: “This is a verdict that we will respect” Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr Johnson suspended...
PM “abused his powers”, Lord Pannick tells Supreme Court judges The PM is “entitled” to suspend Parliament, even if it is for political reasons, the Supreme...
The UK is not prepared to delay Brexit beyond the 31 October deadline, Boris Johnson will tell European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker later. The lunchtime meeting...
Labour has said it is “more important than ever” that Parliament is recalled after the government published its no-deal Brexit assessment. Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir...
Boris Johnson told Leo Varadkar a no-deal Brexit would be “a failure of statecraft” The five-week suspension of Parliament will begin later, after MPs are expected...
Amber Rudd has quit the cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip saying she cannot “stand by” while “moderate Conservatives are expelled”. The work and pensions secretary...
Boris Johnson: “I’d rather be dead in a ditch” than ask for Brexit delay Boris Johnson has said he would “rather be dead in a ditch”...
Jo Johnson: “It’s time to move on” Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is resigning as an MP and minister, saying he...
The motion for an early election on 15 October is rejected. Boris Johnson has faced a double defeat in the Commons after MPs turned down his...
Tory rebels and opposition MPs have defeated the government in the first stage of their attempt to pass a law designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit....
Mr Johnson is facing a showdown in Westminster Conservative MP Phillip Lee has defected to the Liberal Democrats ahead of a showdown between Boris Johnson and...
The EU’s lead Brexit negotiator has rejected Boris Johnson’s demands for the Irish backstop to be scrapped. Michel Barnier said the backstop – intended to avoid...