Boris Johnson’s suspension of the UK Parliament is unlawful, Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled. A panel of three judges at the Court of Session found...
John Bercow announces plans to stand down as Speaker John Bercow says he will stand down as Commons Speaker and MP at the next election or...
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”...
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...
The UK is due to leave the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 October 2019. For those not following every twist and turn, this...
The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September – and only a few weeks before the...
Boris Johnson insists that with “energy and creativity” a Brexit deal can be struck Boris Johnson has met Emmanuel Macron in Paris for Brexit talks, with...
On Wednesday, Mr Macron (left) said reopening talks on the Irish border was “not an option” Boris Johnson is to meet Emmanuel Macron later,...
Boris Johnson: “We do need that backstop removed” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested an alternative to the Irish border backstop – a key Brexit sticking...
Boris Johnson will tell EU leaders there needs to be a new Brexit deal when he makes his first trip abroad as PM later this week....
The ex-chancellor says removing the Irish border ‘backstop’ is a “wrecking tactic” Former Chancellor Philip Hammond has accused the PM of trying to wreck the chance...
Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay has called for the EU to find common ground with the UK EU leaders must give their chief negotiator the mandate to...
Michel Barnier said EU leaders needed to be ready for Mr Johnson to “heap pressure” on EU unity Top European officials have rebuffed the Brexit policy...
David-Maria Sassoli called for a return to the spirit of the EU’s founding fathers Italian former journalist David-Maria Sassoli has been selected as the new president...
European Council president Donald Tusk has suggested offering the UK a “flexible” extension to Brexit of up to a year, with the option of leaving earlier...