Politics

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: 'Following assessment of new evidence that was not previously provided to officers, the Met is now re-opening an investigation into potential breaches of the Regulations at an event in Matthew Parker Street on 14 December 2020'

Speaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister said negotiations were underway to develop a 'multilateral declaration of support for Ukraine into the long term' for next week's NATO summit

The Prime Minister also awkwardly laughed off a question over whether he would issue his own peerages and gongs to allies if he is ousted from No10 at the next general election

The Prime Minister was confronted about the cost-of-living and mortgage crises when he appeared at the Commons Liaison Committee today

The SNP's Mhairi Black described Parliament as "one of the most unhealthy workplaces that you could ever be in", saying she was alarmed by "what folk can get away with"

Foodbank leaders blasted the suggestion from Veterans Affairs Minister Johnny Mercer after he suggested people opted to use foodbanks for budgeting reasons

Downing Street desperately tried to de-escalate the furore ahead of the Third Test starting at Headingley on Thursday, with tensions continuing to simmer

In a bruising TV encounter Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer said the armed forces earn a 'good wage' and blamed 'personal decisions' for their use amid reports RAF personnel are using food banks

Rishi Sunak is scrambling to turn around the Tories' fortunes but time is running out for him to deliver on his 'five priorities' for Government ahead of the next general election - see how he's fared

The onslaught in the upper chamber came just a week after the Government's defeat at the Court of Appeal over plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

The warning comes from the Local Government Association as it prepares for its annual conference in Bournemouth, and as the UK is gripped by an 'acute' housing shortage

Schools across England will face disruption on Wednesday and Friday as members of the National Education Union (NEU) down tools in the latest of a series of nationwide strikes

In a brazen challenge to Rishi Sunak, 20 disgruntled MPs who call themselves the New Conservatives said the party faces wipeout in the polls if it fails to drag down net migration, which is at a record high

Campaigners warned companies in the threatened industry need support to move to environmentally-friendly processes before it is too late

The Foreign Secretary said he 'personally' feels the relationship between London and Brussels is 'in a good place' as he addressed EU parliamentarians this afternoon

The outspoken Tory deputy chairman had been set to speak at an event outlining a list of immigration demands by 20 MPs - but did not appear and instead spent some of his morning arguing with the Reform UK leader

The former investment banker, who held a string of top Government jobs, said the £86,000-a-year basic salary for MPs was 'a lot of money - more than double the national average - but you get what you pay for'

The Uxbridge by-election has a predictable parade of lunatic candidates, says Fleet Street Fox. Count Binface is not one of them

It comes as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) watchdog found drivers paid an extra 6p per litre for fuel last year amid increased supermarket profit margins

The Partygate investigator was last week cleared to start her new job in September - but today a minister announced she'd had "undeclared contact" with Labour before quitting

The media regulator received 40 complaints objecting to former Tory Cabinet Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg acting as a newsreader during his State Of The Nation show on GB News on May 9

The flash-in-a-pan former PM will head a new Growth Commission, made of economists from around the globe, in a bid to address a "stagnation loop" facing the West

Nurses, ambulance workers, physiotherapists and doctors have all headed to the picket lines as ministers stand accused of failing to properly appreciate NHS workers

The head of the British Medical Association warned the 'loss of trust' between doctors and the Government is the worst it has been in his 30 years in the profession

In a challenge to Rishi Sunak’s authority, Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson will speak at the launch of the New Conservatives Group that wants to block social care workers getting visas