No breakthrough in UK-EU talks over Northern Ireland border checks, says Lord FrostJoe Biden is flying into the UK this evening ahead of the start of the G7 summit in Cornwall.The US president will touch…

Tensions between the UK and the EU over Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal have intensified after talks designed to end the conflict broke up without a breakthrough. Brexit minister Lord Frost said he had had a…

Boris Johnson today dismissed calls from Tory backbenchers including Theresa May for the government to meet its own promises on international aid as “lefty propaganda”.Challenged in the House of Commons over the decision to slash…

The High Court has ruled the government’s award of a coronavirus contract to a market research company whose bosses were friends of government adviser Dominic Cummings was unlawful.Anti-corruption campaign The Good Law Project won its…

Today's daily politics briefingIt is “inconceivable” that Boris Johnson did not understand the consequences of the Northern Ireland protocol, a former government adviser has said.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Gavin Barwell, who served…

Ministers paid millions of pounds to consultants over payment of Covid funds to charities for no clear reason, an influential group of MPs has found, as they warned that a “worrying smoke” had been thrown…

Tensions with Brussels over the Northern Ireland border threaten to spiral out of control as crunch talks take place on Wednesday with the two sides at loggerheads over the implementation of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.The…

Theresa May has called on Boris Johnson to restore the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on international aid, warning him that his cuts “will have a devastating impact on the…