The public has been promised full details of “the end of social distancing” within three weeks, as a bullish Boris Johnson pressed the accelerator on a review into the lifting of all Covid-19 rules.As he…

The public has been promised full details of “the end of social distancing” within three weeks, as a bullish Boris Johnson pressed the accelerator on a review into the lifting of all Covid-19 rules.As he…

Sir Keir Starmer’s “cool and calm” reputation has been imperiled by his strained reshuffle of his shadow cabinet, Labour MPs fear. One MP complained the Labour leader had looked at “panic stations” after the party…

Boris Johnson is being investigated for a possible breach of Commons rules over a luxury £15,000 Christmas holiday in the Caribbean.The parliamentary commissioner for standards has powers that can trigger suspensions of MPs – or even…

Labour has been "too cautious" under Sir Keir Starmer and has been penalised for it at the ballot box, one of the party’s victors in last week’s elections has suggested. Andy Burnham, the re-elected mayor of…

More than 60 Palestinians injured in new Jerusalem clashesDozens of Palestinians have been injured during violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.Video footage posted on social media showed Israeli police firing tear gas and…

Labour has accused trade secretary Liz Truss of a “catastrophic blunder” which could mean that UK companies which sign up to the government’s flagship freeport programme will be shut out of export markets worth £35bn…

Today's daily politics briefingKeir Starmer announced major changes to Labour’s frontbenches on Sunday night, sacking his shadow chancellor and chief whip among others, in an attempt to inject some new life into the party following disastrous…