Boris Johnson has ordered an independent investigation into David Cameron’s controversial lobbying of ministers for the collapsed financier Lex Greensill.No 10 acted after a storm of criticism of the former prime minister for contacting Rishi…

Protesters take to the streets after Daunte Wright’s shootingProtesters have taken to the streets of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after police shot a 20-year-old Black man, Daunte Wright. They had apparently pulled him over after determining…

Today's daily politics briefingLabour has said David Cameron's statement on his lobbying of government leaves "many serious questions" unanswered, and demanded he addresses them before parliament, after the former prime minister accepted he should have…

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Protesters have taken to the streets to demand justice after a 20-year-old Black man was shot dead by police in a Minneapolis suburb - ratcheting up tensions in a city already on a knife-edge amid…

Boris Johnson will not prevent a second Scottish independence referendum if the SNP wins a majority at next month’s Holyrood election, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said.The prime minister has so far opposed calls for…

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David Cameron insisted he broke no rules over his lobbying for the failed finance firm Greensill - but admitted he should have communicated with the government “through only the most formal of channels”.The former prime minister, making his…