Boris Johnson’s independent ethics adviser has said the PM acted “unwisely” in the handling of his flat refurbishment but found that despite a “significant failing” in his approach, there was no breach of the ministerial…

Pressure is intensifying on Boris Johnson to delay England’s planned release from lockdown restrictions on 21 June, after new figures showed rising infections and hospitalisations and scientists warned premature relaxation could lead to a dangerous…

Matt Hancock’s shares in his sister’s firm that was approved as an NHS supplier should have been declared, a watchdog has said, but it concluded he was left in the dark.The failure was “a result…

Armed police are responding to reports of a man seen carrying a weapon in Chichester, West Sussex (Lorelei Gibb/Twitter)Armed police are hunting for a man believed to be carrying a weapon in Chichester.Schools in the…

Today's daily politics briefingThe government has insisted it would be “irresponsible” not to build relations with the far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and his government, as Boris Johnson prepares to welcome him to Downing Street on…

Matt Hancock has denied promising Boris Johnson in March 2020 that all patients discharged from hospitals into care homes were being tested for Covid-19 before transfer.The supposed pledge was a central plank of Dominic Cummings’s…

The plan to lift all Covid restrictions next month has been plunged into doubt, after a surge in cases and hospital admissions prompted Boris Johnson to warn it “may need to wait”.Infections and admissions have…

Boris Johnson has declined to rebut Dominic Cummings’ explosive claims that he bungled his Covid response, leading to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.Quizzed one day after the allegations, the prime minister ducked an invitation…