Ministers should consider a delay to the final easing of lockdown restrictions unless a slowdown in the coronavirus vaccination programme can be reversed, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) says.Boris Johnson has said he wants…

Boris Johnson faces the threat of tough sanctions from the House of Commons standards watchdog if it is confirmed he took a loan to pay for refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.The prime minister was…

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said questions over Arlene Foster’s future are an internal matter as it responded to reports of an attempt to oust her as leader.Northern Ireland’s first minister herself also played…

(AFP via Getty Images)The Champions League has reached the semi-final stage and Thomas Tuchel leads his side against Zinedine Zidane, hoping Chelsea can overcome Real Madrid in much the same way as they did against…

The EU vowed the UK will face tough action if it breaches the Brexit trade deal, as MEPs finally prepared to approve the Christmas Eve agreement.Ursula von der Leyen said the deal has “real teeth”,…

Pressure is growing on Boris Johnson over claims that he said he would rather see “bodies pile high” than order a third lockdown after two “ear-witnesses” were reported to have heard the rant from the…

The UK has sanctioned 22 people involved in a series of notorious corruption cases, the foreign secretary Dominic Raab has announced.Individuals across Russia, Latin America , South Africa and Saudi Arabia have been hit with…

Whitehall’s ethics chief has agreed that financier Lex Greensill’s appointment to a role inside government was “a screaming, glaring conflict of interest”.The head of the civil service, Simon Case told MPs on a parliamentary watchdog…

Chloe Zhao first woman of colour to win Best DirectorRoad movie Nomadland won the top prize at the 93rd Academy Awards, which fulfilled many expectations but threw in a couple of surprise wins in an…

Minister denies Boris Johnson said ‘let the bodies pile high’Boris Johnson has been accused of saying that he would rather allow “bodies [to] pile high in their thousands” than impose another lockdown late last year.…