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Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign

Prime Minister agrees to stand down after more than 50 MPs resign from Government

Jul 7, 2022
UK

Business ‘crying out for leadership’ warns former CBI boss

Lord Karan Bilimoria told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme the world was looking at the UK and wondering what the country was doing

Jul 7, 2022
Politics

1922 Committee meet as PM faces new confidence vote threat

Conservative MP Andrew Murrison claims the 1922 Committee will force Boris Johnson to go

Jul 6, 2022
Politics

Voters tell Starmer: We don’t know what you stand for

The Labour leader is being pushed to say more about his vision for the party

Jul 6, 2022
Politics

Boris Johnson fights on as Zahawi replaces Sunak as Chancellor

Ultra-loyalist to the PM Steve Barclay will become Health Secretary

Jul 5, 2022
UK

Boris Johnson apologises for handling of the Chris Pincher row

Mr Pincher quit as deputy chief whip last week over allegations he groped two men at a private members’ club

Jul 5, 2022
Politics

Kick out ‘groper’ now Tories told as MP quits as deputy chief whip

Conservatives under pressure to expel former whip from party

Jul 1, 2022
World

At least 18 dead after Russian missile strike on apartment in Odesa

Artillery missiles struck a nine-storey building in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi suburb at around 1am on Friday morning

Jul 1, 2022
World

Putin forces will struggle to occupy Ukraine, says Wallace

Defence Secretary also mocked ‘old, ancient’ Russian weaponry while speaking to media at the Nato summit in Madrid

Jul 1, 2022
World

Nato summit: Everything you need to know

The Standard guides you through the event, why it matters and the key decisions Boris Johnson and other leaders are set to take in Madrid

Jun 30, 2022
UK

UK to give Ukraine further £1bn of military support to fight Putin

PM says weapons, equipment and training will ensure Russian ‘onslaught’ fails

Jun 29, 2022