Politics

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not have the party’s whip restored, his successor Sir Keir Starmer has announced. It means that Mr Corbyn will not officially be a Labour MP. In a statement on Wednesday, Sir Keir said: “I’m the leader of the Labour Party, but I’m also the leader of the Parliamentary Labour

Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be reinstated to the party, Sky News understands. The Islington MP was suspended three weeks ago for his response to an investigation into Labour’s handling of antisemitism complaints. A bombshell report by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found Labour had been responsible for “unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination”.

Boris Johnson has tested negative for coronavirus but will continue to self-isolate and answer this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions remotely, Number 10 has said. Downing Street revealed the prime minister took a rapid turnaround lateral flow test as part of a pilot scheme for Number 10 staff. “The prime minister took a test yesterday and

A row has erupted after Boris Johnson reportedly condemned devolution in Scotland, saying it had been “a disaster north of the border”. The prime minister claimed it was Tony Blair’s “biggest mistake” and that while he previously thought it was a good idea, he could not “see a case” for handing down more powers to

Eight other Conservative MPs are self-isolating along with the prime minister after one of them tested positive for coronavirus. Lee Anderson, the Ashfield MP, began to experience coronavirus symptoms on Friday and both he and his wife, who is in the shielded group, tested positive on Sunday morning. On Thursday morning, Mr Anderson had attended

Boris Johnson is self-isolating after a meeting with an MP who later tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister’s spokesman said he had been notified by NHS Test and Trace that he has to self-isolate as he was a contact of someone who has tested positive. Mr Johnson will “follow the rules and is self-isolating”

Ireland is warning that no Brexit trade deal will be struck if the UK pushes on with a plan to break international law. Tensions have been ratcheted up following comments by ministers in both governments in another crucial week for post-Brexit trade talks. Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney told Sky News that should Boris Johnson

Anti-vaccination content should be “stamped-out” on social media, Labour has said. With hopes rising of a COVID-19 jab being rolled out by the end of the year, the opposition has called for emergency legislation to “stamp out dangerous anti-vax content”. The party wants the government to bring forward legislation that would include financial and criminal

Dominic Cummings has been seen for the first time since leaving Downing Street after leaving his role as the PM’s top adviser. The former senior adviser came out of the basement of his home in Islington on Saturday afternoon before getting into a waiting car. He refused to answer questions from journalists outside his home

Boris Johnson’s right-hand man Dominic Cummings has left Downing Street after a power struggle that has rocked the prime minister’s administration. Mr Johnson‘s senior advisor exited Number 10 carrying a large box on Friday evening following a bitter dispute which also led to the resignation of Mr Cummings’ fellow Vote Leave veteran Lee Cain as

When the UK fully leaves the European Union on 31 December – the shape of that trade deal or no deal to be decided in the coming days – the man who was so instrumental in making Brexit happen will be leaving too. Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s chief adviser, was the architect of the

Dominic Cummings is to leave his role as the prime minister’s chief adviser by the end of the year, Sky News understands. A Downing Street source told Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby the controversial aide will leave Number 10, having been one of Boris Johnson‘s first appointments when he became prime minister in July last

The government has been told to “focus on the job in hand” rather than “squabbling” in Downing Street following the dramatic resignation of the prime minister’s spin chief. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called on Number 10 to “pull yourselves together” amid signs of a bitter power struggle at the top of Boris Johnson‘s administration.

Boris Johnson’s top Downing Street spin doctor has quit after a bitter power struggle behind the scenes. In a major blow for the prime minister, his director of communications Lee Cain has resigned and will leave the role at the end of the year. Just hours earlier there were reports of bitter arguments within the

A Brexit deal is “unlikely this week” and trade talks are “likely to move into next week”, according to Ireland’s foreign minister. Simon Coveney said he was hopeful he would be “proven wrong” but played down the prospects of a breakthrough in the next few days. He also warned of “real problems” if a deal

Rebel Tory MPs opposed to England’s national lockdown have formed a powerful new campaign group to turn up the heat on Boris Johnson and his stance on COVID-19. Ominously for the prime minister, they are led by a former chief whip Mark Harper, and Brexiteer Steve Baker, mastermind of parliamentary guerrilla campaigns. And in a