Politics

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case warned that Boris Johnson 'cannot lead' and made it 'impossible' to govern in shock WhatsApp messages revealed at the Covid Inquiry

Diary notes written by Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggest the PM wanted to divert attention after it was reported Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, will sit as an independent MP, pending an investigation. He has had the Labour whip suspended after a speech he made at a rally this weekend

Rishi Sunak has sacked one of his parliamentary private secretaries after he wrote a letter to the PM calling for a 'permanent' break in hostilities between Israel and Hamas

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case accused Boris Johnson of making the Government look like a 'tragic joke' as he warned colleagues exasperated by the chaos: "IT HAS TO STOP!"

Heroes of Britain's nuclear tests have had to organise their own presentation ceremonies after the government failed to do so

Martin Reynolds, who was Boris Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary, changed the settings of a WhatsApp group he was in with PM just before the Covid Inquiry was announced

The PM's spokesman refused to say whether it was inappropriate for DWP minister Tom Pursglove to be out door-knocking with Peter Bone, who is suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct claims

An AI-powered quiz builder and lesson planner is set to support every teacher across the country to help tackle excessive workloads and gruelling working hours

The Institute for Government (IfG) has issued a list of shame highlighting areas where the public is being let down with NHS waiting lists soaring, councils going bankrupt and the prison service in crisis

Backbenchers Nadia Whittome and Lloyd Russell-Moyle will today speak to people forced onto the Bibby Stockholm in Dorset, which reportedly costs taxpayers £800 per person each night

Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is caught between a rock and a hard place as he could alienate either the Jewish community or the Muslim population with his stance on the war in Gaza

Labour says it is a sign of the "abject lack of integrity" at the heart of the Tory Party after Peter Bone was seen canvassing with DWP minister Tom Pursglove days after being banned from Parliament

Helen MacNamara, who was Deputy Cabinet Secretary, will tell the Covid Inquiry this week Boris Johnson 'never warmed' to emergency Cobra meetings when he was Prime Minister

Science Minister Michelle Donelan appeared on TV and radio shows on behalf of the Government after Tom Pursglove was pictured knocking doors with Peter Bone despite his Commons suspension

Layla Moran's relatives, who are Palestinian Christians, are currently stranded with around 100 people in a church in Gaza, , where Israeli forces are expanding attacks

Body coach Joe Wicks said he met with the former Prime Minister but turned him down because he didn't think Boris Johnson was sincere about the public health project

Victoria Derbyshire stepped in to lead the political staple TV show, as she interviewed politicians from across the Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem parties on this week's news

Tory strategists are said to have pencilled in October 31 as a date for the election in a desperate bid to give the economy - and the Tories' poll ratings - some time to recover

Tom Pursglove was not thinking straight if he imagined it would be acceptable to campaign alongside a shamed MP who no longer represents his party

DWP Minister Tom Pursglove went canvassing with Peter Bone in Northamptonshire after the veteran MP was given a six week suspension from Parliament over claims he bullied an aide

The Prime Minister wants to build a 165ft long fence after eco protestors gained access to his £1.5m home through an unlocked gate to the fury of villagers

The former Prime Minister, who once pushed a Tory green agenda, was hired to boost investment in the Chinese-funded project which involved 'ocean grabbing and sand mining'

The whole motif of the last couple of years has been Labour is a reformed party, all the hatchets buried, ready to govern. Thing is, they just can’t keep a lid on things.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken more short haul private flights around the UK than any of his predecessors including Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss