Politics

Lightweight Rishi Sunak should call a general election immediately - rather than cowardly try to cling on by contesting three by-elections triggered by Boris Johnson's exit

Boris Johnson was 'grim-faced' when he reportedly decided to resign on a flight from Egypt - now seething Conservative MPs are begging with the former Prime Minister to stop damaging the party

Education unions think members will back 'serious and sustained' industrial action during the next school year - with attitudes to the latest pay offers said to be 'hardening' among teachers

Scotland's longest-serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested earlier today as part of Operation Branchform - but Police Scotland said she has been released without charge

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting is releasing a new book at the end of June - Pride month - and in it he shares his experiences of coming out only after he started at Cambridge University

Four in five voters believe ministers should introduce tougher penalties for owners whose dogs are dangerously out of control amid calls for tighter curbs

Nicola Sturgeon has today been arrested and is being questioned in relation to Operation Branchform, a spokeswoman for the former First Minister of Scotland confirmed

Scotland's longest serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who stepped down in March, was arrested today 'as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror: 'If Rishi had had a background that was more like mine... he wouldn't have taken 20 quid off people in Universal Credit every week'

The former Ukip leader said the 'gap for another insurgency is actually bigger than it was 10 years ago' and suggested some jittery Conservatives who fear losing their seats could join it

Scottish star Alan Cumming unleashed a vicious tirade about the former Prime Minister's honesty, as the Tory Party is embroiled in yet more bitter infighting

Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps rejected Boris Johnson's claims he'd been forced out, saying 'he is the one who has removed himself' by resigning as an MP

People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1.49% charged two years earlier - and Labour is blaming former PM Liz Truss

Boris Johnson was never fit to represent his constituents, much less to lead the country, so in some ways, his downfall is, at long last, a victory for common sense, for the people and for justice.

Keir Starmer said people have had enough of the 'farce' of Tory rule and want a general election now. He also accused Rishi Sunak of losing control as the Conservatives descend into civil war

In the exclusive first extracts of his book One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry-Up, Labour rising star Wes Streeting tells how overcoming challenges of a deprived council estate has shaped his politics today

Labour's Ed Miliband writes: "The Tories will tell you we can’t afford to invest in these jobs of the future. Labour says we can’t afford not to invest."

The Labour Shadow Health Secretary's searingly honest book, One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up, charts his journey from the East End to Cambridge University and Westminster

Keir Mudie says Boris Johnson and Donald Trump operate from the same populist playbook – both turn on the mechanisms that get rid of them, both attack institutions that reject them

In a tumultuous 24 hours for the Conservative Party, Nigel Adams MP announced on Saturday that he was following the former prime minister Boris Johnson and former culture secretary Nadine Dorries' lead in quitting Westminster

After Boris Johnson announced he is quitting as an MP, Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner said the former PM is 'a coward' who needs to 'accept responsibility for the consequences of his own actions'

Former PM Boris Johnson has quit his seat of South Ruislip claiming he had been 'driven out' following the ongoing Privileges Committee investigation into the Partygate scandal

Ministers are assessing the damage of extra charges which are often added onto airline tickets and car hire - from taxes and fees to extras for luggage

Like a criminal who refuses to come to court for his sentencing, the former PM cowardly quit Parliament rather than hear the verdict of the Privileges committee

Boris Johnson’s spokesman declined to comment on the suggestion he would stand in Nadine Dorries former Mid Bedfordshire seat - after she quit earlier today