All news on the topic: Politics

His claim that it was important for morale that he attended leaving parties was deeply offensive to key workers who toiled through equally long hours in far more gruelling circumstances

The jury is still out on whether he is in contempt of Parliament but one charge he is bang to rights: his contempt for the public, writes Jason Beattie

Former Prime Minister admits there was ‘imperfect social distancing’ at events he attended. That’s a contradiction to what he told Parliament. It proves he lied, writes Chris Bryant

Boris Johnson has refused to accept any fault during a crunch Partygate showdown this afternoon in which he could be ousted as an MP over whether he intentionally misled Parliament

The shameless former Prime Minister today tried to deflect blame for the scandal onto advisors, and launched an astonishing attack on Dominic Cummings - who he said had 'every motive to lie'

Boris Johnson was interrogated for more than three hours over his Partygate claims to the Commons - but not all of it was captured on the TV cameras. Here's what it was like to be in the room for the ex-PM's Privileges Committee evidence

The Conservative deputy chairman, who previously slated MPs for having second jobs, will work just eight hours a week for the bumper salary, to the £84,144 he already earns as an MP

Baroness Louise Casey's damning report found 'institutional racism, sexism and homophobia' in the Metropolitan Police - but Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley rejected the 'ambiguous' term

The multi-millioniare Tory leader first pledged to publish his tax return during his failed leadership campaign against Liz Truss in the summer of 2022 - and again after becoming PM.

Mr Johnson is fighting for his political future as the Commons Privileges Committee probes whether he misled Parliament - which could see him suspended

Ex Prime Minister's Liz Truss and Boris Johnson announced they would rebel over the key vote on the Stormont brake on Wednesday alongside hardline Brexiteer MPs on the Tory benches.

The clash comes after Baroness Casey's damning review into the Metropolitan Police said the force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic

The DUP's Jim Shannon said I Will Always Love You - which was later covered by Whitney Houston - means the world to his wife and urged the House of Commons to wish the country icon "continued success"

The slippery former Prime Minister is arguing that he didn't mislead Parliament intentionally when he denied rules had broken at lockdown bashes because he had received assurances from aides

Susanna Reid has slammed Boris Johnson for using 'every excuse in the book' over Partygate ahead of his appearance at the Commons Privileges Committee today

In dramatic scenes, Boris Johnson could be forced to pause his bombshell evidence to the Privileges Committee over whether he lied to MPs about Partygate to go and vote against Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal

Johnson is taking the country for fools by pretending he was somehow duped about the regulations he, as Prime Minister, imposed. He is a serial liar and a laughing stock

Former PM claims he did not do it intentionally as he trotted out a list of feeble excuses for the ­rule-breaking, while throwing aides under a bus

However Health Minister Will Quince revealed the true costs, which were for contracts from April 2020 to December 2021, in a parliamentary question asked by Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner

The broadcaster said the episodes could not be effectively edited and that it doubted they would ever be screened

Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg outlined plans to demand more money from the coalition's 30 members - even though the vast majority of countries do not even meet the current 2% benchmark

In a 52-page legal dossier, Boris Johnson scrambled to shake off criticism of his conduct ahead of an explosive grilling by MPs on Wednesday about what he knew about Partygate boozing

In a 52-page dossier, Boris Johnson tried to shift Partygate blame onto his aides, accused the media of 'weaponising' pictures of him drinking and joking with colleagues, and moaned that no one sang him Happy Birthday at a surprise do

The Pub Landlord turned history buff Al Murray says the war in Ukraine "is a direct product of WW2”

NYPD, Secret Service and the FBI are on their feet as Donald Trump has demanded his followers take to the streets to protest against his expected indictment