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The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Boris Johnson will face a grilling from senior MPs today when he is set to appear at the Liaison Committee. He is expected to be asked about negotiations with the EU, days after the…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Geoffrey Cox has had a long career in politics and the law, and was first elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative MP in 2005. He continued working in private legal practice,…

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson has said his controversial legislation to override parts of his Brexit deal is needed to end EU threats to install a “blockade” in the Irish Sea. The Prime Minister said Brussels could “carve up our country” and “seriously endanger peace and stability” in Northern Ireland…

Senior Conservatives are not backing down on their rebellion against Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit legislation despite his warning that the EU could "carve up" the United Kingdom without it. The British Prime Minister's bid to win support for the bill that overrides parts of his own divorce deal was joined by…

MPs are divided over Brexit treaty changes, UK relations with the EU have reached a new low and the prime minister is facing a backbench rebellion. It’s all beginning to feel a bit like October 2019, with Boris Johnson confronted with the same challenges all over again.If the return from recess…

Boris Johnson believes that a mass testing programme costing £100bn is “our only hope for avoiding a second national lockdown” before a coronavirus vaccine is developed, according to leaked government documents.Memos seen by the British Medical Journal say that the prime minister’s “Operation Moonshot” plan will “support economic activity and a return to…

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The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Diplomats from the EU and the UK are meeting in London for hastily arranged Brexit talks after Boris Johnson's move to override key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement break with Brussels. Michael Gove will…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates A defiant Boris Johnson today said “I will not back down" amidst a growing stand-off with the European Union. The Prime Minister made the comment in a Tory Party email ahead of the start…

As it happenedended1599461263Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, told the UK government that the agreement, which was ratified by the UK last year, was “an obligation under international law”.It came as Labour said the prime minister was “playing a dangerous game in Northern Ireland” and risking…