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Boris Johnson boldly claimed “I still believe in Brexit” as he said the UK has freedom to do things “better”.The former prime minister made his claims during an interview with ITV News presenter Tom Bradby on Friday (4 October).Mr Johnson said: “Because of the type of Brexit we’d negotiated, we were able to licence vaccines (during Covid-19) weeks faster than any other European country.”The former Conservative leader defended his stance in supporting Brexit and said: “The legacy of Brexit has given us the freedom to do things differently and better.”The ITV interview came just before Mr Johnson’s first promotion of his upcoming memoirUnleashed next week. More

ITV News presenter Tom Bradby slammed Boris Johnson over the Partygate scandal during a heated confrontation.The former prime minister and presenter clashed as the latter described it “madness” that Mr Johnson was hosting Downing Street garden parties with 100 people present, while people died alone in hospital during the Covid pandemic.In the interview, which aired on Friday (4 October) Mr Bradby told him: “People are dying alone, and here is your private secretary writing to over 100 people inviting them to a party.“People cannot understand why you are not apologetic over that.”Mr Bradby added: “You were inviting 100 people to a garden, it’s madness.” More

Boris Johnson has revealed his Covid battle was worse than the public knew.In an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby on Friday (4 October), the former prime minister explained more about the impact Covid had on him.Mr Johnson admitted he was “groggier” than he let on after returning home from the hospital, but was conscious he had a job to get on with during the pandemic in 2020.The former Conservative leader said: “My oxygen levels went down to 72 or something which is pretty bad.“I know how terrible a disease Covid is. I was groggier than I let on.” More

Boris Johnson makes a joke about not being able to stop The Duke and Duchess of Sussex leaving the UK.In a first look at the former prime minister’s interview with GB News, due to air on Sunday (6 October), Mr Johnson claims that while he wasn’t able to stop “Megxit”, he did get “Brexit done”.Ahead of the release of his memoir Unleashed, the former Conservative leader is set to discuss his time in office and his views on the current state of UK and global politics. More

A Labour MP has proposed plans for legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales.According to the bill put forward by Kim Leadbeater, MP for Spen Valley, terminally ill people who have less than six months to live can choose to end their life.This is the first time since MPs have conjointly spoken on this issue since rejecting it in 2015.“I’ve spoken to colleagues of all political persuasions and there is definitely an appetite to have this debate now”, Ms Leadbeater said.The bill is expected to be officially introduced to the parliament on 16 October. It’ll have to be agreed upon by MPs before becoming law. More

Sir Keir Starmer has explained why now is the right time to pay back £6,000 in hospitality gifts he has received since the election.The prime minister is covering the cost of six Taylor Swift tickets, four tickets to the races and a clothing rental agreement with a high-end designer favoured by his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer.Speaking at an EU press conference in Brussels on Wednesday (2 October), Sir Kir said it was “right” for him to repay the donations while new principles for accepting gifts were drawn up.He told reporters in Brussels: “We are now going to bring forward principles for donations, because, until now, politicians have used their best individual judgment on a case-by-case basis. I think we need some principles of general application.” More

Britain will play no part in attacking Iran, a former defence minister has said after Tehran launched around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday, 1 October.When asked if he expects the US or UK to be part of any Israeli response, Tobias Ellwood – who lost his seat at the 2024 general election – said he was firm about his belief.“The move to actually attack Iran moves us into a very dangerous place indeed,” he said.British forces “played their part in attempts to prevent further escalation in the Middle East” on Tuesday, defence secretary John Healey said.It came as Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran will “pay a price” after it fired missiles at Israel following an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. More

Tom Tugendhat has criticised Robert Jenrick for using footage of his friend, a Special Forces soldier, in a video claiming that British special forces are “killing rather than capturing terrorists”.The former immigration minister made the claim in a clip promoting his campaign to be the next Conservative party leader.His leadership contest rival told Newsnight that the footage contained images of a soldier who died shortly after the footage was filmed.”What’s particularly upsetting is that video is using a piece of footage of some of the people I served with, one of who died shortly after that film was taken in an accident and is not able to defend himself against the allegation that is being effectively levelled against him,” Mr Tugendhat said. More