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Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Boris Johnson has said he still does not understand why he was fined over the Partygate controversy. As prime minister, the now-Conservative backbencher was photographed pictured drinking and enjoying several […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Hungary has further delayed a vote on ratifying Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession bids, according to an updated schedule published Thursday on the National Assembly’s website, the latest in a […] More

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Boris Johnson has criticised Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit deal with the EU to resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol row – claiming it doesn’t “take back […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is said to be considering hiring Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who oversaw the Partygate inquiry, to be his new chief of staff. Ms […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Senior Tory MP Lee Anderson has said some families are “abusing” food banks because they also eat out in McDonald’s. The deputy chairman claimed he has seen one family being helped at a […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The Hancock WhatsApp leak is merely the opening skirmish of a battle set to rage all year. The main players in Britain’s fight against Covid will soon find themselves – […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email An extraordinary war of words has erupted over events at the centre of government during the Covid pandemic after more than 100,000 of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages were leaked. As […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The journalist behind the leak of tens of thousands messages that Matt Hancock sent during the pandemic has claimed the former health secretary sent her a “menacing message” after their […] More