Angela Rayner describes Boris Johnson as ‘terminally out-of-touch’ after reports he took private jet to Blackpool

Nicola Sturgeon laid out her plans to hold a second independence referendum on Scotland's future earlier this week.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to expel the former Tory deputy chief whip from the party after he dramatically quit following a drunken incident in which he 'embarrassed myself and other people'. Chris Pincher, who was responsible for maintaining discipline among Conservative MPs, said he had 'far too much' to drink.

The Government deputy chief whip has resigned following a drunken incident in which he 'embarrassed myself and other people'.

Glastonbury 2022.Today (June 21) marks the first of three planned national rail strikes in the UK this week, with further strikes planned for Thursday (June 23) and Saturday (June 25). Passengers have been urged to avoid all but essential travel this week.The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) is striking over “an aggressive agenda” of cuts to jobs, conditions, pay and pensions.

A helicopter has crashed into a field on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, with emergency services rushing to the scene.

Boris Johnson was taken to hospital for a "routine operation on his sinuses" this morning, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister's spokesman said Mr Johnson went into an unnamed NHS hospital in London at 6am and he was back in Downing Street by 10am.

Dynamic duo! Paul McCartney closed out his latest tour with help from a very special guest — Bruce Springsteen.

A flight removing the first asylum seekers to Rwanda under a controversial new immigration policy will take off from the UK today, the government has confirmed. Foreign secretary Liz Truss said a flight to east Africa is scheduled on Tuesday evening, but could not say how many people would be on it.

While many are currently worrying about paying for their shopping, a rich top Tory's family have bought a second supermarket.

Covered head-to-toe in a black burka, a delicate figure stands at the door of Pot Kettle Black in Manchester’s Angel Gardens as the start of Lady Gaga’s Alice blares out from the speakers. But within seconds, the traditional garment is ripped apart to reveal an almost too-lifelike impersonation of Boris Johnson hiding beneath.

Scots singer Tom Walker has slammed Boris Johnson and his Tory government in a new song he's released on social media.

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Brits who are on a low income will be able to use housing benefits to pay off their mortgage under the government's latest plan. Boris Johnson is extending the right to buy scheme which will provide more people with a way onto the property ladder.

The Scottish Government has flatly rejected any prospect of reviving the controversial Right to Buy policy which allowed council tenants to purchase their homes.

Two new "bombshell" contestants have arrived at the Love Island villa in Majorca. Afia Tonkmor and Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu joined the existing islanders at the end of Wednesday's episode of the ITV dating programme.

A Greater Manchester Conservative MP believes Boris Johnson has a fight on his hands to survive as the Prime Minister following a vote of no confidence. Despite winning the poll last on Monday (June 6) the pressure has not been taken off the PM as over 40 per cent of Conservative MPs said they had lost confidence in him.

A £2billion rail link to Glasgow was quietly scrapped yesterday while Boris Johnson attempted to cling onto power in Downing Street.