Minister ‘regrets’ bid to change standards rules to spare Owen Paterson A cabinet minister has expressed regret and admitted it was a mistake to try to...
Defence secretary summons UK army board amid series of scandals The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, summoned senior generals to a rare special meeting of the army’s...
Ministers chose Tory peer as ‘independent’ recruiter for major job A Conservative peer was chosen to be an “independent” recruiter for a major public appointment, in...
Raab defends Geoffrey Cox for working from Caribbean in lockdown The UK justice secretary, Dominic Raab, has defended the MP and former attorney general Geoffrey Cox...
Tory MP faces bankruptcy over unpaid taxes and may have to step down A Conservative MP is facing bankruptcy proceedings over unpaid taxes that could result...
David Fuller: ministers agree to hold inquiry into mortuary abuse Ministers have bowed to pressure to hold an independent inquiry into how hospital worker David Fuller...
Rolls-Royce secures £450m for mini nuclear reactors venture Rolls-Royce will move ahead with a multibillion pound plan to roll out a new breed of mini nuclear...
MPs pass compromise to cut sewage dumping by water companies A government compromise aimed, ministers said, at cutting raw sewage dumping by water companies was passed...
Fire safety advice for low-rise blocks to be withdrawn, Gove says Fire safety advice that has left thousands of households unable to sell their homes after...
White British brain tumour patients ‘more likely to die in a year’ White British people diagnosed with brain tumour are more likely to die within 12...