Energy companies ‘playing fast and loose’ as they double direct debits, Martin Lewis tells MPs

Energy suppliers are “playing fast and loose” with household direct debit increases…

Police send more than 100 questionnaires and begin interviews over Downing Street parties

Detectives investigating allegations of breaches of COVID rules in Downing Street and…

Russia to blame for hoax calls to cabinet ministers last week, Downing Street confirms

Russia was responsible for hoax calls made to cabinet ministers last week…

PM labelled ‘threat to national security’ over reports he attended Tory fundraising party on night Putin launched invasion

Boris Johnson was accused of being a “threat to national security” following…

Rishi Sunak defends Johnson comparing Ukraine war to Brexit vote

Rishi Sunak has said sanctions against Russia “are not cost free” for…

Putin in a ‘panic’ over revolution in Moscow as he seeks to ‘snuff out’ freedom in Ukraine, says PM

Vladimir Putin is in “a total panic” about a revolution in Moscow…

Tories face moment of acute political danger as voters feel effect of economic pessimism

As the chancellor prepares to deliver the Spring Statement next week, polling…

Downing Street partygate scandal is trivial ‘fluff’, says Rees-Mogg

Jacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed the row over parties held during lockdown in…

Target of ‘Kremlin hoax’ Defence Secretary Ben Wallace ‘understands threat very well’

The defence secretary has said he “understands (the) threat very well” and…

Govt reviews links with P&O after ‘wholly unacceptable’ and ‘insensitive’ sacking of 800 staff

The government is reviewing its contracts with P&O after the ferry company’s…

Crackdown on ‘lawfare’ from oligarchs promised by PM

Boris Johnson has vowed a further crackdown on oligarchs and the super-rich…

PM doesn’t say whether he reached oil deal on Saudi trip – and insists human rights talks will remain ‘private’

Boris Johnson has declined to say whether his trip to Saudi Arabia…

PM arrives in UAE in bid to end West’s ‘addiction’ to Putin’s oil and gas

Boris Johnson will hold talks with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and…

PM to visit Saudi Arabia and UAE in bid to end West’s ‘addiction’ to Putin’s oil and gas

Boris Johnson will hold talks with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and…

UK bans luxury goods exports to Russia and hikes import tariffs on products – including vodka

The UK government has placed an export ban on luxury goods to…

Raab in The Hague to offer UK’s help to prosecute Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab is visiting the International Criminal Court (ICC) today…

MPs call on PM to cancel Saudi visit after mass execution – as minister defends Newcastle takeover

A government minister has defended the Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle United…

UK issues 4,000 visas to Ukrainian relatives as Britons set to open homes to refugees

The UK has issued 4,000 visas under the Ukraine Family Scheme ahead…

PM calls on West to ‘take back control’ and end ‘addiction’ to Russian energy

Boris Johnson has called on Western nations to “take back control” of…

More than 40,000 sign up to house Ukraine refugees: How new scheme works, how to join and what’s involved

There will be no limit to the number of Ukrainian refugees who can…

UK targets 386 Russian politicians who backed Putin’s invasion as EU and US detail more sanctions

The UK has announced sanctions on 386 Russian politicians who supported Vladimir…

Number 10 ‘put brakes on Home Office plans’ for more generous Ukrainian refugee offer

Downing Street put the brakes on Home Office initiatives to allow a…

‘Deeply upsetting’ to refuse Zelenskyy a no-fly zone over Ukraine, Johnson says

Boris Johnson has said it has been “deeply upsetting” and “absolutely agonising”…

‘Straight out of Russia’s playbook’: Johnson fears Putin may use chemical weapons in Ukraine

Boris Johnson has said he fears Vladimir Putin may deploy chemical weapons…