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April 15, 2021

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Labour demands explanation from Hancock over shares in NHS contract firm

April 16, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Finnbarr Webster/PA)

PM to watch Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral on television from Chequers

April 16, 2021

Social media companies have been urged to do more (Nick Ansell/PA)

Fresh support for ban on children getting Botox and cosmetic fillers

April 16, 2021

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon (Peter Morrison/PA)

Ministers accuse DUP of ‘obstructing’ north-south relations

April 16, 2021

Myanmar’s former ambassador to the UK, Kyaw Zwar Minn, outside his residence in north-west London (Ian West/PA)

Ex-Myanmar ambassador facing eviction as passport made ‘invalid’

April 16, 2021

Jeremy Miles (David Mirzoeff/PA)

Welsh Government takes Westminster to court over Internal Market Act

April 16, 2021

Official estimates for the UK’s population in mid-2020 will be published later this year (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK population growth ‘slowest since 2003’, early figures suggest

April 16, 2021

Gardai at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

Brussels insists Northern Ireland Brexit protocol must remain

April 16, 2021

Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Hancock accused of ‘cronyism’ over shares in family firm which has NHS contracts

April 16, 2021

The Government is being urged to provide funding for families forced to buy medicinal cannabis for their children privately (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Government urged to provide support to families for cannabis prescriptions

April 16, 2021

Lord Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic met in Brussels (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Frost and Sefcovic seek solutions for Northern Ireland’s Brexit issues

April 16, 2021

Jeremy Miles (David Mirzoeff/PA)

Welsh Government takes Westminster to court over Internal Market Act

April 16, 2021

Official estimates for the UK’s population in mid-2020 will be published later this year (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK population growth ‘slowest since 2003’, early figures suggest

April 16, 2021

Gardai at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

Brussels insists Northern Ireland Brexit protocol must remain

April 16, 2021

Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Hancock accused of ‘cronyism’ over shares in family firm which has NHS contracts

April 16, 2021

The Government is being urged to provide funding for families forced to buy medicinal cannabis for their children privately (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Government urged to provide support to families for cannabis prescriptions

April 16, 2021

Lord Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic met in Brussels (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Frost and Sefcovic seek solutions for Northern Ireland’s Brexit issues

April 16, 2021

A general view of the sign of Whitehall in London as the Prince of Wales has defended his decision to write a series of letters to government ministers.

Cabinet Office adviser worked as Greensill director

April 15, 2021

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK will stand with the US against ‘malign’ Russian behaviour (Aaron Chown/PA)

Britain blames ‘malign’ Russian spies for major cyber attack on the West

April 15, 2021

Duke of Edinburgh death (Finnbarr Webster/PA)

PM praises Duke of Edinburgh’s ‘distinguished Navy career’ at passing out parade

April 15, 2021

The European Parliament has yet to approve the trade deal (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

MEPs on two key committees vote in favour of EU-UK trade deal

April 15, 2021

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has condemned Russia’s ‘malign behaviour’ (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Britain accuses Russian spies over the SolarWinds cyber attack

April 15, 2021

Boris Johnson endorsement comes after a series of investigations were announced into the Greensill affair (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

PM: Government needs to understand extent of private sector Civil Service links

April 15, 2021

Someone drinking a pint (Johnny Green/PA)

Buy drinks and food to help save our pubs, urges Rees-Mogg

April 15, 2021

Sir Keir Starmer (Ian Forsyth/PA)

Starmer: Pro-independence Welsh Labour candidates should focus on virus recovery

April 15, 2021

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments chairman Lord Pickles (Victoria Jones/PA)

Frank explanation needed over top civil servant’s Greensill link – Lord Pickles

April 15, 2021

Myanmar’s former ambassador to the UK, Kyaw Zwar Minn (Ian West/PA)

Ex-Myanmar ambassador pleads for UK Government help over eviction

April 15, 2021

Former Home Office permanent secretary Sir David Normington said he was ‘baffled’ by the recent revelations around Civil Service lobbying (PA)

Civil servants’ new jobs must be approved after Greensill affair – ex-mandarin

April 15, 2021

The Brexit Withdrawal Agreement has led to checks on goods travelling from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

EU and UK hold talks over post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland

April 15, 2021

A spokesman for David Cameron has said he will respond ‘positively’ to any request to give evidence over the Greensill affair (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Questions continue over Cameron and Greensill affair

April 15, 2021

The crown prince asked Mr Johnson to “correct and reconsider” a “wrong” decision by the Premier League (PA)

Johnson reported to have ‘intervened’ in Saudi bid for Newcastle United

April 15, 2021

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (Ben Birchall/PA)

Sir Keir Starmer to join Mark Drakeford on Labour’s Senedd election campaign

April 14, 2021

Whitehall departments have been told to notify the head of the Civil Service of any senior officials with outside jobs (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Senior civil servants told to declare outside employment

April 14, 2021

David Cameron makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London, before leaving for Buckingham Palace to resign as prime minister (PA)

MPs to look into Cameron’s lobbying for Greensill as ‘sleaze’ row deepens

April 14, 2021

(House of Commons/PA)

PM concerned over boundaries between Whitehall and business amid ‘sleaze’ row

April 14, 2021

Boris Johnson is due to meet India PM Narendra Modi during his truncated trip later this month (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

PM to cut length of India trip due to soaring Covid rate in south Asian country

April 14, 2021

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer during PMQs (House of Commons/PA)

Boris Johnson should face Line Of Duty sleaze probe, insists Labour

April 14, 2021

(Andrew Matthews/PA)

What is lobbying and why does it cause such unease?

April 14, 2021

Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions (House of Commons/PA)

Johnson acknowledges concerns about ‘boundaries’ between business and Whitehall

April 14, 2021

The US has announced it will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11 (AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File)

US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan risks ‘losing the peace’ – Ellwood

April 14, 2021

MPs on the Home Affairs Committee have heard that violence and abuse towards shop workers is ‘endemic’ and has worsened since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis (Victoria Jones/PA)

Violence and abuse towards shop workers ‘endemic and worsening since Covid’

April 14, 2021

Boris Johnson has commissioned a review into former prime minister David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital (Victoria Jones/PA)

MPs urged to back anti-sleaze probe into Cameron’s Greensill lobbying

April 14, 2021

UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, Lord David Frost leaves the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy on Victoria Street, London, as efforts continue to strike a post-Brexit trade deal.

Frost to meet Sefcovic in Brussels for talks on Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal

April 14, 2021

David Cameron (Jacob King/PA)

MPs to vote on establishing parliamentary inquiry into Cameron’s lobbying

April 14, 2021

Young people have been the hardest hit by the rise in unemployment during the pandemic, an economic think tank has warned (Philip Toscano/PA)

Young black workers among those hit hardest by coronavirus unemployment rise

April 14, 2021

Bill Crothers was still working as a civil servant when he took up the advisory role (Johnny Green/PA)

Cabinet Office approved Whitehall procurement chief joining Greensill

April 13, 2021

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots (right) talks to fisherman Robert Oates (left) at Portavogie Harbour (Press Eye/PA)

‘Further discussions needed with EU’ over NI fishing vessels – Stormont minister

April 13, 2021

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said there is a ‘danger’ Liberty Steel plants could close (Danny Lawson/PA)

Kwarteng warns of ‘danger’ that Liberty Steel plants could close

April 13, 2021

(Leon Neal/PA)

Government’s LGBT advisory panel disbanded

April 13, 2021

David Cameron when he was prime minister (PA)

MPs to vote on establishing parliamentary investigation into Cameron’s lobbying

April 13, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a review into Greensill Capital would have ‘carte blanche’ access (Justin Tallis/PA)

PM: Greensill review will be given ‘maximum possible access’

April 13, 2021

Two men walk past signs recently erected at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent (PA)

Napier Barracks ‘like prison’ despite Home Office improvements – asylum seeker

April 13, 2021

Exports to the EU rose by £3.7bn in February following a £5.7bn decline in January, new figures show (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Exports to EU bounce back in February after record fall

April 13, 2021

Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds will ask an urgent question about the Cameron/Greensill lobbying in Parliament on Tuesday (Jacob King/PA)

Cameron and Greensill lobbying suggest ‘different rules’ for Tories – Dodds

April 13, 2021

Mr Tughendhat pointed out security risks over parliamentary emails (PA)

Tugendhat in warning over safety of MPs’ emails from cyber attacks

April 13, 2021