The Treasury chief, Rishi Sunak, a potential rival for the PM’s office, tweeted, ”I stand behind the PM hundred per cent as he takes our country forward. The PM was right to apologise and I do support his request for patience while Sue Gray, a public service veteran with a reputation as a straight-shooter, carries out her enquiry.”
January 15, 2022“All five criteria of genocide are evident in Xinjiang,” she said. The detainees were subject to “brutal torture methods, including beatings with metal prods, electric shocks and whips”.
April 27, 2021Six of Britain's Premier League clubs have joined forces with six other big clubs from Italy and Spain to plan the new league.
April 21, 2021The UK government has so far refused to be drawn into the ongoing protests in India, with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) saying the matter of handling protests was an internal one.
December 10, 2020There were some technical glitches but that was only to be expected. According to media reports, the proposal would cost nearly 370,000 pounds a month. UK had reported more than 18,738 deaths in hospitals from Covid- 19 until April 23.
April 26, 2020Negotiations are due to begin in Brussels on March 2.
February 27, 2020There are talks in London about a so-called Canada-style trade agreement with zero tariffs.
February 26, 2020China stands ready to work with the UK and the EU to move forward the work related to cooperation agreements in the transition period, he added.
February 18, 2020Britain left the European Union 43 months after the country voted for Brexit in a June 2016 referendum.
February 1, 2020Pompeo said that he travelled to the UK to start the dialogue on an agreement as soon as possible.
January 31, 2020On Tuesday, the UK participated in its last meeting as an EU member when Foreign Office minister Chris Pincher attended the General Affairs Council.
January 29, 2020The bill, which ensures Britain leaves the EU on Jan. 31, will pass between the Houses until both sides agree on the wording. Once the process is finished, it will go to the palace for Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II.
January 23, 2020Opposition MPs did try to force an amendment committing the government to allow unaccompanied child refugees to continue to be reunited with their families in the UK after Brexit.
January 12, 2020The watchdog said his suggestion that the men were there to discuss redecorating the London flat was "ludicrous".
November 12, 2019The bill was published just hours after the speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, rejected a government's bid for a meaningful vote on the London-Brussels Brexit agreement in the day.
October 22, 2019Johnson's Brexit deal ditches the backstop, the "insurance policy" designed to prevent a return to physical checks on the Irish border which will, in effect, draw a new customs border in the Irish Sea, because goods which could then travel onwards to Ireland will have to pay a duty tax.
October 21, 2019Johnson is currently making a statement to lawmakers, after which there will be a debate and then votes on amendments and finally - if all goes according to the government's plan - his deal.
October 19, 2019