British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces mounting criticism and calls to resign over a series of parties in Downing Street while the rest of the UK was in lockdown, resulting in national outrage.

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater has pulled off a surprise victory by just 323 votes more than Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson in the Batley and Spen by-election.

Labor leader Keir Starmer has launched a stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak's alleged mismanagement of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The leader of the Labor Party Keir Starmer has revealed he is opposed to a fresh Scottish independence vote.

Having made remarks implying a link between the opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer and the IRA, the Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, instructed the PM to withdraw his IRA comment.

Northern Irish GCSE students will be given grades decided by their teachers after an outcry over the use of an algorithm to award marks for A-level.

Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition labour party, has called on Whitehall to scrap the “fatally flawed” A-Level grading system, demanding ministers revert to teacher assessed grades for students who were downgraded.

Thirty-four per cent of those polled said Sir Keir would be the best prime minister, compared to 32 per cent backing the incumbent, Mr Johnson.

The UK embassy in Washington has raised concerns with the US administration over British journalists who were subject to police action while covering protests over the death of George Floyd, Downing Street has said.

The UK government has been accused of being “arrogant and offensive” and “truth twister” in a tweet on the official Twitter account for the UK Civil Service.