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Moments after he arrived at the lectern in Downing Street to announce a snap election on July 4, the heavens opened.

A child plays outside the gates of a hotel used as temporary accommodation for families waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, in west London, February 16, 2021 © 2021 Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Map UK CRD Map Summary The United Kingdom has historically provided housing support to people seeking asylum who arrive in the country and are not immediately able to provide for their own basic needs. In recent years this system has increasingly been plagued by serious deficiencies, i...

There is pressure from Conservative backbenchers for Jeremy Hunt to reduce the tax burden on families and businesses.

The former Scottish Government minister took a swipe at the role of Nicola Sturgeons husband, Peter Murrell, as the SNPs chief executive.

Senior Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has today backed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to replace sacked Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative Party chairman.

The University of Cambridge will return 116 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after the Charity Commission concluded it was under a moral obligation to return the looted artefacts.

Migrants who have flown to northern France from Albania book cheap B&Bs in Dunkirk while they wait for good conditions to make the crossing, it is claimed.

A rival Tory leadership campaign source said Rishi Sunak should come clean about whether his team had any links to Dominic Cummings - or if they had been in contact with him.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis resigned, telling the PM that Government requires honesty, integrity and mutual respect. Helen Whately then also quit.

Boris Johnsons allies have now raised the prospect of taking the nuclear option and asking the Queen to dissolve parliament to trigger an election.