Politics

With a no deal Brexit still the default option, there are fresh doubts about a ferry service the government wants to deliver emergency supplies. Seaborne Freight won a controversial £14 million contract to run a service between Ramsgate and Ostend. But on a visit to Ramsgate, the Mayor of Ostend told our Business Editor Siobhan…

Cathy Newman spoke to the Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer and began by asking him why Labour was still procrastinating about calling for a second referendum.

The Prime Minister is spending the weekend trying to come up with a Brexit Plan B to present to MPs on Monday. The opposition today unveiled its own two point plan to break the impasse. But while the overwhelming majority of Labour members want a second referendum, the Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer insisted…

A Mr Johnson once famously said: “The present age abounds with a race of liars who are content with the consciousness of falsehood.” That was Samuel Johnson in 1753. Today Boris Johnson – no relation – gave a speech on his Brexit ideas. But after falsely claiming he never issued warnings about immigration from Turkey during the…

Don’t leave us this way: that’s the message from a group of high-profile Germans, including politicians, business leaders and footballers who’ve signed a joint letter urging Britain not to quit the EU, declaring “our door will always be open”. And it turns out there are some rather surprising things they’d miss when we’re no longer…

If Theresa May has tough choices to make about Brexit, so does Jeremy Corbyn. Most Labour members support a second referendum, according to polls. But some Labour MPs in pro-Leave areas warn that failing to respect the Brexit vote could risk losing support, with reports that some shadow ministers could even resign if Jeremy Corbyn backs a second referendum.…

Conservative MP Sam Gyimah is one of the founding members of the new lobby group, Right to Vote.

The United States House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees are to investigate whether President Trump told his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress under oath. It comes after Buzzfeed News reported claims that the President instructed Mr Cohen to lie about a plan to build a Trump Tower in Russia. The President’s current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,…

For this week’s podcast, I talk to former Brexit minister George Bridges in his first long-form interview since standing down at the snap election

Ministers have now issued a formal notice calling up British army reservists to help cope with the impact of a no deal Brexit – with around 350 troops due to be deployed and more than 3,000 others on standby. And while the political impasse continues in Westminster, businesses are having to step up plans for…

The former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown is calling for Parliament to extend article 50 by a year – quoting a new poll which shows two thirds of the British public feel they’re being ignored and cut out of major decisions. In a speech tonight in Edinburgh he says the country is so divided it’s putting long…

Jeremy Corbyn has been speaking to Labour activists in Hastings – where his party came within less than 350 votes of taking the seat from Amber Rudd in 2017. Mr Corbyn told supporters that if Theresa May refused to budge and left the country facing a No Deal Brexit, he would then consider other options – including a second…

In less than 24 hours MPs will be voting on Theresa May’s Brexit deal. She warned her Remain-supporting opponents that if it’s defeated on Tuesday, that could mean leaving with no deal.

The prime minister has urged MPs to support her Brexit deal in a speech ahead of tomorrow’s crucial vote on the Withdrawal Agreement.