Politics

In Iran, the polls remained open tonight for an extra two hours – as the authorities claimed there were many queues to vote – although we’ve seen no evidence of such numbers here in Tehran.

How many people are allowed to come and work in this country isn’t just a question about our economy.

From 1st January 2021, a new immigration system based on qualifications and earnings will operate in the UK.  

Conservative MP John Redwood and economist Faiza Shaheen discuss the government’s new immigration policies.

Libya’s UN-backed government has pulled out of peace talks in Geneva after the port of Tripoli was shelled by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan general laying siege to the capital for ten months.

We spoke to The Times columnist Rachel Sylvester and Peter Cardwell, who was a government adviser for the past three and a half years, until he was sacked last week in the reshuffle.

Racist and offensive – that’s how one government minister has described the views of a man not relegated to the political fringe – but working at the heart of government.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has declared that the UK cannot expect a future trade deal with the EU to be similar to that with Canada – because it’s simply too close, geographically.

Now a British couple on board the Diamond Princess, the quarantined cruise ship in Japan, where hundreds of people have come down with coronavirus – have told their son that they have both tested positive for the virus.

Downing Street has refused to condemn controversial remarks previously made by a new government adviser. 

They were on message, on cue and in unison. And that might be one of the points of the cabinet reshuffle – ministers who will do what they’re told, a weaker Treasury under Downing Street’s instruction, the long-stated plans of Dominic Cummings delivered through the electoral power of Boris Johnson?

This week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid resigned.

Labour has called on the Parliamentary Standards watchdog to open an investigation into who financed Boris Johnson’s New Year holiday in the Caribbean. 

We’re joined from Hertfordshire by the former Conservative cabinet minister, David Gauke, who served in the Treasury for seven years.

Today’s cabinet reshuffle suddenly got a lot more dramatic when Sajid Javid unexpectedly quit as chancellor – after Boris Johnson ordered him to fire his closest aides.