Brexit chief is ahead in a party survey but the search is on for a surprise candidateDavid Davis is the preferred choice among Tory members to replace Theresa May as leader, but the race is wide open, according to the most...
Read MoreBrussels talks falter as UK says £30m benefit must end in March 2019The right of EU citizens working in Britain to send child benefits to their children living abroad, even if they are born after Brexit, has become the latest...
Read MoreRolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at the last PMQs before the summer recess 10.26am BSTThere is a Common statement at 12.45pm from David Gauke, the work...
Read MoreSecond day of talks in Brussels sees British side ask detailed questions on how to pay for unwinding 44 years of EU membershipDivisions over the UK’s Brexit divorce bill were laid bare on Tuesday as British negotiators pushed...
Read MorePM tells EU leaders UK will offer those who arrive lawfully before Brexit the chance to build up same rights as British citizensTheresa May made a “fair and serious offer” to European Union leaders over the contentious issue of...
Read MorePolitician says brew of rightwing EU bashers playing on voter insecurity and cuts fanning populist ideas is pushing Britain to marginsA Brexit elite of hedge-fund managers, footloose multi-billionaires, rightwing politicians and...
Read MoreA 20% shortfall in migrant workers relied on to pick fruit and vegetables is blamed on Brexit making the UK seem ‘xenophobic’ Farms have been hit with a shortage of the migrant workers that Britain relies on to bring in the...
Read MoreShadow Brexit secretary says there is now a majority for a new approach and Theresa May must ditch ‘extreme Brexit’Labour will work with MPs from across the House of Commons to force Theresa May to change course on Brexit after...
Read MoreTheresa May says Brexit talks to start next week as French president suggests time is of the essence if decision is to be reversedThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has claimed the door to the EU will remain open to Britain...
Read MoreOn the eve of Britain’s election, Thomas Frank, who anticipated the rise of Trump among white working-class voters in the US, visited the industrial heartlands of northern England to compare two momentous contestsThe Red Shed is...
Read MoreDamian Green, the work and pensions secretary, is upbeat about Tory chances in Labour’s heartlands in northern EnglandGeneral election 2017 – live updatesLast year’s Brexit vote “burst the dam” and overwhelmed traditional party...
Read MoreFormer Lib Dem leader tells Hay festival he fears for his country and criticises Theresa May for refusing to take part in live debatePaddy Ashdown has said he sees horrifying parallels between 1930s Germany and what is happening...
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