Politics

PM to bolster Downing Street at expense of Cabinet Office

PM plans to cut a fifth of the civil service, or 91,000 jobs, within three years

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Conclusion of police investigation paves way for senior civil servant’s Partygate report to be published

Home secretary proposing to curb mayoral influence over Met hiring and firing decisions

The government was elected in 2019 on an ‘unrealistic’ pledge to build 300,000 homes a year

Sources say chancellor may bring forward 1p income tax cut roll as inflation hits 40-year high

Conservative Party bracing for further sexual misconduct allegations

Proposal for upper house to move out of London causes a stir

Speculation mounting that Labour and the Lib Dems will agree a joint anti-Tory strategy

A one-off levy could fund measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis, says Labour

Former health secretary said he ‘doesn’t rule out a return in the future’

Boris Johnson visits Belfast in a bid to end political deadlock

Some would ‘do well to rethink their whole relationship to smartphones and social media’

PM orders civil service ‘bloodbath’ to ease cost-of-living crisis

Ex-president voiced concerts China could make hurricanes, ex-officials claims

Research showing MPs more likely to drink excessively has fuelled concern about Parliament’s ‘poisonous’ drinking dens

UK government to propose scrapping parts of the post-Brexit plans for trade

Ministers accused of ‘tone-deaf media interviews’ amid cost-of-living crisis

Finland announces intention to join military alliance

Sturgeon says her government will set out plans for second independence referendum ‘in due course’

Labour shadow attorney general accuses Tories of a smear campaign against Keir Starmer

Tensions with the bloc threaten to trigger tariffs and the end of the free trade deal

Opposition chief vows to resign if he is fined by police over ‘Beergate’

The government announced a bumper raft of legislation including plans to capitalise on new Brexit freedoms

The chancellor is under pressure to provide support for squeezed households and businesses

French president suggests member nations could include UK and Ukraine

Rituals surrounding State Opening of Parliament are among the most unusual UK customs

Labour leader’s reputation for integrity is at stake

Election campaign made little mention of republican party’s commitment to a border poll

Forty years ago, British servicemen fought Argentina over a remote archipelago in the South Atlantic

Durham police now investigating whether Labour leader breached restrictions

Tories lose string of former London strongholds to Labour

Tories battered in London – but Labour fail to make widespread gains