Keir Starmer

Partygate: pictures emerge showing Boris Johnson drinking at No 10 leaving do during lockdown – as it happened

Latest updates: ITV obtains photographs of Boris Johnson drinking at a Downing Street event that appears to be a party

Nicola Slawson (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)

23, May, 2022 @10:48 PM

Quash talk of a Labour deal with SNP now, veteran election team urges Starmer

Tory attacks depicting the party in the pocket of Scots nationalists ‘must be halted before they lose us support’

Michael Savage Policy Editor

21, May, 2022 @3:00 PM

Johnson may believe he’s safe but threat from Partygate is not over

Analysis: even if MPs conclude a single fine airbrushes PM’s role in scandal, the public may decide otherwise

Heather Stewart

19, May, 2022 @6:09 PM

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: not in control of his own premiership | Editorial

Editorial: The lockdown breaches show just how out of touch the prime minister has become. Tory MPs ought to remove him for their party’s – and the country’s – sake

Editorial

19, May, 2022 @5:53 PM

Treasured objects of a northern childhood | Brief letters

Brief letters: Byker Bridge bonding | Nitwit generator | Dissolution of parliament | Keir Starmer in court | Beer on your breakfast

Letters

19, May, 2022 @4:40 PM

Partygate: Boris Johnson ‘told barefaced lie’, says Labour, as Covid victim group urges Tory MPs to remove PM – as it happened

PM told he won’t be fined again; Sue Gray report to be published ‘as soon as possible’; Emily Thornberry says PM lied to Commons; victim group reacts

Andrew Sparrow

19, May, 2022 @4:36 PM

Boris Johnson ‘choosing to let people struggle’ with cost of living says Keir Starmer – as it happened

Latest updates: Labour leader says prime minister ‘does not get it’ and says government delays are making problems worse

Andrew Sparrow

18, May, 2022 @4:53 PM

Keir Starmer: PM choosing to let people struggle by delaying energy windfall tax

Labour leader says Boris Johnson U-turn on tax ‘inevitable’ and he must act now, as cost of living dominates PMQs

Peter Walker Political correspondent

18, May, 2022 @12:16 PM

Tuesday briefing: Why the Partygate investigation is taking so long

What is the Metropolitan police’s plan for investigating alleged parties at Downing Street – and why is it taking so much longer than announced?

Archie Bland

17, May, 2022 @5:22 AM

Boris Johnson claims planned Northern Ireland protocol law is ‘insurance’ in case talks fail – as it happened

UK prime minister meets Sinn Féin and DUP as Mary Lou McDonald suggests forming Stormont assembly is not UK government priority

Harry Taylor (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)

16, May, 2022 @6:10 PM

Labour activists call on Tory MP to withdraw Beergate allegations

Local chair accuses Richard Holden of ‘wasting police time’ with claims about Durham gathering attended by Keir Starmer

Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

15, May, 2022 @4:00 PM

Wakefield Labour chiefs walk out of final vote on byelection candidate

Local party’s executive walks out en masse over candidate choice, which it says is stitch-up by party HQ