politics

Police patrol the central shopping areas of Cardiff (Ben Birchall/PA)

People in Wales urged to follow lockdown rules as vaccine rollout continues

January 17, 2021

Dominic Raab criticised human-rights abuses in China (Victoria Jones/PA)

Foreign Secretary urges China to let UN human-rights commissioner visit Xinjiang

January 17, 2021

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, The Andrew Marr Show (Jeff Overs/PA)

Lib Dems are ‘very pro-European’ but ‘not a rejoin party’ – Sir Ed Davey

January 17, 2021

Donald Trump has been described as the ‘dictionary definition of a demagogue’ (Steve Parsons/PA)

Donald Trump’s menace and hunger for affirmation a dangerous recipe – Comey

January 17, 2021

Royal Navy medics deliver Covid-19 vaccines in Bristol (Royal Navy/PA)

Navy medic’s pride at taking part in vaccination drive

January 17, 2021

Ministers want every adult in the UK to have been offered a coronavirus jab by September (Jacob King/PA)

All UK adults to be offered coronavirus vaccine by September, Raab says

January 17, 2021

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay accused the Scottish Government of ignoring existing coronavirus support amid calls for reserves to be released (Jane Barlow/PA)

Barclay: Scottish Government demand ‘wilfully ignores’ existing Covid-19 support

January 16, 2021

The Scottish Government is providing almost £1 million to help vulnerable youngsters into work (Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

Ministers pledge almost £1m to help vulnerable teenagers find employment

January 16, 2021

Sir Keir Starmer says he is optimistic about the prospects for a new relationship with the US under Joe Biden (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Starmer speaks of hope for relations with the US under Joe Biden

January 15, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK scraps travel corridors to protect against new strains of coronavirus

January 15, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Travel corridors scrapped over new coronavirus strains

January 15, 2021

Richard Sharp appearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (House of Commons/PA)

DCMS Committee gives verdict on incoming BBC chairman Richard Sharp

January 15, 2021

Kit Malthouse (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Human error and ‘defective code’ caused police records blunder – minister

January 15, 2021

Government scientists put the latest reproductive number – the R rate – for the UK at 1.2 to 1.3, for data examined up to January 11

Concerning Brazilian variant ‘should not affect vaccines’, Number 10 says

January 15, 2021

MPs have called for health and safety risks in Parliament to be reassessed (PA)

Call to review Parliament health and safety risks after security worker’s death

January 15, 2021

The Scottish Government is proposing further restrictions on the amount of fireworks that can be sold to the public and when these can be used (Aaron Chown/PA)

Ministers propose new regulations limiting the sale and use of fireworks

January 15, 2021

Professor Wendy Barclay said the variant may have been ‘introduced some time ago’ (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)

One Brazilian coronavirus variant detected in UK before travel ban – virologist

January 15, 2021

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he is ‘not aware’ of any cases of the Brazilian coronavirus variant in the UK (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Shapps ‘not aware’ of Brazilian variant in UK as South America travel ban hits

January 15, 2021

The policing minister has said officers are working at pace to recover the data (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Officers ‘working at pace’ to recover 150,000 accidentally wiped police records

January 15, 2021

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted ministers are not planning to “lower” workers’ rights (Aaron Chown/PA)

Kwarteng says workers’ rights will not be ‘lowered’ following Brexit

January 15, 2021