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Image caption The PM took part in the clap for carers on Thursday outside No 11 Downing Street Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including […]

Image copyright PA Media Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy has been appointed shadow foreign secretary in Keir Starmer’s new shadow cabinet. Other appointments include Anneliese Dodds as shadow chancellor and Nick Thomas-Symonds as shadow home secretary. Sir Keir won the contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday. The 57-year-old defeated Ms Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey […]

Image copyright Getty Images The culture secretary is to order social media companies to be more aggressive in their response to conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic. Oliver Dowden plans to hold virtual meetings with representatives from several tech firms next week to discuss the matter. It follows a number of 5G […]

Image copyright Getty Images Even before the coronavirus emergency, the next Labour leader was facing a formidable set of challenges. Here is what is likely to be at the top of Sir Keir Starmer’s in-tray. Coronavirus In February, Sir Keir Starmer said that if he won the Labour leadership he would use the Commons to […]

New Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has spoken of the “honour” of his election to the post, and the effect of coronavirus on the UK. He said public life had “all but come to a standstill and we are missing each other”. A planned conference to announce the result was cancelled, and the three […]

Image copyright Getty Images Angela Rayner has been elected Labour’s new deputy leader. She has been a long-standing member of Jeremy Corbyn’s cabinet, but will now hold one of the key jobs in the party. So how did she get to this point? The pledges Image copyright PA MediaImage caption Ms Rayner was a leading […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSir Keir Starmer: What you need to know about the new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been elected as the Labour Party’s new leader. Widely considered as the frontrunner during the leadership race, Sir Keir was at the heart of Labour’s front bench during the tumultuous […]

In his five years as Labour leader, he lost two general elections and a vote of no-confidence among his MPs but galvanised many on the left and transformed the party into a mass movement. Here are key moments from Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Edited by Nick Raikes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52161091

Image copyright AFPImage caption The UK Cabinet has been meeting via Zoom – something researchers say may not be ideal The hugely popular video meetings app Zoom has “significant weaknesses” which might make it unsuitable for secrets. A team at The Citizen Lab found that Zoom was using a non-standard type of encryption, and transmitting […]

Image caption The PM took part in the clap for carers on Thursday Boris Johnson will carry on self-isolating after continuing to display mild symptoms of the coronavirus including having a temperature. The prime minister tested positive for the virus last Friday and had been due to come out of self-isolation today. Mr Johnson continues […]

Image copyright PAUL ELLIS The Brexit Party outspent the Conservatives and Labour in the UK’s final elections to the European Parliament last year, figures show. Nigel Farage’s party, which topped the polls with 31% of the total vote, spent £2.609m in the four months up to polling day on 23 May 2019. Despite barely campaigning […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Laura Alvarez joins her husband on stage at last year’s Labour conference Jeremy Corbyn’s wife has accused the media of having “vilified” the Labour leader and said he was “attacked by his own party” during his time in charge. In a rare public intervention, Laura Alvarez also told The Mirror […]