Michael Crick

Theresa May has been meeting the President of Kenya on the final leg of her Trade and Aid Africa tour.

Theresa May has promised to help Nigeria combat terror attacks by the extremist Boko Haram group, announcing a new security partnership to give the country’s armed forces more specialist equipment and training.

The Prime Minister is on the first leg of a three-country mission to Africa, saying she wants the UK to overtake the US to become the G7’s biggest investor in the continent by 2022.

The Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Europe’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier say they’re hopeful that a withdrawal agreement can be struck “well before the end of the year”. After talks in Brussels, Mr Barnier said negotiations would continue without a break in order to bridge the remaining differences between the two sides.

It follows an article this week by the former foreign secretary – which compared women in burkas to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”.

A Conservative-run council has voted to bring in drastic cuts – which will leave its services running at the bare legal minimum.  

Boris Johnson is facing an investigation into whether he broke Conservative Party rules over his comments about Muslim women.

Senior Tories are calling for the former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to be kicked out of the Conservative Party, after his remarks about women who wear burkas.

The Prime Minister has said Boris Johnson caused offence over comments he made about Muslim women – and backed calls for him to apologise.

Interest rates are today the highest they’ve been in nine years. The rise – announced by the Bank of England earlier – takes them from 0.5 to 0.75 per cent. That’s back above the level set by the Bank of England just after the financial crisis in 2008. Our Political Correspondent, Michael Crick has travelled…

For a week, stories have been circulating about government plans to stockpile food and medicine, if the UK leaves the EU without some kind of a trade agreement. One specific but potentially vital issue is what will happen to the country’s supplies of insulin in the event of no deal.

Theresa May’s Brexit proposals have been called into question by Europe’s chief negotiator, who raised a whole string of objections to her new white paper. Michel Barnier said plans for a facilitated customs agreement opened up the risk of fraud, more bureaucracy and damage to European business. Mrs May, who’s just visited the Irish border,…

Theresa May has begun a two day visit to Northern Ireland, with her first visit to the Irish border since the Brexit vote. The Prime Minister went to Belleek, in County Fermanagh, to meet local businesses and political leaders concerned about what will happen with issues like trade and free movement after Britain leaves the…

Vote Leave, which was the official Brexit campaign backed by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, has been fined and referred to the police for breaking the law.