Ten years ago Larry the Cat arrived at Downing Street. JAN MOIR reveals the moggie’s best moments

Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement. Has the moon lost her memory? Not if I have anything to do with it. For I am here to remind you all of a very special anniversary, my ten years in office, serving this country to the best of my ability. My name is Larry the Cat, … Read more

EVERY living Prime Minister backs Mail Force campaign to help lockdown children 

All five living former prime ministers last night joined Boris Johnson in backing Mail Force’s Computers for Kids campaign. In an unprecedented show of support, Sir John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May lauded the drive to help pupils carry on learning during lockdown. Every inhabitant of No 10 from the … Read more

George Osborne lands another new job as he quits roles at Evening Standard and BlackRock

George Osborne lands another new job: Former chancellor leaves roles at Evening Standard and US firm BlackRock to become investment banker at Robey Warshaw George Osborne served as David Cameron’s chancellor between 2010 and 2016 In 2017, the father-of-two stepped down as Conservative MP for Tatton, Cheshire Since leaving Cabinet he has held high power … Read more

Ex-Tory chancellor Philip Hammond blasts Theresa May over Brexit

Philip Hammond has launched a savage attack on Theresa May, claiming she had no idea what Brexit should look like when she became PM in July 2016.  The former Tory chancellor said Mrs May ‘didn’t know’ what kind of relationship she wanted the UK to have with the European Union when she moved into Number … Read more

Boris Johnson DROPS Lord Frost security appointment after backlash

Boris Johnson has ditched his plan to make Lord Frost the UK’s new National Security Adviser after a furious backlash from critics.  It was announced in June last year that the chief Brexit negotiator would take on the role and it was thought he would start in the coming weeks.  But the Government today unexpectedly … Read more

STEPHEN ROBINSON: Could this be the moment Boris Johnson’s fightback began? 

It is a rare day indeed when a single news photograph of a man in a suit appearing via video link at a government press conference can bring a nation up short. But the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers showing Boris Johnson in a state of manifest agony and contrition was genuinely shocking. He was … Read more

STEPHEN ROBINSON: Could this be the moment Boris Jonhson’s fightback began? 

It is a rare day indeed when a single news photograph of a man in a suit appearing via video link at a government press conference can bring a nation up short. But the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers showing Boris Johnson in a state of manifest agony and contrition was genuinely shocking. He was … Read more

ITV under pressure to kick Rufus Hound off Dancing on Ice for Manchester terror attack conspiracy

ITV is under pressure to kick Rufus Hound off Dancing on Ice for claiming Theresa May planned the Manchester Arena terror attack to help Tories win the election Rufus Hound retweeted claims Theresa May planned Manchester terror attack Comedian, 41, shared tweet stating the timing of bombing ‘fortunate’ for May He later said he was … Read more

SIMON WALTERS: Bad blood that led scorned ex-PM to wield the stiletto

Theresa May is not the first Conservative leader to feel keenly the pain of being ousted from power, an agony made all the more bitter when the ousting is done not by the voters but by fellow Tories. After he was ignominiously toppled by Margaret Thatcher in 1975, a truculent Sir Edward Heath was nicknamed … Read more

Boris Johnson blasts back at Theresa May after she hit out at his ‘moral failure’ in government

Boris Johnson hit back last night at Theresa May’s claim he has abandoned Britain’s position of ‘global moral leadership’. The Prime Minister insisted his predecessor was wrong as he expressed pride at the ‘leading’ role he is playing on the world stage. Writing in yesterday’s Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson has failed to honour … Read more