Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 11.23am BST You can read all today’s Guardian politics stories here. I’ve already mentioned the Telegraph story about Brexiter Tories telling Boris Johnson that the backstop is not the…
Emergency services called to Longleat Forest holiday park on Saturday afternoonA child has died after falling ill at a Center Parcs holiday village in Wiltshire.Emergency services were called to the Longleat Forest holiday park on Saturday afternoon. T…
Home secretary and French counterpart to meet after 37 people picked up this weekThe home secretary, Priti Patel, is to hold talks with her French counterpart after dozens of people were intercepted this week while attempting to cross the Channel.At le…
UK-listed firm is latest one to be targeted by a foreign buyer amid no-deal Brexit fearsHasbro, the US toymaker behind My Little Pony and Play-Doh, has snapped up the Peppa Pig owner, Entertainment One, in a £3.3bn takeover.The deal, which sent Enterta…
Thousands of photos and letters available online to mark 200th anniversary of birthThousands of photographs, prints and letters that reveal the private passions and public interests of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert have been published online t…
Incident was recounted in an email exchange between a prominent US literary agent and author Evgeny MorozovPrince Andrew was seen inside the New York apartment of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein getting a foot massage from a young woman, according …
Woman arrested on suspicion of neglect after child receives trauma treatment but later diesA woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect after the death of a 10-year-old boy in the Acocks Green area of Birmingham.Police and paramedics were called t…
Chinese artist and activist will relocate to Cambridge after four years living in BerlinThe Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is swapping his adopted home of Berlin for Britain, saying German society has become intolerant of refugees and that he f…
With or without a 30-day deadline, the Brexit endgame will play out in London – rather than Paris or BerlinIf a week is a long time in politics, three weeks feels like an eternity in Brexit. Newly installed in No 10 in July, Boris Johnson vowed that he…
Exclusive: Director general heading up sections at centre of Windrush scandal to step down next MarchThe head of two of the Home Office sections at the centre of the Windrush scandal has told staff he will be stepping down next year.Mark Thomson, the d…