Scotland's First Minister has indirectly clashed with Cabinet Office Minister and Tory ideologue Michael Gove on the issue of a second Scottish independence referendum.

Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the Welsh and Scottish governments to a leadership summit in London as he tries to contain the constitutional fallout emanating from adversarial results in local and national elections across the UK.

The race for London mayor is proving to be much tighter than expected but the incumbent Sadiq Khan is still expected to prevail.

The Queen has implicitly raised the specter of a return to conflict in the north of Ireland as tensions soar in the British-controlled territory.

The Electoral Commission has launched an investigation into the origin of funding for renovation works at Boris Johnson's private residence at 11 Downing Street.

Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster is battling to keep her job as her party revolts on the grounds of her perceived mismanagement of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The head of the civil service has refused to answer questions on a number of sensitive issues including the progress of an investigation into government leaks and the source of funding for the refurbishment of Boris Johnson's flat.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under fire after credible reports emerged that he had stated a preference for thousands of people to die of Covid-19 rather than order a third national lockdown in England.

The increasingly bitter row over the renovation of Boris Johnson's flat is developing into a full-blown scandal with accusations of possibly illegal actions.

The leader of Wales' pro-independence party has pledged to set up a Commission to work out the technical details of Welsh independence.