Politics

The government will "wherever possible" offer MPs a vote on new coronavirus lockdown restrictions before they come into force, as ministers responded to the threat of a Conservative rebellion.

Boris Johnson has seen MPs approve his controversial Brexit legislation, which ministers have admitted could lead to the UK breaching international law.

The home secretary asked officials to look into sending asylum seekers to isolated islands 4,000 miles from the UK, according to reports.

Boris Johnson has apologised for muddling up his own coronavirus rules on social gatherings.

The UK faces a shortage of senior carers and nursing assistants as it enters a second wave of coronavirus, the government has been warned.