Theresa May

Gavin Williamson has been branded the most incompetent education secretary in the UK's history

Twice-sacked Gavin Williamson 'deserves' knighthood, Tory minister claims
A FORMER Tory minister who has been sacked twice and is famed for high-profile blunders is deserving of his knighthood, according to the UK Education Secretary.

Gavin Barwell said Johnson would stay unless Tory MPs remove him or he loses an election

‘Not a chance in hell’ Boris Johnson will go of own accord, says Theresa May’s ex-chief of staff

Boris Johnson faced anger from across the Commons including from his own party.

Boris Johnson vows to publish Gray report in full after facing angry Tory MPs

Lord Andrew Dunlop wants a 'Project Hope' to 'build a Union of cooperation and respect'

independence Scottish independence: Tory peer calls for 'Project Hope' to save the Union

Ian Blackford also responded to Boris Johnson's 'fatphobic' jibe

Ian Blackford emphatically responds to claim he 'gets on well' with Boris Johnson

Liquid lunches and drinks at work – Downing Street drinking culture revealed

Former Downing Street staffer reveals extreme drinking culture

Boris Johnson's favourability is now at a lower level than Theresa May's was days before she announced her resignation

UPDATED Boris Johnson is now more unpopular than Theresa May ever was as PM

Boris Johnson heads a Tory party which is mired in allegations of sleaze and improper behaviour

COMMENT Wee Ginger Dug: Judging by prime ministers past, Boris Johnson's time may be up

Boris Johnson under fire for 'stuffing' House of Lords 'full of peers'

Boris Johnson under fire for 'stuffing' House of Lords 'full of peers'

From left: John Major, David Cameron, Theresa May, Lindsay Hoyle, Priti Patel and Boris Johnson are among those to attend Westminster Cathedral for the late Sir David Amess

Pope praises Sir David Amess’s ‘devoted public service’ at cathedral service

Former attorney general Geoffrey Cox, centre, made almost £1m from a second job working in a tax haven

NATIONAL EXTRA Ruth Wishart: Tories think earning 80 grand a year is just for the little people

Theresa May, Owen Paterson (right) and Sajid Javid are among the highest earners in the House of Commons

Listed: Richest Tory MPs bring in up to an eye-watering £1.6m each in second jobs

Theresa May, who sent 'Go Home' vans onto the streets while in government, has urged Scots to reject independence and stick with the 'respected and admired' UK

Theresa May slapped down after telling Scots to stick with 'globally admired' UK

Boris Johnson faces questions of Conservative Party donors

Tory party donor made millions from alleged fraud, Pandora Papers reveal

Former prime minister Theresa May with then chief of staff Gavin Barwell (right) hosting a roundtable meeting at 10 Downing Street

exclusive Theresa May's former chief of staff admits indyref2 mandate is 'cast-iron'

Theresa May was accused of trying to introduce a 'dementia tax'

Letters Social care 'reform' attempts have led to the demise of previous PMs

Kirsten Oswald has slammed Boris Johnson

Nasty Party is back: Kirsten Oswald hits Boris Johnson over Tory track record

A displaced Somali man in a refugee camp. Charity leaders Bond say the UK overseas aid budget cut will cost lives

'Death knell for Global Britain': Aid leaders condemn cut as Tory rebellion fails

French president Emmanuel Macron delivered a calm speech at the close of the G7 summit criticising Boris Johnson's approach to Northern Ireland

'Spot on': Watch as Macron calmly picks apart Johnson's Brexit complaints

Boris Johnson said no on the basis that we 'promised' the 2014 referendum 'was a once in a generation event'

letters Boris Johnson’s reasoning for saying no to Section 30 is mince

Keir Starmer said he supported Boris Johnson’s stricter measures, which differ slightly to those put in place by Nicola Sturgeon

Police Scotland set to reject Johnson’s offer of army help against virus

Geoffrey Cox is a Brexit supporter and Boris Johnson's former attorney general

Former attorney general slams Boris Johnson's 'unconscionable' Brexit bill

Donald Trump and Alex Salmond clashed on more than one occasion over a wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire

Leaked US notes reveal Donald Trump was STILL hung up on Alex Salmond

Boris Johnson reportedly said Donald Trump was 'making America great again'

The Jouker Donald Trump thanks Boris Johnson saying they're 'working great together'

Charlie Elphicke faces the 'very real possibility' of being sentenced to prison

Former Tory MP convicted of sexually assaulting two women

Boris Johnson has faced defeat at the hands of Scotland

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: SNP need to accept Brexit ship has sailed in fight for indyref2

Theresa May did not hold back as she slammed Michael Gove in the Commons

WATCH: Furious Theresa May tears into Michael Gove over Whitehall purge

The prognosis for Scotland is getting better, as the independence polls show

comment Michael Russell: Four years of Brexit bourach has helped boost Yes

The Government led by Theresa May, in which Boris Johnson was foreign secretary for two years, has been accused of a cover-up

PM and Theresa May allegedly ignored claims Russia had 'likely hold' over Trump

The hostile environment strategy, which led to the Windrush scandal, was devised under Theresa May when she was home secretary

Human rights watchdog to probe UK Government's ‘hostile environment’ policy

Scottish Tory interim leader Jackson Carlaw was nominated by the former prime minister

WATCH: Carlaw receives CBE from Prince Charles for public and political service

The new 'celebratory' commemorative coin will be released on Friday – Brexit Day

Comment Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: New Brexit 50p's slogan comes with a wad of irony

Theresa May's Brexit deal failed to pass the House of Commons on three occasions

Theresa May's chief Brexit negotiator to be awarded knighthood

Theresa May failed to win a Brexit deal three times, now she believes Johnson is the man to do it

Former PM has 'every confidence' that Johnson can achieve new trade deal

Nicola Sturgeon wrote a letter to Theresa May in 2017, but it was not a formal request

Letters Sturgeon has not yet actually demanded a Section 30 order

Boris Johnson’s deal is an amended version of Theresa May's

COMMENT Kirsty Hughes: A deal has been done ... but what’s in it and what now?

Former PM Theresa May claims she has 'no regrets' over her career

Former PM Theresa May claims she has 'no regrets' over her career

Boris Johnson must not crash us out of the EU with No Deal

Comment Mhairi Black: Johnson is no Hulk – he's more like a shameless bully

Boris finally stumbled into the Commons last night – as boorish and defiant as usual

PREMIUM It’s crucial for SNP to pick the bold moves ... Johnson is down, not out

Geoffrey Boycott received a conviction in a French court in 1998 for assaulting his then girlfriend, Margaret Moore

Call for Geoffrey Boycott's gong from May to be revoked in abuse row

Scottish Conservative interim leader Jackson Carlaw was given a CBE

May's resignation honours dish out peerages to Tories 'like sweeties'

The economic devastation of a no-deal Brexit would merely amount to a few bumps in the road, according to Alister Jack (pictured left with Tory chair James Cleverly)

PREMIUM This is why the Scotland Office is now the Colonial Office

Boris Johnson predicts Britain is entering a new golden age.

Fact check: Boris Johnson's claims of post-Brexit 'golden age'

‘Britain’s best days lie ahead of us’ is just Boris’s version of ‘Make America great again’

Patrick Harvie: The UK has never had a more right-wing Government

All Under One Banner pro-independence march and rally in Galashiels. Photograph by Colin Mearns

PREMIUM We are on the brink of disaster and must fire the indyref2 starting gun now

Theresa May received a standing ovation from both the Tories and Liberal Democrats. Photograph: Jessica Taylor

Hypocritical Tories pay tribute to Prime Minister they hated

Theresa May leaves a legacy of a Poundland version of Donald Trump in No 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Matthew Horwood

Lest we forget Theresa May’s legacy of nothing

Scottish Social Security Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said evidence showed Universal Credit was putting people into poverty. Photograph: Ken Jack

UC is ‘pushing people into poverty ‘

Boris Johnson will officially become Prime Minister today.

Just 0.14% of UK voters have made Boris Johnson our Prime Minister

Former Prime Minister Theresa May with Mark Spencer MP and Kay Cutts. Mark Spencer is the new chief whip of the Tory party. Photograph: Matthew Lewis

Scramble for top jobs as new Prime Minister unveils ‘no deal’ Cabinet

EU Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says the Withdrawal Agreement will not reopen. Photograph: Ben Stansall

Boris Johnson's PM victory prompts cool reaction from Europe

British statesman George Canning, who holds the record as the shortest serving British Prime Minister. Photograph: Hulton Archive

How long must Boris be PM to NOT be the shortest-lived in No10?

Theresa May's final Prime Minister's Questions is this week

Fact-check: Is SNP's refusal to applaud Theresa May breaking convention?

Simon Coveney said ‘the facts don’t change around Brexit’

Brexit: Irish deputy Simon Coveney says new PM can’t scrap May’s deal