The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Represents Shakespeare's constituency and has spoken of how poet Philip Larkin helped him improve his English as a teenager

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, gravely wounded by the resignation of ministers who said he was not fit to govern and with a growing number of lawmakers calling for him to go. Johnson's finance and health secretaries quit on Tuesday, along with several in…

Asian shares are mostly lower after tepid trading on Wall Street amid worries about a global recession

The pound began falling again on the foreign exchanges on Wednesday afternoon as the deepening political turmoil at Westminster unnerved investors.

Rishi Sunak quit as chancellor and Sajid Javid resigned as the UK’s health secretary

Moments after landing at Standsted Airport following an eight-day foreign jaunt, Boris Johnson received a phone call that set in motion the chain of events which could end his premiership

Levelling up secretary had told PM to step down in face-to-face meeting as Simon Hart says it is too late to ‘turn the ship around’

Boris Johnson has been dealt the biggest blow of his premiership by the resignations of two senior cabinet ministers in the wake of his handling of the row over scandal-hit former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.

There are mounting fears increased living costs could tip the UK into a recession.