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Moment comes amid reports UK may make switch back to imperial units

Downing Street hopes supermarket’s ‘small C conservatives’ will keep PM in power – but Colin Drury finds them unconvinced

A steady stream of Tories have backed a ballot to decide Boris Johnson’s future, or called for him to step down

Andrew Bridgen told constituents he is again calling for a confidence vote following “further revelations over the past week”.

‘He needs to provide some months of diligent and competent government ... And frankly, we need to see a little less of him’

Conservative lawmaker Jeremy Wright, a former British minister and attorney general, said on Monday he believed Prime Minister Boris Johnson had damaged the government's authority and should resign.

Downing Street has said the government does not anticipate having to ration electricity this winter but has admitted it is “planning for all scenarios” as the war in Ukraine threatens energy supplies to Europe.

As the UK prepares to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70th anniversary on the British throne this week, media reports say that Prime Minister Boris Johnnson is set to announce the return of imperial measurements to mark the occasion, which many believe is a stunt to distract from a series of…

‘The prime minister must come clean with the British people,’ says Labour deputy leader

Downing Street’s decision to slash civil service jobs will cause ‘huge delays’ for people accessing service, Angela Rayner warns

Three senior aides who are claimed to have lobbied Sue Gray not to publish some names of those attending lockdown parties were named today