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The cross-party alliance of MPs plotting to block a no-deal Brexit is struggling to agree on a plan to stop Boris Johnson carrying it out, a senior Tory has admitted. Oliver Letwin said there were “various” ways to successfully bind the hands of the prime minister, but he was “not terribly …

The Conservative Party is still planning to hold an inquiry into Islamophobia in its ranks, party chairman James Cleverly has insisted. Mr Cleverly said that Boris Johnson would fulfil his promise, made during the Tory leadership campaign, to order a formal inquiry. The new prime minister was among several of the then leadership candidates …

The Conservative Party is facing an inquiry by the UK’s data protection watchdog after members of the public complained that they had received unsolicited emails from Boris Johnson asking for support and donations, The Independent has learned. The message was cast as a personal letter, addressed to individuals by their first names and signed: “Yours …

Boris Johnson’s new cabinet is proof that the Conservative party has “been fully taken over by the hard right,” former Tory MP Nick Boles says. In an outspoken attack, the now Independent MP accused the party he quit over the threat of a no-deal Brexit of “turning themselves” into a …

Priti Patel, who was forced to resign from Theresa May’s government after revelations she had conducted secret meetings with the Israeli government, has been brought back into the Cabinet by new prime minister Boris Johnson. Ms Patel, an ardent Leave campaigner will serve as home secretary, replacing Sajid Javid, who in turn …

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Donald Trump has raged at Democrats plotting his impeachment on Twitter, boasting about American economic achievements and accusing the “The Squad” of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. A day before ex-FBI special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before two congressional committees, Republican commentators are warning his appearance – to explain the investigation into Russian …

Boris Johnson has defeated his rival, Jeremy Hunt, in the Conservative leadership contest and will tomorrow replace Theresa May in Downing Street. Here The Independent looks at the key policy pledges made my the ex-foreign secretary during the leadership contest. Brexit We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your …

The beauty pageant contestant stripped of her Miss Michigan title over tweets dubbed “offensive” and “insensitive” has said she believes “coming out as conservative is harder than coming out as gay”. On Friday 19 July, Kathy Zhu tweeted a screenshot of an email she had received from the Miss World America …