Politics

Boris Johnson has thanked voters in Labour heartlands who voted Tory for the first time to give him his general election victory.

Boris Johnson has spurned Nicola Sturgeon's renewed call for a second referendum on Scottish independence in his first act as prime minister with a commanding commons majority.

Boris Johnson's gamble of calling an early election has paid off.

Brexit has dominated the British political landscape for more than three years - and while it may still be many months before Boris Johnson "gets it done" there are other pressing domestic issues for him to look at.

Jeremy Corbyn is to stand down as Labour leader following a "period of reflection".