The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

THE SNP president has called out a Tory peer who said Scotland “always wanted” to implement different Covid rules.

The shabby state of British democracy was made plain by a king’s speech tailored not for the country’s needs, but the Tories’ own grubby ends, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

THE Conservatives are facing allegations they covered up for a serial rapist MP and made “support” payments to one alleged victim.

Exclusive: Measure in planned bill stopping sale of new properties under leasehold in England and Wales likely to only cover houses

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed the Israel-Hamas war and the situation in Palestine during a phone call on Friday. The two prime ministers also talked about the on-going India-U.K. trade deal negotiations.

The Foreign Office said more UK nationals were able cross into Egypt on Thursday, but declined to say how many.

Elon Musk is set for Downing Street talks with Rishi Sunak today following the AI safety summit. It’s after the Prime Minister said “we can’t be certain” about the risks of artificial intelligence, but there is a possibility they could be on a similar scale to pandemics and nuclear war.…

Britons remain trapped in the territory as Israel continues its war on Hamas and the death toll rises further.

Around 200 UK citizens have registered as being in the strip with the Foreign Office.