The Latest Breaking News from Kit Malthouse

The Prime Minister took a ‘joyride’ in a Typhoon fighter jet and held a party at Chequers while colleagues held emergency meetings.

Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have decided not to participate

Prime minister visits air show as UK swelters in extreme weather

Downing Street defended the PM's absence from the third crisis briefing in a row after he spent the morning at Farnborough Air Show, in Hampshire

The UK has a “difficult 48 hours coming”, Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse said

Penny Mordaunt has been accused of missing ministerial meetings because she was plotting her leadership bid.

Britain was on course for its hottest day on record on Monday with temperatures forecast to hit 40C for the first time, forcing train companies to cancel services, schools to close early and ministers to urge the public to stay at home. Much of Europe is baking in a heatwave…

Penny Mordaunt’s ministerial boss, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said colleagues had to pick up the pieces due to the trade minister’s absence

Chief meteorologist says extreme temperatures ‘entirely consistent’ with human-induced climate crisis

Britain was braced for temperatures to hit 40C for the first time this week, with ministers urging the public to stay at home as the heatwave caused train services to be cancelled, one London airport to shut its runway and some schools to close.

Boris Johnson was at Chequers over the weekend where he hosted friends for a party.