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NewsYahoo News UKWho’s the odds-on favourite to replace Boris Johnson?
With an ever increasing likelihood of Boris Johnson being kicked out by his own MPs, or having to quit, Yahoo News UK looks at the leading contenders to replace him.
NewsYahoo News UK'Silenced!' Muslim MP shut down in Parliament while asking about 'government's disgusting racism'
Imran Hussain was shut down by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle after raising concerns about Islamophobia.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP campaigning for every home to be entitled to free portrait of the Queen
Joy Morrissey said she will be lobbying Boris Johnson to give it 'careful consideration'.
NewsYahoo News UK'Appalling': Tory MPs reject deadline to make tower block cladding safe within five years of Grenfell
Conservative MPs have been branded 'appalling' after voting down a 'cast-iron deadline' of June 2022 to complete building safety works amid the cladding crisis.
NewsYahoo News UKEx-Tory MP says £30,000 taxpayer cash a year isn’t enough to refurbish Boris Johnson’s flat
Victoria Borwick said questions should be asked about 'only' getting £30,000 a year to renovate the flat in 11, Downing Street.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP dismisses importance of Boris Johnson flat scandal – 'I get more emails about bees'
A Conservative MP has said she has been getting 10 times more emails about bees than the Boris Johnson flat scandal.
NewsYahoo News UK‘This is censorship’: Matt Hancock point blank refuses to answer repeated questions about Tory sleaze
Matt Hancock has been accused of 'censorship' after refusing to answer questions about the Boris Johnson flat refurbishment scandal.
NewsYahoo News UKLabour accuses Boris Johnson of lying over flat scandal – ‘We need to know who paid for the bed he sleeps in’
One shadow minister demanded: 'We really need to know who the prime minister is beholden to.'
NewsYahoo News UKMPs call for investigation amid claims 'lavish' Boris Johnson flat refurbishment possibly illegal
The PM and the Tory Party are facing calls to be investigated over potential law breaking after it was reported the party paid the initial costs for refurbishing his Downing Street flat.
NewsYahoo News UKMinisters tie themselves in knots refusing to answer question about Boris Johnson flat scandal
It’s the seemingly simple question two cabinet ministers have now tied themselves in knots over.
NewsYahoo News UKAstonishing moment Tory MP announces milk protest during COVID law debate
Sir Charles Walker, who has a history of anti-lockdown outbursts in the House of Commons, said the milk will 'represent' his protest.
NewsYahoo News UK‘Dad was dead in seconds’: Why this Tory MP is trying to change the law on one-punch assaults
Conservative MP Dehenna Davison, whose dad was killed with a single punch 14 years ago, has launched a cross-party probe into one-punch assaults.
NewsYahoo News UKAll but one Tory MP refused to vote on free school meals
Boris Johnson ordered his MPs to abstain, saying Labour was 'pulling a political stunt'.
NewsYahoo News UKNot every COVID death is a tragedy, Tory MP says
A Conservative MP has said not every coronavirus death is a tragedy as he appealed for older people to be given freedom from Boris Johnson’s restrictions.
NewsYahoo News UKZero Tory MPs show up for 'vital' debate on racism – 'What message does this send?'
Labour MP Sarah Owen, who led the debate, said: 'It sends a really, really damning message.'
NewsYahoo News UKEx-MP Charlie Elphicke chanted ‘I’m a naughty Tory’ after sexually assaulting woman, court hears
The former Conservative MP is standing trial facing one count of sexual assault in 2007 and two further counts against a second woman in 2016.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP says Boris Johnson's cabinet has 'forgotten' women during easing of lockdown
Caroline Nokes criticised the government for making decisions 'driven by men, for men, ignoring the voices of women'.
NewsYahoo News UKTories ban BBC publishing photos of Robert Jenrick and billionaire property developer at party fundraising dinner
It comes amid the row over Richard Desmond’s £1bn, 1,500-home scheme in east London.
NewsYahoo News UKMajority of black Britons think the Conservative Party is institutionally racist
A CNN poll found that 58% of black people and 39% of white people in the UK think the Tories are institutionally racist.
NewsYahoo News UKMP claims teaching unions care more about making Tories look bad than getting children back to school
Tom Hunt, who sits on the House of Commons education committee, said unions have been 'more motivated by scoring political points'.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP calls for UK to cut all ties with EU amid 'unacceptable' migrant crossings
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt claimed the UK’s close links to the EU under the Brexit 'transition period' are making the return of illegal immigrants more difficult.
NewsYahoo News UKThe Conservative MPs who think news coverage of coronavirus is too negative
Here is how the government and some Tory MPs have turned their fire towards the media.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP says coronavirus lockdown must not last three months as 'money does not grow on trees'
Sir Robert Syms said a longer lockdown will 'undermine' the UK’s ability to fund the NHS.
NewsYahoo News UKCoronavirus: Nearly two-thirds of Brits support parties forming national unity government to tackle crisis
Even a majority of Conservative voters support the idea.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP apologises after telling constituent asking about sick pay to 'get a life'
Pauline Latham, MP for Mid Derbyshire, made the retort when asked about statutory sick pay.
