Scott Challinor

The UK government has delayed introducing customs checks on EU goods entering the country for a fourth time since Brexit, a move which has been greeted with a mixed response from businesses and UK ports.

The Conservative party has confirmed that it is has investigated allegations of a male Tory MP having been seen watching porn on his mobile phone while sitting next to a female minister in the House of Commons, and will refer the matter to Parliament's Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme.

A study by the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance has shown that UK imports from the EU and British exports to the trading bloc were adversely affected over 2021, the year that new Brexit trading arrangements came into force.

The UK government has U-turned on its plans to turn back small boats of migrants crossing the English Channel, ahead of a judicial review that was scheduled for May 3.

Creative communications agency DRP Group has been announced as the proud recipient of a 2022 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has agreed a $44 billion [£34.5 billion] deal to take over social networking site, Twitter.

The Labour party has reiterated plans to abolish what it calls “unfair” and “outdated” non-dom taxpayer status if elected to government.

Emmanuel Macron has become the first incumbent to retain the French presidency in 20 years, after defeating rival Marine Le Pen in the French presidential run-off.

Multiple reports suggest that Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with Twitter’s executive board over the weekend to discuss for the first time his $43 billion [£33.6 billion] takeover bid for the social media network.

Adrian Hanrahan, managing director of West Midlands-based chemical manufacturer, Robinson Brothers, recently spoke of how rising costs are beginning to have an impact on business and consumer confidence.

Drivers of heavy goods vehicles [HGVs] are set to benefit from £20 million of funding for improvements to roadside facilities.

Following a five-hour debate in Parliament on Thursday, the Commons Privileges Committee has been asked to launch a probe into whether prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled his fellow MPs over Partygate.

Masrour Barzani, PM of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is visiting the UK to highlight the challenges and barriers to local reform,, the status of Erbil’s ongoing negotiations with Baghdad, and to present his vision for a new system of confederation in the Middle Eastern country.

Partygate, the government’s plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, and comments made by the PM about the Archbishop of Canterbury and the BBC were all on the agenda as Boris Johnson faced MPs again at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

Prime minister Boris Johnson was grilled by MPs in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, after he was fined by the police for having broken his own lockdown laws.