Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of The Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories
Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of The Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories
The Deputy Prime Minister was grilled over looming funding cuts to boroughs such as Richmond and Kingston
The Times reported that Prime Minister had gone against the wishes of the Monarch by bringing forward Trump’s state visit to September
The Cabinet minister also told how Britain has to strengthen its homeland defences against the threat of war
US President’s claim to have ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear sites is contradicted by early Pentagon assessment
City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved
Sir Keir Starmer’s party is on 32% - an 11 point drop since the general election last July, according to the new poll
The Prime Minister stressed Britain has been plunged into an ‘era of radical uncertainty’ by growing threats
The UN’s nuclear watchdog is calling for a ceasefire so its inspectors can verify what has happened to some 400kg of highly enriched uranium in Iran
The Foreign Secretary is stressing that that the Middle East, and beyond, is at a ‘moment of peril’
EXCLUSIVE: Westminster councillor Laila Cunningham is quitting the Conservatives saying she can no longer ‘defend failure’
Leading economists warn suburban boroughs such as Kingston, Richmond, Bromley and Barnet could be hit hard, as well as Westminster and Wandsworth
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been working with the Israeli government on flights back to the UK
Future of carnival in doubt after a review identified ‘critical public safety concerns’ due to vast crowds
Israel has launched more air strikes on Tehran and Iran hit a hospital in southern Israel
Sir John Sawers, head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 2009 to 2014, believes it may be better if the US president ‘got on with it’
Ayatollah warns any US air strikes on Iran would have ‘serious irreparable consequences’ as US President considers military action
The change is set to come as some 17,000 economic migrants and asylum seekers have already reached UK shores so far this year
HS2 has made UK a 'laughing stock' on infrastructure, says minister as high speed line timetable hits the buffers
Repairing the 138-year-old bridge, which has been closed to motor vehicles for six years, would be a major boost to west London
Baroness Casey found ‘deep-rooted failures’ to protect children from rape, exploitation, and violence, with continued fragmentation in the authorities' response
The Government has now ordered a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after the shocking findings