Boris Johnson has insisted 14 months will be enough time to secure a trade agreement with the EU, amid concerns the UK could still leave without a deal.

Two national newspapers in the UK have threatened to launch a legal challenge if the UK's Parole Board does not disclose its reasons for approving the release of black cab rapist John Worboys from prison.

A senior DUP member has said the chances of reaching a deal with the Conservatives to prop up Theresa May's minority government are "very good".

France’s finance minister said yesterday that Paris had not restricted the use of HSBC client data it passed on to UK authorities to help pursue tax evaders, contradicting comments by a senior British official.

British chancellor George Osborne’s promise to clamp down on a tax avoidance loophole widely used by multinational technology companies could actually result in a reduction in the amount of money the government takes in, the Chartered Institute of Taxation has warned.