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Shamima Begum has lost her legal challenge over the decision to deprive her of her British citizenship.

Travel plans are being altered, ministerial meetings in Westminster are being cancelled, as Rishi Sunak has now finally called the much-anticipated General Election for July 4 - and with more than 100 MPs throwing in the towel at this election, including a former Prime Minister, the next parliament will look very different.

A would-be MP chosen by his party to stand in a potential by-election in Lanarkshire has issued a public challenge for any eventual winner to live on the average worker’s wage.

Around 200 people, including a string of well-known politicians and journalists, have attended the wedding of George Osborne to his long-term partner amid a mystery over an email apparently sent to guests.

Nigel Lawson has sadly died at the age of 91.Tributes have started to pour in for the Conservative former chancellor, who was also the father of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, 63. Following a report in the Telegraph, former prime minister Boris Johnson, Tory chairman Greg hands and ex-chancellor Sajid Javid were among those marking his death. “Nigel Lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism," Johnson said.

Former Conservative Party MP, Chancellor and journalist Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91.

Shamima Begum has lost a legal challenge over the decision to deprive her of her British citizenship.

Shamima Begum will today find out whether she has won an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship. Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in February 2015.

Sajid Javid.Others, such as Piers Morgan on his show Uncensored, criticised The Daily Show for falsely portraying the UK as a racist country.Responding to Piers on Twitter, Noah said: “C’mon Piers you're smarter than that.“I wasn't saying 'The entire UK is racist', I was responding to the racists who don't want Rishi as PM because of his race...“That's why I said 'Some people’."However, Piers retaliated to Trevor by saying: “No, you c'mon Trevor... there was no 'backlash' in the UK to Rishi Sunak becoming PM because of his heritage.“You made that up to create a racism narrative that simply didn't happen... “And we Brits are bored of US media (& disingenuous duchesses) making us out to be a bunch of racists.”It comes after the presenter released his monologue, titled “Unpacking the backlash against new UK PM Rishi Sunak.”He said: “What I mean by that is this, you hear a lot of the people saying 'Oh, they're taking over, now the Indians are going to take over Great Britain and what's next?'“And I always find myself going 'So what? What are you afraid of?'”Former chancellor and health secretary Mr Javid shared the clip and wrote: “Simply wrong.“A narrative catered to his audience, at a cost of being completely detached from reality.”Asked whether Mr Sunak believes Britain is a racist country, a Downing Street spokeswoman said: “No he doesn’t.”In the comments section on the short clip, viewed over 850,000 times, social media users also criticised Noah for “projecting” his “American” views on race onto Britain. Tom Harwood said: “What backlash? Where? You’re making things up.” Mike Preston wrote: "I wasn't aware there had been a backlash except among the woke left such as Noah.

Trevor Noah’s days as host of The Daily Show are coming to an end but he still knows how to cause a stir.

Trevor Noah’s days as host of The Daily Show are coming to an end but he still knows how to cause a stir.

Kwasi Kwarteng has paid the price for the chaos unleashed by his mini-budget as he was reportedly sacked by Liz Truss.

The government has confirmed when a decision will be made on whether or not to raise benefits in line with inflation or earnings.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie celebrated their wedding at the grand Cotswolds estate of a major Tory donor with guests including staunch loyalists Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries.

Scott Bryan This has been the weirdest week in British television in a long time.In the days leading up to Boris Johnson’s resignation, the number of gaffes and surreal moments captured on live television became almost impossible to track. But in many ways, these moments reflected the surreal mood of the country as the prime minister refused to step down, despite more than 50 government resignations.Take the political coverage from College Green, a public park in Westminster and a popular location for interviews with politicians.

Boris Johnson for drama This England following his resignation, according to reports.Today (July 7) Johnson agreed to resign as Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister, with a new leader set to be appointed by autumn.His departure comes after Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and more than 50 other Conservative MPs resigned from certain roles in the party.According to Variety, upcoming Sky drama This England won’t be filming any scenes to reflect Johnson’s past 48 hours and resignation.

After stubbornly digging his heels in this week, Boris Johnson has resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party.

After a seismic 36 hours during which British politics has been rocked, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down and the British media is in overdrive speculating on what happens next. In the UK broadcasting world, questions will soon be raised about a future that will almost certainly have a different Culture Secretary than current incumbent Nadine Dorries.

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the UK.The PM announced his resignation outside Number 10 Downing Street after almost three years in power.His resignation came in the wake of the departure of the former Health Secretary Sajid Javid and the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the resignations of over 50 MPs.Johnson has since been under increasing pressure to step down from his role as PM.Speaking outside Number 10, he said: “It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and so a new Prime Minister.“I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this government in getting Brexit done, to settling our relations with the continent… reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in Parliament.”Johnson added: “To [the] new leader… I say I will give you as much support as I can. And to you, the British public.

Loose Women has been pulled from ITV’s schedule today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign around lunchtime. The daytime series has been replaced by the news to air Johnson’s expected resignation speech and the political decisions that will need to be made as a result. Fans of the talk show will have to tune in tomorrow for the next instalment or catch up with the week’s episodes on the ITVHub.

Boris Johnson‘s imminent resignation as Prime Minister.Johnson is reportedly set to quit today (July 7) following the recent resignations of Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and over 50 other MPs.It came after Johnson apologised for appointing Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip despite knowing about a 2019 investigation into inappropriate behaviour made against Pincher. The MP resigned last week after being accused of groping two men in a private members club.“In hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do,” Johnson said earlier this week (via Reuters).