Scott Challinor

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has presented his first Budget in the House of Commons, laying out the government’s plans for tax and expenditure for the year.

Five senior figures in the US Republican Party have gone into self-isolation after encountering an individual at the CPAC conference in February who has since tested positive for Covid-19.

Following an emergency Cobra meeting, it has been decided that the UK will remain in the “containment” phase of the government’s four-point plan to curb the coronavirus outbreak for the time being.

Prime minister Boris Johnson will hold an emergency Cobra meeting on Monday to decide whether to trigger plans to delay the spreading of coronavirus in the UK.

US president Donald Trump has told Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque that aerial spraying to destroy coca crops must resume to sustain the crackdown on drugs.

The UK government will pledge £46 million toward efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and a quick-fire rapid results test to check whether someone has the virus, prime minister Boris Johnson has said.

Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier has said that a “good agreement for both sides” is attainable after the opening round of trade deal negotiations with the UK this week, but warned that “serious” differences remain.

The Welsh Conservative party’s assembly group leader, Paul Davies, has promised to "end the assembly gravy train" and "cut the cost politics" if his party wins the Senedd election next May.

Former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, has withdrawn from the running to become the US presidential candidate for the Democratic Party ahead of the 2020 elections.

Joe Biden’s bid to become the US Democratic presidential candidate received a major boost on Super Tuesday as he won nine of the 14 states that voted, putting frontrunner Bernie Sanders under pressure.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on course to secure 59 seats in the Israeli general election, putting his Likud party just two short of an overall majority according to a revised exit poll.

US business magnate Jack Welch has passed away at the age of 84.

Former mayor of Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, has withdrawn from the campaign to become the presidential candidate for the Democratic party.

The UK government’s mandate for trade talks with the EU includes continuing with the EU’s £85 billion Horizon Europe science programme after the Brexit transition period ends.

Frontrunner Sir Keir Starmer has been tipped to win the Labour leadership contest in the first round with more than 50 per cent of the vote, following a poll carried out by YouGov and Sky News.