Alex Wickham is a senior reporter with BuzzFeed News and is based in London.
The prime minister unveiled a three stage plan for how he hopes to ease restrictions, with primary schools and some shops possibly reopening in June, and some of the hospitality industry returning in July.
Some Number 10 advisers, cabinet ministers, top civil servants, and “a clear majority” of Tory MPs initially lobbied for a “rival” exit strategy, BuzzFeed News can reveal.
Exclusive: BuzzFeed News has obtained all seven of the guidance documents drawn up by ministers that will form the basis for the government’s proposals to get people back to work in the coming weeks.
New data seen by ministers and government scientists shows the proportion of severely obese people in ICUs is twice the proportion in the general population.
At his first press conference since he was hospitalised with the virus, Boris Johnson said the UK was "past the peak" of the outbreak and "on the downward slope".
The UK's health secretary has staked his political reputation on hitting the target by April 30, bringing in the army to help an operation described by insiders as at times like a “French farce” and a game of "whack-a-mole".
Insiders at the UK's biggest selling Sunday title say relations with Downing Street have broken down after a series of investigations focusing on the prime minister.
Ministers are answering criticism by insisting they were “guided by the science”. But government experts say the science is “riddled with doubt, uncertainty, and debate”.
A "best-case scenario" would see some nonessential retail shops and industries reopen in early to mid-May and further social distancing measures relaxed over the summer, but the elderly and would still face strict "shielding" restrictions until a vaccine is found.
A Conservative candidate shared a 5G petition, and Labour and Lib Dem councillors have suggested Boris Johnson faked his illness.
The Tory leadership candidate assured reporters on Monday morning that he’d never broken the criminal law, but later clarified that in response to questions from BuzzFeed News.
Nigel Farage distanced himself from his party's national election agent after BuzzFeed News uncovered the posts.
Exclusive: Mick Murphy shared a post mocking Muslim women wearing the burqa. He has recently shared an image mocking Diane Abbott.
From a Great British Bake Off judge's son to someone who published naked pictures of students in a magazine called Intercourse, here's the new team running the country.
Newly elected Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis told BuzzFeed News the claims were "nonsense".
Tim Montgomerie praised the "interesting early thinking on the limits of liberalism" by Hungary's authoritarian government at an event hosted by a right-wing think tank.
Banging the drum for "Global Britain"...and her own personal social media brand.
Another Labour MP repeatedly called his colleague a “poof” during a raucous late-night bus trip last year.
Lev Mikheev has donated £10,000 to Stewart’s bid to be prime minister. He previously set up a fund that focussed on Russia and the former Soviet Union.
*Fast-forward three months...* "Please vote for my deal?"