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Former Tory Chief Whip Mark Harper (pictured) claimed sticking to the October 31 date for Britain to leave the EU would only boost Nigel Farage when it failed to materialise.

Questions had been raised over what Mrs May would do after relinquishing Downing Street. But during a muted Prime Minister's Questions today she confirmed that she intended to remain an MP.

Scott's Fish and Chips, on the A64 at Bilborough near York has become a big hit with Chinese tourists who visit in their coachloads every week hungry for a taste of classic British food.

In a keynote speech in London, Sajid Javid said Nigel Farage 'deserved credit' for leaving Ukip as it lurched to the far-Right when taken over by Gerard Batten and Tommy Robinson.

The frontrunner to become the UK's next Prime Minister will promote Liz Truss in an attempt to confront his 'women problem', allies believe. Pictured: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

The Labour Party risked ridicule today after it attacked Boris Johnson for being 'scruffy' despite Jeremy Corbyn's own history of being criticised over his own appearance.

The incoming premier is said to have loudly told Downing Street staff the monarch said 'I don't know why anyone would want the job' during official audience, as he entered No 10 for the first time.

The ex-PM and his wife Samantha, 48, have been given permission to build a games room to house a snooker table in the garden of their retreat in the pretty village of Trebetherick, Cornwall

Enam Ali, 58, was arrested after police raided a restaurant in Surrey whose A-list diners have included Johnny Depp and Pierce Brosnan. It is understood he has been released under investigation.

Love Island forgot one of the golden rules of television, and life in fact. Never tell the British public who to like - who they should like or even who they do like - and certainly not who to vote for.

The Prime Minister is said to have hired Isaac Levido as his director of politics and campaigning. He was a former deputy to Mr Crosby, who oversaw David Cameron's win four years ago.

The proposals include a monument and education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens which sits next to the Palace of Westminster in London.

'Look at me, I'm different,' special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson Cummings appears to be saying with his body language, writes Dan Hodges.

The Conservatives could lose more than half the constituencies they need to defend against the resurgent Liberal Democrats.

The former Prime Minister, 52, had allowed 15-year-old Nancy to invite school friends to the family's property in Cornwall. But he threw them out when they partied until 3am and invited boys over.

David Cameron was spotted on the beach in Cornwall yesterday in a scene which draws direct comparison to Daniel Craig appearing in the 2006 James Bond movie Casino Royale.

PETER OBORNE: Jeremy Corbyn has been a disappointment. This is not because he's too radical and Left-wing. It's because he has shown no leadership whatsoever.

Bake Off star baker Prue Leith will advise an independent review of NHS food - but her son is already a very senior government adviser.

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.

David Cameron's Conservative Party officials tried to block Jacob Rees-Mogg from entering Parliament at the 2010 Election because he was too white and 'posh.'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on a private cabinet paper that former leader, Oxford-educated David Cameron was a 'girly swot'.

David Cameron is finally preparing to unleash his potentially explosive autobiography this weekend.

Charlie asked on the flagship BBC show whether he could sue David Cameron for for causing 'mental distress' by sparking the debacle.

David Cameron has admitted he thinks about the EU referendum every single day and says he does not support Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament.

SIMON WALTERS: When I interviewed David Cameron a few days before the 2015 election, I was taken aback (pictured with Boris Johnson in 2015).

David Cameron said Boris Johnson and Michael Gove 'left the truth at home' with claims that EU membership cost £350million a week and that Turkey would join the bloc.

He originally had planning permission to create a 'sensational party barn'. Clarkson's latest request has been lodged with West Oxfordshire District Council.

The incendiary promise - which would see a former Prime Minister actively working against his own party - comes amid furious backlash over the publication of Cameron's explosive memoirs.

MATTHEW GOODWIN: To many hard-working and patriotic Brits, Cameron epitomises a smug, wealthy and distant liberal caste.

The Conservative former prime minister (pictured) said Mr Johnson privately claimed there could be a 'fresh renegotiation, followed by a second referendum' - which he now says he opposes.

The former PM describes in his new memoirs the heartbreaking pain of watching Ivan, who had Ohtahara syndrome, endure up to 30 seizures a day and the 'torture' of grief after his 2009 death.

The ex-prime minister revealed that his former chancellor and right-hand man had urged him 'destroy their credibility' as leaders of the Leave campaign, saying they were 'killing' his leadership.

The monarch made a surprise plea to Scots to 'think very carefully' about how they would vote, just a week before the 2014 vote. The No campaign went on to win the vote 55 per cent to 45 per cent.

Mr Cameron has been scathing about the comments made on immigration by the then employment minister in the run-up to the June 2016 vote.

Michael Gove famously sabotaged the current UK Prime Minister's first leadership bid in 2016 by launching his own rival campaign, forcing Boris Johnson (pictured together) to pull out.

David and Samantha Cameron (pictured together in 1995) first met when the young Samantha Sheffield was just 17 and grew close on a family holiday organised by Mr Cameron's father in Italy.

The Guardian was today branded 'inhumane' after claiming David Cameron's wealth and power meant he only suffered 'privileged pain' when his disabled son Ivan died in 2009.

The European Commission chief tried to reassure the outgoing Mr Cameron at a Brussels summit just days after the EU referendum result in 2016, according to the ex-PM's new memoirs.

Michael Gove assured the then-PM that he would 'make one speech and that's it' after he came out in favour of Brexit, Mr Cameron (pictured in an ITV interview today) has revealed.

The former Prime Minister (pictured in the interview which aired tonight) admitted he was 'haunted' by his defeat in the 2016 referendum but defended his decision to call it, insisting it was 'inevitable'.

David Cameron (pictured in an ITV interview which aired last night) also criticised Mr Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament, accusing him of 'sharp practice'.

David Cameron (pictured) said he was 'haunted' and 'deeply pained' by the current political landscape and was 'deeply sorry' about what had happened since the UK's 2016 referendum.

Former PM David Cameron insisted that the cuts had been necessary and suggested he should have forced them through faster.

Former PM David Cameron has come up with a way of easing his pain over the disastrous end to his timing in No10 - by hunting and naming his prey after Boris Johnson and Michael Gove.

SARAH VINE: They were not bound by class or school, but by something else: real friendship, not just as individuals, but also, and perhaps even more so, between their wives.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The image of David Cameron and Ivan sledging near their home in Oxfordshire, can be revealed ahead of the publication of the former PM's memoir.