Shamima Begum, one of three London schoolgirls who ran away to join Islamic State fighters in Syria in 2015 now wants to return to Britain.

YouGov polling of more than 40,000 people to forecast individual constituency results – using the MRP model which foresaw the 2017 hung parliament – has the Conservatives five points clear of Labour, but only gaining four seats

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention figures

The number of Brits who think being called back to the ballot box was the most likely next step in the course of Brexit has almost halved since mid-January

Nissan has abandoned plans to build the new X-Trail SUV at its Sunderland plant, claiming that they had taken the decision for “business reasons” but tellingly also warning that uncertainty over Brexit was making it hard for businesses to plan for the future.

It’s as perennial as drivers finding themselves snow-bound on Bodmin Moor in a winter storm. Every year defence chiefs complain that they’re being asked to run the armed forces on a shoe-string, and every year MPs complain that the suits in the Ministry of Defence haven’t got a clue about financial management. Eventually the row thaws and we forget about it all until the next one. But is it time to get a grip: to make up our minds what we really expect from our armed forces, make a realistic assessment of what it would cost and then decide whether or not we’re prepared to pay for it?

Most business leaders voted to stay in the EU but now see a No Deal Brexit as the most likely outcome - a third feel unprepared for what’s coming

Despite riding high in the aftermath of the 2017 general election, the Labour leader's favourability rating has returned to its pre-election doldrums and Brexit is a big part of the reason why

Britons would want the EU to agree to an extension request, although MPs seem to have other ideas

Last week the high-tech vacuum cleaner and hand dryer company Dyson announced that it would be moving its headquarters from Wiltshire to Singapore in order to “future proof” itself.