The Conservatives threatened with deselection if they vote against Johnson’s Brexit plansThe prime minister has cancelled a meeting with Tory rebels – dubbed the “Gaukeward squad” after the former justice secretary David Gauke – and issued an ultimatum that they either get behind the government’s Brexit plans or lose the...

Exclusive: ‘culture of disbelief’ excludes at least 3,100 nationals from countries outlawing same-sex acts The UK Home Office has refused at least 3,100 asylum claims from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) nationals of countries where consensual same-sex acts are criminalised, figures show.At least 1,197 LGBT Pakistanis were refused asylum...