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Johnson faces MPs’ fury over Downing Street sleaze claims
Labour urge Speaker to summon senior minister as poll reveals 40% of voters think Tories are corrupt Labour is aiming to force a senior minister before parliament this week to… »
The return of Tory sleaze: a scandal set to haunt Boris Johnson
What began as the shaming of David Cameron now threatens to drag the current government into a cesspit It has been a dreadful few weeks for David Cameron, the former… »
Boris Johnson confirms easing of England lockdown next week
PM says pubs, hairdressers, shops and gyms can open, but resumption of foreign travel next month remains in doubt Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Life will… »
Pubs that check Covid status may be allowed to drop social distancing
Exclusive: plan under consideration as Boris Johnson tells MPs landlords should set criteria for entry Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Pubs could be allowed to ditch… »
Tory MPs warn Johnson not to extend Covid curbs
The prime minister is under pressure to resist an ‘excess of caution’ as a third wave of infections grips Europe Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris… »
‘No 10 was a plague pit’: how Covid brought Westminster to its knees
Insiders tell of a Whitehall in panic mode and reveal virus spread far more widely than was acknowledged Westminster is an infectious place. A tiny germ of controversy or rebellion… »
Boris Johnson ‘a liar’ who will seek to blame Brexit costs on Covid, says diplomat
Sylvie Bermann, France’s UK ambassador during Brexit vote, assesses PM’s pandemic handling alongside Donald Trump Boris Johnson is “an unrepentant and inveterate liar” who feels he is not subject to… »
UK Covid live: poorer pupils show 50% more ‘learning loss’ than wealthy ones, says report
DfE report says attainment gap may have been widened by pandemic; MPs told that only 150 people a day go into mandatory hotel quarantine Johnson pledges more Covid support in… »
Whitty at odds with Johnson over ‘big bang’ reopening of schools in England
Exclusive: chief medical officer is said to be ‘very unhappy’ with plans for all children to go back to class on 8 March A row has broken out over Boris… »
UK Covid live: plan to ease lockdown will aim to be ‘cautious but irreversible’, says Boris Johnson
Latest updates: PM hopes to offer dates for sectors to reopen ‘if we possibly can’; case rates fall in nearly 95% of UK local authorities First travellers arrive at Covid… »
Ministers flatly reject Tory demands to end Covid controls by May
Backbenchers’ calls dismissed but clamour for a more fixed schedule seems set to increase Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Downing Street is pushing back against pressure… »
Keir Starmer facing pressure to end silence on Tory Brexit failures
The Labour leader is being urged to hold Boris Johnson to account for the damage being caused by his flawed trade deal with the EU Labour leader Keir Starmer is… »
Covid: UK failed to heed the virus alerts, says vaccine creator
Poll support grows for government’s action as Johnson to announce that Britain is on course to hit 15 million inoculation target Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage… »
Boris Johnson ‘optimistic’ about easing some England lockdown measures
Prime minister says priority is to reopen schools on 8 March once 15m in priority groups vaccinated Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has said… »
Success of vaccine rollout pushes Tories ahead of Labour in the polls
Boris Johnson moves ahead of Keir Starmer as the person seen as the best prime minister The Conservatives have regained the lead against Labour in the latest Opinium poll for… »
UK Covid live: ‘written declaration’ needed to leave country, Priti Patel says, as hotel quarantine confirmed
Schools in England will not return immediately after half-term; arrivals from South Africa and South America will face mandatory quarantine Boris Johnson hopes schools in England will reopen from 8… »
UK mayors urge Boris Johnson to commit to tougher air pollution targets
Cross-party group sign joint letter after inquest into death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah City mayors representing more than 17 million people across the UK are urging Boris Johnson to commit… »
New quarantine rules expected for travellers to UK
Measure would be an ‘effective closure of our borders’, the airline industry says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is expected to sign off sweeping… »
New UK Covid variant may be 30% more deadly, says Johnson
PM warns B117 may increase death rate as well as being up to 70% more transmissible Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The new UK coronavirus variant… »
UK Covid live: R-value falls to 0.8-1; one in 35 Londoners and one in 55 in England tested positive last week – ONS
Latest updates: percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 remained high but decreased slightly in week ending 16 January Data shows slight fall in people testing positive in England Foreign… »
Johnson raises fears of lockdown in England continuing into summertime
No 10 wary of talking about easing restrictions as infection rate remains high Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson raised fears that tough Covid restrictions… »
UK Covid live: school reopening in England could be staggered by region, says medical chief
Latest updates: Jenny Harries says schools likely to reopen sooner in areas with dropping infection rates English schools may reopen regionally, medical chief suggests Covid-related care home deaths in England… »
UK Covid live: Dido Harding rejects claims test and trace only having marginal impact on transmission
Latest news: Dido Harding facing questions from public accounts committee; UK records 599 further Covid deaths and 37,535 cases Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, PM told… »
Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, Boris Johnson told
Thinktank adds to pressure on PM from opposition to extend £20-a-week universal credit uplift Boris Johnson cannot claim to be “levelling up” the UK if he persists with a planned… »
UK shuts travel corridors and requires negative Covid tests to enter
All foreign arrivals will also have to quarantine in toughening of measures in response to new strains Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has announced… »
Regulator refuses to approve mass Covid testing at schools in England
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raised Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s plans to test… »
UK coronavirus live: MPs pass new lockdown laws by 524-16 as daily death toll hits second wave high
Latest updates: UK also records 62,322 more cases in new record; MPs debate lockdown; education secretary confirms England exams cancelled GCSEs, A-Levels and Sats scrapped in England this year Johnson… »
Strict Covid restrictions could last months, Boris Johnson signals
PM says lifting lockdown is subject to ‘lots of caveats’ as figures show 1m people in England have Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain could… »
Covid lockdown in England likely in place until March, Gove warns
Minister says time needed for vaccine to take effect means restrictions cannot definitely be lifted in mid-February Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The third national lockdown… »
Foreign secretary hints he believes same Russian cell behind Salisbury poisoning and Czech explosion The British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said the UK stood in “full support” of the Czech… »
First minister tells PM that Scots must not have their democratic will thwarted by Westminster government in run-up to elections Related: Ignoring the will of the Scots would be an… »
