Backbenchers take issue with request, pointing out proof was not needed for 1922 Committee drinks on Monday
Boris Johnson has left some Conservative MPs bristling, after they were told to bring proof of their Covid vaccine or test status along to a drinks reception in Downing Street on Tuesday night.
The prime minister is hosting various groups in No 10 over the next few weeks, in part to try to smooth tensions with his backbenchers after a tricky summer for the government and ahead of an autumn of further challenges, including increasing national insurance to fund more social care funding, ending the pensions triple lock, and scrapping the £20 universal credit uplift.