Latest updates: prime minister faces Labour leader in Commons before a rumoured cabinet overhaul later todayBring in measures or risk 7,000 daily Covid hospitalisations, Sage warnsCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.0…
UK Covid live: Boris Johnson says he will not rule out ‘plan B’ of vaccine passports, masks and homeworking
Prime minister sets out more details of government winter plans after announcement of ‘plan A’ booster jabsMandatory masks could return this winter, says Sajid JavidCovid booster jab to be offered to those at most risk and over-50s in UKNadhim Zahawi: …
UK Covid live: jabbing 12- to 15-year-olds will reduce impact of school disruption on children’s mental health – Whitty
Chris Whitty says disruption ‘extraordinarily difficult for children’ and informed decision to recommend vaccinating 12- to 15-year oldsUK children aged 12 to 15 to be offered Covid jabFully vaccinated people account for 1.2% of England’s Covid-19 deat…
Johnson aims to beat Thatcher’s record with another decade in power – reports
‘Levelling up’ British society will take 10 years, the prime minister writes as Tories slip in pollsReports that Boris Johnson has ambitions for another decade in power as he aims to outlast Margaret Thatcher’s 11-year tenure in No 10 have been met wit…
Ending universal credit boost will hit sickest areas the hardest, study shows
New research finds scrapping the £1,000-a-year benefit uplift will ‘trigger mental illness and poorer health’ for thousandsScrapping the £1,000-a-year boost to universal credit next month will trigger mental illness and poorer health for thousands of p…
Churchill Fellowship rejects criticism from Boris Johnson after website rebrand
Churchill’s grandson oversaw change that had almost no complaints until Daily Mail and Sun coverageThe Churchill Fellowship has rejected allegations by Boris Johnson that it has airbrushed out images of Britain’s wartime prime minister from its website…
MPs criticise slow pace of dealing with Afghan relocations to UK
Labour and Tory MPs remind Boris Johnson that he had promised immediate action on MondayMPs who have contacted the government about constituents and others trapped in Afghanistan will not even be told what department will deal with the case until a wee…
Martin Rowson on the easing of effluent discharge rules – cartoon
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PMQs: Boris Johnson to face Keir Starmer before debate on tax rise for health and social care – live
PM faces questions in Commons after analysis suggests NHS could ‘permanently swallow’ all £12bn raised for social careBoris Johnson stakes reputation on £12bn fix for health and social care‘Boris plays catch-up’: what the papers say about Johnson’s tax…
Tory MPs call it reform, but the elections bill looks more like a heist
Alongside mandating voter ID, the government plans to keep the Electoral Commission – which oversees elections – in checkWhen judging a law that rewrites the rules of democracy, the test is not whether it does what the current government promises, but …