Boris Johnson dogged by scandal amid calls for all evidence to be passed to standards commissionerBoris Johnson faces a further headache over the scandal surrounding the funding of his Downing Street flat refurbishment after Labour demanded the finding…
Johnson blamed for Covid test shortages as cases hit record 183,000
Labour criticises PM over ‘total shambles’ of some essential workers being unable to access test kitsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has been accused of presiding over a “total shambles” as millions of people s…
Labour lambasts reported £330k award of public money to repair peer’s road
Lisa Nandy questions whether ‘filling in potholes for a Conservative peer’ is what PM means by levelling-upLabour has demanded ministers explain why £330,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on repairing a pothole-ridden road reportedly owned by a former …
Lateral flow test shortage is a supply chain disaster | Letters
Readers on the government’s failure to adequately plan for a predictable shortfall of at-home Covid test kitsI spent an hour on Wednesday driving around trying to get hold of lateral flow tests for myself and my husband as we only have four left (Covid…
Johnson reluctantly took the call. Why did everyone expect answers from the PM? | John Crace
Steve Barclay didn’t want to crash and burn like Raab, so maybe he could be told the line to take todayBoris Johnson: (picking up phone) Who’s that?Steve Barclay: It’s me. Steve.A Farewell to Calm by John Crace (Guardian Faber, £9.99). To support the G…
Mixing work with wine is a recipe for bad judgment | Letters
Readers express their disbelief at the government’s explanation for the lockdown gathering at Downing Street last yearJohn Harris’s article (The fatal weakness of the Conservatives is not seeing the kindness in most people, 19 December) carried the eve…
No new Covid restrictions before Christmas, Boris Johnson confirms
Prime minister warns rapid spread of Omicron variant could mean curbs are imposed after 25 DecemberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters will not introduce any new Covid restrictions before Christmas, Boris Johnson has c…
Pay attention for a message from the prime minister: careless cheese and wine costs lives | Marina Hyde
As we await the known unknowns of Omicron, No 10 does more to undermine public trust than all the conspiracy theorists on YouTubeFor the rapidly unravelling winter caretaker of Downing Street, it has been another paranoia-inducing few days. What with l…
Human rights are being attacked by the government, not fine-tuned | Letters
Nick Moss says the struggle to defend and extend our rights has to be conducted on the streets, as well as in parliament and the courts. John Robinson fears that we are facing an existential attack on our democracyI agree with Martha Spurrier that this…
The Shaun Bailey photo really is a party exposé | Stewart Lee
The picture of the London Conservative mayoral candidate and friends sends a clear message to the electorate, but perhaps not the one they wanted to communicateSince the weekend, I have been running in my revived 2020 standup show in impressively Covid…