Met asked to investigate reports of alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules at No 10Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe prime minister has been reported to the police by Labour MPs over allegations there were at least two p…
Act now against Omicron to stop new Covid wave, UK ministers warned
Government privately being urged by advisers to tell people to work from home as UK cases of variant hit 134UK ministers have been warned they cannot wait for new research on the Omicron variant and must act now to prevent a potentially “very significa…
Hostile asylum policies made tragedy inevitable | Letters
After at least 27 people lost their lives in a Channel boat crossing, readers discuss the government’s culpability in closing off safe routes for refugeesBoris Johnson describes himself as appalled at Wednesday’s Channel tragedy (Tragedy at sea claims …
Recasting male heroes as women risks driving boys to crime, claims Tory MP
Nick Fletcher says likes of female Doctor and 007 mean only cultural role models left for boys are criminalsCasting women in TV and film roles previously given to men, such as in Doctor Who or the James Bond franchise, risks leading young males into cr…
Social care: Johnson’s reforms face fresh hurdle in Lords
Tory peers will try to amend PM’s controversial bill which has already sparked a rebellion by his MPsBoris Johnson is facing a showdown with Conservative peers in the House of Lords who will attempt to force his social care reforms back to the Commons,…
UK politics live: PM’s social care plan ‘about helping very well off’, says former Tory pensions minister
Latest updates: Ros Altmann says plan only helps the wealthy, MPs are due to vote on social care proposals tonightBoris Johnson praises Peppa Pig and loses place in rambling speechUK minister refuses to rule out people having to sell homes to fund care…
Multiculturalism in the UK was rejected long ago | Letters
Bethan Benwell says it was actually New Labour that first turned its back on the findings of Lord Parekh’s report, while Martin Rose wonders if the phrase British Asian is itself a token of non-acceptanceIt is true that Lord Parekh’s report and its vis…
Dominic Raab faces questions over party for Tory activists at Chevening
Minister urged to clarify who covered costs of event at grace-and-favour mansion days after fall of KabulDominic Raab, the deputy prime minister, held a party for Conservative activists at his grace-and-favour home, raising questions about the costs an…
Boris Johnson told: dump plan for social care charges or face Tory rebellion
MPs from north of England vent rage in emergency call with minister Gillian Keegan amid backbench fury at costs faced by less well-off pensionersSenior Conservatives on Saturday urged Boris Johnson to ditch plans that would see many of England’s poores…
PMQs: Keir Starmer calls Boris Johnson ‘a coward, not a leader’ amid bad-tempered questions over sleaze – live
Latest updates: prime minister faces question in Commons before standards debate laterKeir Starmer calls Boris Johnson ‘a coward, not a leader’ in PMQs clashMPs should be able to do 10-15 hours in second jobs a week, says ministerMichael Gove backer wo…