Lockdown party inquiry could expand to cover No 10 garden event
Cabinet Office can investigate ‘credible allegations’ on other gatherings, but PM says photo of staff shows work meeting Bereaved families have accused Boris Johnson of...
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Liz Truss to hold Brexit talks with EU over NI protocol
The foreign secretary, now chief negotiator with the EU, wants ‘a comprehensive solution’ The UK’s newly appointed chief post-Brexit negotiator, Liz Truss, said she would...
Covid news live: WHO urges caution over festive gatherings, London cancels NYE celebration
WHO warns holiday festivities will lead to “increased cases, overwhelmed health systems and more deaths”; London records the UK’s highest number of Omicron cases amid...
Downing Street explains why 19 people were in No 10 garden
Boris Johnson says it was a meeting of ‘people at work, talking about work’ during lockdown last year There have been a series of explanations...
Boris Johnson puts off more Covid measures for now but ‘rules nothing out’
Prime minister caught between scientific advisers and his sceptical cabinet over action on Omicron Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson...
EU has ‘limited’ appetite for post-Brexit migration deal with UK
Commissioner’s stance underlines difficulty of task facing Liz Truss as she steps into David Frost’s brief A senior EU official has said she does not...
Channel deaths: report finds failings in rescue effort as legal action begins
Cases launched in UK and France over deaths of 27 people, and expert report for lawyers refers to ‘serious failings’ “Serious failings” in a rescue...
Women stage global fast to pressure UK over Nazanin Zagari-Ratcliffe
Participants in women’s fasting relay will demand Boris Johnson repay £400m to Iran for 1970s arms deal Women around the world will take turns to...
Raab says PM and staff’s garden gathering was within lockdown rules
Minister says other offices would have been doing the same, in defence that appears to differ from No 10’s line Anatomy of a lockdown gathering...
Covid news live: Omicron ‘raging around the world’, Fauci says; Belgian protests turn violent
Omicron has ‘extraordinary spreading capabilities’ and promises to bring a bleak winter, Anthony Fauci warns; Belgian police break up Brussels protest march against Covid measures...
