Waved Aside News Today

Lets return to the news that borisjohnson has rejected a claim by his former chief advisor that he was warned in advance about a drinks party in the downing street garden during lockdown in may 2020. dominic cummings says the prime minister was told the gathering would breach covid rules, but "waved aside" the concerns. lets hear more of what borisjohnson had to say. hes given quite a lengthy interview. lets discuss it with sebastian pain. evening to you. good evenina. sebastian pain. evening to...

Borisjohnson allegedly "waved aside" objections to that now—infamous number 10 party, according to dominic cummings. the i newspaper says that the conservatives are now 13 points behind labour in the latest poll in the wake of partygate. the ft breaks with the consensus — it reports that ministers are thinking of paying energy suppliers to help with household bills. the daily telegraph says magistrates are to get greater powers to clear the trials backlog. and finally, the daily mail reports...

Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last few minutes, the prime minister has dismissed claims by his former chief advisor that he misled mps about a drinks party in the number ten garden during the first coronavirus lockdown. he insisted he thought it was a work event. dominic cummings says mrjohnson was warned in advance about the gathering in may 2020, but "waved aside" concerns. this morning, the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, said that a prime minister would "norm...