Ministers shrug off Boris Partygate backlash despite Tory fears
Tory backbenchers John Baron and David Simmonds have joined calls for the PM to quit in the wake of the Partygate report yesterday.
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Tory backbenchers John Baron and David Simmonds have joined calls for the PM to quit in the wake of the Partygate report yesterday.
Jim Melvin, chairman of the British Cleaning Council, said he was 'appalled and upset' at Sue Gray report revelations.
Boris Johnson has defended attending certain Downing Street lockdown parties by saying it was his 'duty' to attend farewell events for colleagues.
In December last year, following a week of denials by Boris Johnson and others that Covid lockdown rules had been broken in Downing Street, a leaked video provided the first hard evidence that they were lying.
Millions of households will receive a £400 discount off their energy bills and a £5bn tax will be levied on oil and gas giants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak moved to counter the soaring cost of living.