Tory MPs are expected to abstain on both votes on Monday evening.

“Hopefully by the summer we can get back to something pretty close to what we have seen before the pandemic was normal.”

Just over 100 cases of the South African strain have been identified to date across the UK, but this is the first signal of wider community spread.

Mass testing is being launched after cases were found in Surrey, Kent, Walsall, Sefton, Hertfordshire and the London boroughs of Merton, Haringey and Ealing.

But freight volumes on routes to mainland Europe from Ireland were up 100 per cent.

Zara Mohammed, a masters graduate in human rights law and a training and development consultant, was elected to Britain’s largest umbrella body of mosques, Islamic schools and Muslim associations.

The UK's manufacturing sector has been battered by Brexit and coronavirus.

"The sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away."

Boris Johnson will also offer the former Daily Mail editor a peerage, according to reports.