His comments come as the Prime Minister is set to detail a new three-tier system of restrictions with measures expected to force pubs and restaurants to shut across the North of England and see millions of people banned from mixing indoors and outdoors.

"Such gross hypocrisy - after all the pledges that ministers would stand up for high standards in food, farming & animal protection - now they’re trying to avoid a vote on it tomorrow."

“I’m told that in 2019 I was the most trolled person in the entire world, male or female. Now, eight months of that I wasn’t even visible, I was on maternity leave or with a baby.

“After a series of sustained opinion poll findings indicating majority support for independence, this large poll demonstrates the scale of the momentum and the factors which are driving people from No to Yes."

Sturgeon said: "It is unacceptable that somebody in her position flagrantly disregarded the rules like that and I cannot be clearer about that. It is not acceptable and she should resign.”

'People now feel the government is actively working against us in the North'

“Mr Jenrick has made an unfortunate habit of overruling officials’ advice to get his own way, just as he did during the Westferry cash-for-favours scandal. Now he has done the same with this blatant example of pork-barrel politics."

"A curfew breaker, a hypocrite and the destroyer of our NHS walks into a bar... 'Hello Mr Hancock, what will it be?'"

“The BRC has repeatedly called on Government to do more to prevent labour exploitation in the UK garment manufacturing industry."