Politics

Four people were removed from the Covid-19 inquiry as Boris Johnson began his evidence with an apology to victims of the pandemic.

No, Brexit didn’t change the UK’s ability to authorise the Covid-19 vaccines earlier than the rest of the EU. 

"Would you like to come up? You've got so much to say! Come on, come on then"

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee said effective scrutiny of national security issues is being prevented.

A spokesman for the former prime minister said that he has fully cooperated with the inquiry.

ERG chairman Mark Francois said that the group’s so-called ‘star chamber’ of lawyers would scrutinise the legislation before MPs vote on it.

Conservative peer Lord Dobbs asked about ‘relations with Greece’ as the Foreign Secretary faced questions from peers for the first time.

The Home Secretary signed the legally-binding deal in Kigali on Tuesday.

Officials say the treaty centres on preventing ‘refoulement’, where asylum seekers are removed and returned to a country where they face persecution.