Politics

"The vast majority of Labour supporters want to see a Labour government, that's the whole point in the Labour Party," he said.

Despite two years of 'levelling-up' pledges, regional inequality is growing more stark, thinktank IPPR North said.

“The approach of our friends and neighbours in Europe has been disappointing, with the leadership in France in particular showing a mean and rather childish attitude to any future relationship," the restaurant owner argued.

Writing in the New Statesman, Simon Heffer says even the Tory MPs who support Boris Johnson know that the game is up for him.

Johnson gave a speech at an event to mark his defence adviser's departure from Downing Street.

“The trouble is, you can give an explanation but you can’t really excuse it," the former prime minister said.

The former culture secretary John Whittingdale and Nick Gibb are also likely to be on the next honours list.

A source who worked closely with her said “she literally wrote the rules” on lockdowns.

"The prime minister has gone from polarising to unifying with almost every demographic or political group disapproving of him."