Politics

Dominic Cummings has branded the shake-up the ‘Carrie reshuffle’, suggesting that Mrs Johnson’s allies would be rewarded.

Robert Jenrick and Robert Buckland have been sacked - and Michael Gove is the new Housing Secretary. Follow along.

A petition blunder seems to have given Shrewsbury, Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester to Wales.

Adverse weather conditions and a shortage of lorry drivers and fruit pickers are behind the problem after EU citizens quit Britain, according to reports.

Dominic Raab and Priti Patel are said to be at risk of demotion in a looming Cabinet reshuffle.

“We’re talking about their own citizens that they are causing grief to which I find disappointing but I also don’t think anyone intended Brexit to be this way, to be very harsh on immigration from Europeans, and I find it excessive actually," he told TLE.

Professor Stephen Reicher said measures should be brought in sooner rather than later.

The prime minister praised "wonderful" Priti Patel for making the UK the "Saudi Arabia of penal policy".

The health secretary's own Covid Winter Plan recommends face coverings in "crowded and enclosed settings".