Politics

Allies of Mr Biden have also not forgiven Mr Johnson for previously highlighting Mr Obama’s “part-Kenyan” heritage, claiming it had given him an “ancestral dislike of the British empire”.

A top-ranking civil servant at the Department of Health and Social Care told MPs that 900 of the firm’s consultants were employed - at a rate of £1,000 per day.

The Northern Ireland minister said “I have to say supermarket supply lines at the moment are in good fettle.”

"The staggering contempt that Tories show for the working class - not even bothering to TURN UP to the Opposition Debate," Jack Monroe said.

Caroline Lucas accused the government of being "perfectly happy" for the price of the pandemic to be paid for by "some of the poorest people who are least able to do so".

An early glance at how the UK's departure from the European Union has measured up to its promises.

“If he’s going to call it a stunt he (Mr Johnson) should probably come with me to a food distribution centre to see these families this morning and explain to them what is a lifeline to them is a stunt, because it certainly isn’t from their point of view."

It comes amid reports of Scottish fish being left to rot due to bureaucracy in what has been dubbed the “Brexit fishing disaster”.

"We are going to start by taking on Rupert Murdoch."