Politics

The newly-created profile lists the PM’s previous jobs in politics such as Foreign Secretary and Mayor of London, but does not include his previous work as a journalist.

Providing a pessimistic update on the state of trade talks, Downing Street said an agreement with the EU was only “possible” - adding that “it will not be easy to achieve”.

Ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott - who is being lined up as Boris Johnson’s new post-Brexit trade ambassador - described lockdown as “virtual house arrest” and lashed out at “virus hysteria” and "unaccountable experts” in a speech in London.

All students lost three months of learning on average, teachers said. But half of pupils at schools in more deprived areas lost four months or more, compared with just 15 per cent of those in the least deprived areas.

Lawrence Waterman, chairman of the British Safety Council, said there was “no evidence” that workplaces are safe.

“We’d like to be in a Government that has the impression of being competent – rather than lurching from one issue to another and then after a short time doing a U-turn.”

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is reportedly considering scrapping the commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid, after a revolt from Tory backbenchers over the prospect of hiking taxes.

He beat his predecessors Ed Miliband and John Smith, as well as ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown, and Conservative former chancellor Ken Clarke.

Mr Le Drian insisted that the bloc of 27 will not buckle under pressure from London.