Politics

Farage - who is seeking to rebrand himself as a crusading, freelance journalist in the past few months - has taken it upon himself to document the arrival of migrants in Britain during lockdown.

“We do not understand how Government came to place a £250m contract with a family-owned hedge fund at the direction of a box fresh £100 company owned by an advisor to Liz Truss.”

The Housing Secretary also said he does not believe the decision to green light Mr Desmond’s Westferry plans was the wrong one.

According to reports Douglas Ross met with Ruth Davison and senior members of the cabinet before Jackson Carlow quit - leading to accusations of a "carve up".

An independent expert panel led by Professor Dame Jane Dacre will grade the performance of ministers in meeting their commitments.

The Good Law Project vowed to pursue a judicial review against Gove over Public First - a company run by a pair of long-time allies of Cummings - which was awarded a string of public contracts uncontested.

“If there is anything about this arrangement that we have not now debated, thrashed to death, I would love to know what it is”

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the deal means we are “hooked into the EU’s loan book”.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned of "a risk of some additional friction at the border".