Politics
Govt accused of abandoning care homes again as testing pledge dropped
Two million residents and staff in care homes were supposed to have been tested for Covid-19 regularly from 6 July.
Tory ex-minister bailed after rape arrest
The male MP - who can not be named for legal reasons - was taken into custody yesterday, and remained in an east London police station into the evening.
Cronyism? Lord Speaker tells PM to cease ‘mass appointments’ to Lords
Boris Johnson has been accused of cronyism after nominating 36 people to join the upper chamber.
Tory MP says the “vast majority” of people breaking lockdown rules are from the BAME community
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan called it "racially charged scapegoating designed to fuel the far right".
We’ve got a new slogan – and this one even rhymes
The latest snappy phrase is an evolution of "stay at home" and washing your hands to the tune of happy birthday.
Rishi Sunak’s PR chief frontrunner for PM’s spokesperson job
Former ITV correspondent Angus Walker and TV presenter Richard Madeley are also in the mix according to the bookies.
Sunak warned he has 24 hours to avoid ‘historic mistake’ on furlough scheme
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said the move could lead to a “python-like” squeeze on jobs in some of the sectors that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Brexit: ‘Firms have neither the time nor resources to prepare for a non-negotiated EU exit’
The CBI said its survey also revealed that business preparations for the end of the transition period have stalled or gone into reverse since January.
The north gets locked down – Twitter reacts
"You know how you show the North that you're serious about it as a place and want to 'level it up'? Announce chaotic changes in the middle of the night with almost no notice."