Politics
Boris Johnson ‘asked if hair dryer could kill Covid’ after watching video
Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
Johnson let country down by not tackling Cummings’ misogyny, says ex-official
Helen MacNamara, who was one of the top female civil servants, said the messages were ‘violent and misogynistic’.
‘Crisis of antisemitism’ in the UK and world, says husband of Kamala Harris
Douglas Emhoff was attending a discussion on antisemitism in London.
Matt Hancock had ‘nuclear levels’ of overconfidence, says ex-civil servant
Helen MacNamara, who served as deputy cabinet secretary, made the claim to the Covid inquiry.
Covid enquiries – SNP takes the fifth
The SNP is about to discover that in politics, there is no right to silence.
Thousands of job losses expected to be confirmed at Port Talbot steelworks
An announcement is due after a board meeting of steel giant Tata in India.
Boris Johnson’s No 10 was ‘unbelievably bullish’ UK would sail through, Covid inquiry hears
Former senior civil servant Helen MacNamara said there was ‘laughing at the Italians’ early in the pandemic.
Award of 27 oil and gas licences ‘boost for UK energy security’
An offshore energy trade body welcomed the move but Greenpeace condemned ‘backward-facing policies’.
Dozens more Just Stop Oil activists arrested after refusing to leave major road
Protesters are also using the tactic of ‘going floppy’ to make it harder for police officers to take them away when arrested.