Politics

Unions said the splurge was a "kick in the teeth" for staff who have endured a pay freeze this year.

The poll "clearly shows how Scots do not believe the Prime Minister’s version of events and seem to be saying that they are less likely to vote Conservative as a consequence," Opinium's head of political polling said.

Boris Johnson himself is among the prominent Tories set to lose their seats in the next election.

It is three times the original estimate.

On Christmas Eve, the government announced it will extend the worker scheme which allows foreign seasonal workers to come to Britain for up to half a year to do horticulture jobs which have been left vacant.

The Labour leader ruled out formal pacts with rival parties, but said he was focused on his own party’s target seats.

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It is expected the executives will ask for tax cuts and the relaxation of green levies.

Winston Churchill was said to enjoy 'an imperial pint', as half a bottle was "insufficient to tease my brains".