Politics
Boris Johnson tells Brits: wearing a mask is the ‘responsible thing to do’
“People will have actually seen me wearing face coverings quite a bit more regularly as we have seen the numbers ticking up in the UK."
Fewer people are living climate-conscious lives since Covid
People are less concerned about the impact of the products they buy and the services they use, an Ipsos survey found.
Tory MP paid £1k an hour by firm that benefited from NHS Covid contracts
The same firm has a stake in a company that was awarded £186 million in contracts without tender or competition after a meeting with Lord Bethell, who deleted his WhatsApps.
Greek PM to tell Boris: Give us our Elgin Marbles back
Unesco has backed the Greek request for government-to-government talks about the return of the marbles.
Half of Tory ex-ministers take up jobs linked to their old briefs
Among them is former transport secretary Chris Grayling, who took a £100,000-a-year role advising a ports company.
Tory welfare chief: Benefit cap designed to ‘win votes’, not save money
Lord Freud said the benefits cap was not an austerity measure, but a way of winning over voters.
Nigel Farage blames ‘vindictive cancel culture’ after rugby club dinner gets binned
“I would like to think they would not commit murder to achieve their aims. You never know, though," Farage said of the 'hard-Left trolls'.
‘We’ve been played for fools’: Northern Powerhouse Rail plans to be scaled back
"He lied to us. They all did, to all of us. This Government has borrowed our faith and played us for fools," James Mitchinson said.
Tory sleaze: MPs to vote on Paterson committee reforms – again
It comes as Boris Johnson finally admitted he could have handled the Paterson affair better.