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Floundering, the prime minister struggled to explain how restrictions will work, falsely stating that households could still mix indoors in groups of six.

New polling by Ipsos MORI revealed that 58 per cent of the public do not feel confident that Britain will be able to achieve a successful outcome in talks, as UK and EU officials meet for a new round of trade discussions.

“In his first six months as Prime Minister, Johnson cancelled or indefinitely postponed three Liaison Committee evidence sessions, unlawfully prorogued Parliament, and introduced a Withdrawal Agreement Act which – unlike its predecessor – gave Parliament no real oversight of this year’s Brexit negotiations.”

It is the first time Labour have held a lead since July 2019, the end days of Theresa May’s tenure in Downing Street when the Liberal Democrats and the Brexit Party were also polling strongly.

Paul Dacre - the 70-year-old former editor of the Daily Mail - is the prime minister’s first choice to become chair of broadcasting regulator Ofcom, the Sunday Times reported.

Michel - the president of the European Council - warned that the EU27 will not back down as time runs out to strike a trade deal with Britain.

It seems increasingly likely that Johnson will be defeated on his plans to extend the use of emergency laws to push through new Covid-19 legislation, after Labour joined forces with more than 40 Conservative MPs.

The regulator said that it had received 181 complaints about the episode - the vast majority of which referred to the Little Britain comic's riff on the prime minister's coronavirus response.