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Mike Clancy, general secretary of the Prospect union, said the proposal represented “an outrageous act of vandalism on our public services.”

It comes after new research showed that more than two million adults in the UK have skipped meals for a whole day over the past month.

Ukrainian forces “appear to have won the battle of Kharkiv”, according to a US defence thinktank.

The cases are not linked to a previously confirmed case in England announced on May 7.

"The rest of the world sees what’s going on here. We are in far too deep."

"What is wrong with her? Have her friends not tried to intervene?" wrote one person on Twitter.

"I’m absolutely convinced that the vast majority of extremely elderly people in care homes would have rather died from Covid than not be allowed to see their loved ones."

Professor David Abulafia said that the culture wars had made being “white”, “male” and “privileged” terms of disapproval in university admissions.

With many officials reportedly still working from home, Mr Johnson has previously railed against the “post Covid manana culture” in the Civil Service.