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Minister: Nearly 3,000 Afghans in Pakistan to come to UK by the end of the year

Johnny Mercer said he has received assurances from Pakistani authorities that those eligible to come to the UK will not be deported to Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Simon Case said he'd 'never seen a group of people less well equipped to run a country', Covid inquiry hears

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid live on TV, inquiry told

Covid inquiry also heard how Boris Johnson would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than order second lockdown

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’

The then-prime minister later said he would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than impose a second lockdown, a top aide told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Johnson spoke of ‘whisky and revolver’ at Covid meeting in October 2020

The former prime minister spoke about ‘medieval measures’ to tackle the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out ‘blindsided’ top officials, Covid inquiry told

Former head of the Cabinet Office Covid-19 taskforce Simon Ridley became the latest top official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe this week

Evening Standard

Eat Out to Help Out ‘blindsided’ top officials, Covid inquiry is told

Former head of the Cabinet Office Covid-19 taskforce Simon Ridley became the latest top official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe this week.

The Independent UK

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‘Profusion of officialdom’ in early days of pandemic, inquiry hears

Simon Ridley became the latest senior official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry live: Priti Patel admits policing of Sarah Everard vigil was ‘totally inappropriate’

Ex-home secretary says police generally struck right balance between protest and Covid restrictions

The Independent UK

Sunak warned government’s ageing IT systems are ‘accident waiting to happen’

Exclusive: Government doesn’t know how much it spends patching up old computer systems

The Independent UK

Lib Dem MP hits out at ‘masters of spin’ over distraction tactics

Richard Foord said that what began as political spin has now morphed into a practice bordering on deceit.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson was ‘flip-flopping’ on decisions during Covid, wrote Vallance

Chief scientific adviser in 2020 found the ex-PM ‘completely inconsistent’ in his evidence to the Covid inquiry

The Guardian - UK

New Brexit checks to cost UK business £330m a year

Costs finally revealed, as Northern Ireland secretary claims too much ‘doom and gloom’ around Brexit

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson should pay back taxpayer-funded Partygate legal fees, says Labour

Exclusive: Party also calls for an investigation into ‘issues’ with the Cabinet Office’s inquiry sign-off process

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The Independent UK

Sunak may have breached ministerial code with Party conference photo – Labour

The Conservative Party conference agenda features a photo taken by a ‘taxpayer-funded Downing Street civil servant’.

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog criticises payment of Boris Johnson’s £265,000 Partygate legal bill

NAO says Cabinet Office failed to follow proper processes when taxpayers’ money was used to fund legal bills

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss claiming from £115k fund for ex-PMs – despite serving for 49 days

Liz Truss has been claiming from the £115,000-a-year public fund awarded to former prime ministers despite only serving for 49 days.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss has been claiming from £115,000 fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

Rishi Sunak urged to ‘do right thing’ and stop ex-PM from claiming taxpayers’ cash

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The Guardian - UK

No 10 rejects MPs’ plan to stop ministers putting friends on Whitehall boards

Tory MP William Wragg calls decision not to prevent ‘super-spads’ being made non-executive directors ‘disappointing’

The Independent UK

Use legislation to block Liz Truss resignation honours, Labour says

This week marks a year since Ms Truss began her short stint as prime minister.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accused of promoting ‘narrow band of Blairites’ as he demotes Lisa Nandy

Starmer insists he has put ‘strongest players on pitch’, as changes see comebacks for Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn

The Guardian - UK

Raac crisis: who knew what and when about crumbling concrete in England

Building material assessed to be at risk of collapse was used in thousands of UK public structures from 1950s to 1990s

The Independent UK

Ben Wallace resigns as Sunak set to appoint new defence secretary

Mr Wallace announced last month he would resign from the senior Cabinet role at the next reshuffle.

The Independent UK

Sunak set to name new defence secretary as Ben Wallace quits – who are the favourites?

PM prepares to reveal mini-reshuffle after Wallace formally steps down – amid speculation someone ‘unexpected’ getting top cabinet job

The Independent UK

Racist language not tolerated in Government documents, minister says

It comes after a newspaper investigation uncovered the use of slurs on official websites.

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