Boris Johnson's wife Carrie believes the Prime Minister's enemies are targeting her in a "brutal briefing campaign".
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Boris Johnson is expected to make an announcement to end some Plan B restrictions next week after MPs were told they can be 'substantially reduced.'
Work-from-home guidance and Covid passes for nightclubs are expected to be scrapped on 26 January, though reports suggest face mask rules in shops and on public transport will stay.
But face masks in school, travel tests on arrival to the UK and daily contact tests could all also be eased, reports The Mirror.
Boris Johnson is meeting his Cabinet to discuss the measures this morning and will make an announcement to Parliament at lunchtime.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid earlier said he is 'cautiously optimistic' that the government can 'substantially reduce' Covid restrictions next week - while No10 hinted an announcement is due within days.
He told MPs it’s likely 'we have already reached the peak of the case numbers of hospitalisations' as ministers prepare to review Plan B measures next Wednesday.
Mr Javid is the third minister in a week to sound hopeful about lifting Plan B measures.
New positive Covid cases have fallen 42% in a week with 84,429 recorded yesterday, and hospital admissions have plateaued.
But deaths are still up 39% in a week to 1,845 and 2,357 people were admitted to hospital with Covid yesterday alone.
Yesterday (Tuesday 18 January) Nicola Sturgeon announced all of Scotland’s coronavirus restrictions introduced in response to the Omicron wave will be brought to an end next Monday.
But baseline coronavirus measures would remain, meaning face coverings must still be worn in public indoor settings and on public transport.
What are the current Plan B rules in England?
MPs voted in Plan B measurements for England in December - and they're due to expire on 26
Boris Johnson's wife Carrie believes the Prime Minister's enemies are targeting her in a "brutal briefing campaign".
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coronavirus restrictions. The episode raises serious questions about Johnson’s leadership and political accountability.But what gives it extra bite — and gives humorists much to chew on — are the often ludicrous details: political aides hauling suitcases of wine into the prime minister's residence, or drunkenly breaking a swing set belonging to Johnson’s toddler son.One recent newspaper cartoon captured the collision of tragedy and farce by depicting Johnson as the betrayed Roman ruler Julius Caesar, stabbed in the back with corkscrews.Martin Rowson, a political cartoonist for The Guardian newspaper, says mockery is one of the trade-offs in democratic societies between government and governed: “They have power and we have the right to laugh at them.”Britain has a long and proud tradition of political satire.
Boris Johnson’s planned tax hike in national insurance will go ahead in April, “no ifs, no buts” Downing Street has confirmed.
Boris Johnson has described as “total rhubarb” claims he personally intervened to authorise the evacuation of dogs from Afghanistan.
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Tory defector Christian Wakeford says Boris Johnson is on borrowed time as a half-dozen leadership contenders vie to do the dirty on the PM.