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Michael Gove to cover public attitude to Brexit, rebuilding after the covid crisis and “attitudes to the UK Union”.The contract is being challenged in court because Public First is run by husband and wife policy team, James Frayne and Rachel Wolf, both of whom previously worked with Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings.Blackford said: “In the middle of a pandemic Tory Ministers secretly directed funds from an emergency Covid contract to carry out polling on the Union.”He asked Johnson to confirm

covid pandemic "for the lifetime of this parliament". Gove, who is responsible for countering the push for indyref2, has went further than any UK Government minister before in stating that it is the wrong time to hold a vote.

COVID-19 rules, with all restrictions in the UK set to end on July 19 under new guidance set out by Boris Johnson last week.Industry bodies including LIVE (Live music Industries Venues and Entertainment), the Concert Promoters Association, the Events Industry Forum and the UK Crowd Management Association have written to Johnson detailing staff shortages across the music industry, and calling for the government to help fill vacant roles.“While the overall picture is complex, one short-term

Lib Dem Sarah Green is the country's newest MP after winning the seat, which had been a Conservative stronghold since its creation in 1974. Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, said the result sent a "shockwave through British politics" by showing that the "Blue Wall" of Tory southern seats could be vulnerable.

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Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has published a WhatsApp exchange in which the Prime Minister appeared to describe UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s performance as “totally f***ing hopeless”.The former Downing Street adviser renewed his attacks on the UK Health Secretary on Wednesday in a blogpost detailing evidence of what he described as the "covid disaster" caused by Hancock.Cummings,

England’s reopening phase has been put on hold.

Cinemas across England must continue to operate at reduced capacity for another month after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed a delay to the easing of coronavirus restrictions.

Richard Madeley vented his frustration about the future of lockdown as his son’s wedding hangs in the balance. On Good Morning Britain, the team discussed the expected extension of lockdown as Boris Johnson appears to make a statement today.This includes potential restrictions around weddings, with thousands of couples unsure if their big day could go ahead.

Follow all the latest updates on our blog below. A delay to lockdown easing may also help break the link between infections and hospital admissions, a public health professor suggested.Professor Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, told LBC that the variant first identified in India now accounted for the majority of UK cases, but the death rate among people with this infection was low."You can see amongst people who were infected with this variant, the mortality rate was 0.7%, just 12

Selena Gomez has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to donate all of the UK's surplus coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries. The 28-year-old pop star has hit out at the politician after he announced that the UK will have donated five million surplus doses of coronavirus vaccines by September.

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Selena Gomez has tweeted at Boris Johnson criticising him over his announcement that the UK will have donated five million surplus doses of coronavirus vaccines by September. Tiktokker suffers heart-attack after trying out the popular 'dry scooping' challengeTrump claims he is trying to ‘save’ democracyDermot O’Leary has heated debate with anti-vaxxer Beverley Turner.