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Throughout ‘partygate’, No. 10 has consistently denied claims that rules were broken

Movement members quoting Magna Carta in bids to challenge Covid-19 regulations

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A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Investigation by Scotland Yard delays Sue Gray’s report into No. 10 gatherings

Minister for counter-fraud resigns over the government’s ‘schoolboy errors’

Reports say guests ate picnic food from M&S and were served a Union Jack cake

Broadcaster searching for other funding options amid government plans to axe current model

Arrests at matches in England are at their highest levels in years

Pivotal week for Boris Johnson as he awaits findings of lockdown breaches investigation

22m households are set to be hit by a huge increase in energy bills

Boris Johnson launches inquiry after MP claims ‘Muslimness’ was given as reason for her sacking

Dominic Raab says UK standing ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Kiev but won’t send more troops to the border

Influential group of Tory backbenchers could play a key role in no confidence vote

Senior mandarin rumoured to have email ‘confirming objections’ to No. 10 party

Rebel Tory MPs accuse Boris Johnson’s chief whip of blackmail in ‘partygate’ row

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Some suspect political motivations played a hand in rule relaxation

Labour sources claim to be in talks with other Conservative MPs considering crossing the floor

‘Partygate’ revelations have inspired a string of viral spoofs mocking the prime minister

Risk of reinfection ‘more than five times higher’ than with Delta variant, say experts

Sajid Javid hails ‘important milestone’ in the fight against coronavirus as Plan B rules are dropped

Big government promises have transpired into little funding or action on levelling up, says Northern think tank

Prime minister faces growing revolt and defection over ‘Partygate’ scandal

Potential treatments include ‘smell training’

Inflation hits 30-year high of 5.4% – and analysts predict it could get even worse

Newly elected MPs plan to submit letters to 1922 chairman Sir Graham Brady

The trade minister and staunch Brexiteer is a favourite to replace embattled Boris Johnson

Government advisers fear summer wave will follow lifting of coronavirus restrictions

Andrew has been stripped of most of his military titles but is still a prince and duke

Planned events to mark royal anniversary include four-day bank holiday

Punchy policy announcements and a clear-out of PM’s senior staff form part of the plan to save his sinking premiership

Culture secretary signals that national broadcaster will have new funding model from 2027