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January 14, 2021

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A statue of Edward Colston was dumped into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest rally (Ben Birchall/PA)

Safeguard controversial statues and put them in context, minister says

January 17, 2021

Cubicles erected inside Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, for people to receive an injection of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine (Steve Parsons/PA)

Government on track to reach 2m vaccinations a week as another 324,000 get Covid jab

January 17, 2021

Kelly Tolhurst (House of Commons/PA)

Kelly Tolhurst resigns as Housing Minister after ‘devastating’ family news

January 16, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a previous visit to Cornwall (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Boris Johnson to host world leaders at G7 summit in Cornwall

January 16, 2021

People pass a Stay Home, Save Lives electronic board in Leicester (Mike Egerton/PA)

Brazilian coronavirus variant likely to be in UK already, top scientist warns

January 16, 2021

Peter Whatson, 91, receives an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire (Jacob King/PA)

Quarantine-free travel into UK to end in bid to keep out new coronavirus strains

January 16, 2021

Maidstone and The Weald MP Helen Grant (Anthony Devlin/PA)

MP Helen Grant appointed PM’s special envoy for girls’ education

January 15, 2021

Sir Keir Starmer says he is optimistic about the prospects for a new relationship with the US under Joe Biden (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Starmer speaks of hope for relations with the US under Joe Biden

January 15, 2021

Professor Chris Whitty said the number of patients being admitted to hospital with coronavirus is set to peak within the next 10 days (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Coronavirus hospital admissions set to peak in next 10 days, Whitty says

January 15, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK scraps travel corridors to protect against new strains of coronavirus

January 15, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Travel corridors scrapped over new coronavirus strains

January 15, 2021

Richard Sharp appearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (House of Commons/PA)

DCMS Committee gives verdict on incoming BBC chairman Richard Sharp

January 15, 2021

Kit Malthouse (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Human error and ‘defective code’ caused police records blunder – minister

January 15, 2021

Freight trucks at Dublin Port in the Republic of Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

Freight group warns Irish Government of huge post-Brexit disruption

January 15, 2021

MPs have called for health and safety risks in Parliament to be reassessed (PA)

Call to review Parliament health and safety risks after security worker’s death

January 15, 2021

Hauliers are struggling to get the correct paperwork (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Lorry drivers spend days waiting to get paperwork to leave UK

January 15, 2021

Kate Green has said Gavin Williamson ‘plainly isn’t up to the job’ Education Secretary (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Kate Green calls for Gavin Williamson to resign over free school meals row

January 15, 2021

The policing minister has said officers are working at pace to recover the data (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Officers ‘working at pace’ to recover 150,000 accidentally wiped police records

January 15, 2021

Labour is demanding answers after some 150,000 police arrest records were accidentally deleted (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Labour demands answers after police data accidentally wiped

January 15, 2021

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted ministers are not planning to “lower” workers’ rights (Aaron Chown/PA)

Kwarteng says workers’ rights will not be ‘lowered’ following Brexit

January 15, 2021

Former Cabinet minister Amber Rudd (Victoria Jones/PA)

Johnson has a ‘sort of language’ he is nervous of using in front of women – Rudd

January 15, 2021

School meal parcels have attracted widespread criticism (Peter Byrne/PA)

Government should trust parents with direct cash for free school meals – Labour

January 14, 2021

Marcus Rashford has called on Boris Johnson to order a review of free school meals (Jon Super/PA)

Rashford calls for review of Government free school meal policy

January 14, 2021

Health and education officials in Northern Ireland have denied claims hospitals and schools risk running out of food when post-Brexit Irish Sea trade arrangements are fully implemented (Liam McBurney/PA)

Health and education authorities deny Poots’ NI food shortage claims

January 14, 2021

Andrew Gwynne said he began to feel ‘grotty and run down’ in March and went on to display Covid-19 symptoms (PA)

My short-term memory is shot to pieces due to long Covid, says MP

January 14, 2021

Signage for Ask for Ani at the pharmacy desk in a Boots store (David Parry/PA)

Domestic abuse victims urged to ‘Ask for Ani’ at pharmacies

January 14, 2021

First Minister Mark Drakeford speaking at a press conference in Cardiff ahead of Wales entering a two-week “firebreak” lockdown at 6pm on Friday in an attempt to protect the country’s NHS from being overwhelmed by the resurgence of coronavirus.

Mark Drakeford calls for ‘radical redrawing’ of UK to avoid its breakup

January 14, 2021

Empty food shelves at a Tesco store in Banbridge, Northern Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

Minister accused of scaremongering over hospital food shortage warning

January 14, 2021

Thousands of lorries were backed up in Kent in the days before Christmas (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Plan to fast track empty supermarket lorries during Kent disruption

January 14, 2021

Patel: Action should be taken against company behind ‘appalling’ food parcels

Patel: Action should be taken against company behind ‘appalling’ food parcels

January 14, 2021

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Speaker tells off ministers for ‘political games’ when answering questions

January 14, 2021

Patel rules out new lockdown restrictions ‘today or tomorrow’ (Leon Neal/PA)

Patel rules out new lockdown restrictions ‘today or tomorrow’

January 14, 2021

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss (Leon Neal/PA)

Truss sidesteps Labour demands to release economic impact assessment of EU deal

January 14, 2021

Depleted supermarket shelves (David Young/PA)

NI hospitals and schools facing food shortages in ‘major crisis’ – minister

January 14, 2021

Bail rules are to be changed again (Steve Parsons/PA)

Government plans to overhaul bail rules in bid to protect victims

January 14, 2021

The Labour leader said thousands of pharmacies should be used to administer coronavirus vaccines (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Use 11,500 pharmacies to deliver 24/7 vaccine programme, Labour urges

January 13, 2021

A quiet Westminster bridge by the Houses of Parliament in London (Andrew Matthews/PA)

MPs told public health officials were ‘ready to close’ Parliament pre-Christmas

January 13, 2021

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds (Yui Mok/PA)

Dodds: Disparity between how online firms and others are taxed must be addressed

January 13, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire over supermarket shortages in Northern Ireland (PA)

Johnson insists Brexit ‘teething problems’ can be resolved

January 13, 2021

Buy now, pay later firms are facing action from ministers despite the Government voting against proposals to introduce regulations within months (PA)

Buy now, pay later firms facing action despite MPs rejecting regulation proposal

January 13, 2021

First Minister Arlene Foster again called on the UK Government to resolve issues that have hindered the flow of food products (Liam McBurney/PA)

Foster: Greater use of local products good thing to emerge from trade disruption

January 13, 2021

Empty shelves have been seen in Northern Ireland (PA)

Foster ‘committed to finding solutions to post-Brexit trade difficulties’

January 13, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (House of Commons)

Intensive care ‘risks being overwhelmed’ as UK tops 100,000 Covid-related deaths

January 13, 2021

MPs have reportedly expressed concern for ‘the safety and sovereignty of protections for UK citizens online’ (Nick Ansell/PA)

US trade deal will not affect UK move to regulate social networks – minister

January 13, 2021

PM: ‘No hesitation’ in triggering post-Brexit trade safeguarding measure if needed (House of Commons/PA)

PM: ‘No hesitation’ in triggering post-Brexit trade safeguarding measure if needed

January 13, 2021

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Hollie Adams/PA)

Corbyn to take first step towards High Court battle with Labour over suspension

January 13, 2021

Diluting UK human rights laws would threaten post-Brexit security, MPs told (Paul Faith/PA)

Diluting UK human rights laws would threaten post-Brexit security, MPs told

January 13, 2021

Vaughan Gething (Isabel Infantes/PA)

NHS in Wales under real pressure, health minister warns

January 13, 2021

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Johnson forced to withdraw hypocrisy jibe aimed at Starmer during heated PMQs

January 13, 2021