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The Metropolitan Police has told Sue Gray to make “ minimal reference ” to potentially lawbreaking No 10 parties in her report, the force has confirmed.In a statement released on Friday morning the Met said that “ for the events the Met is investigating, we asked for minimal reference to be made in the Cabinet Office report ”.... It comes after an unexpected delay to the release of the much-awaited internal probe into events at Downing Street, reportedly due to a “ legal scrubbing ” process. Sc

Conservative Party donors are being put on a secret “ advisory council ” with access to ministers and advisors in return for large donations, it has been revealed. The Sunday Times reports that property tycoons, hedge fund managers, and a Russian banker are among a secret club of donors to be given access to government. The board has 14 regular members, most of whom have given at least ￡250, 000 to the Tory party as part of a supposedly “ transactional arrangement ”, the newspaper says. The memb

Wind energy generated a staggering 42 per cent of all electricity in Great Britain on Friday morning as Storm Eunice battered the coastline. Millions have been urged to stay at home as the Met Office issued a red “ danger to life ” warning across parts of the country including London. But one silver lining from the Eunice's strong winds has been a major surge in electricity generated at wind farms. National Grid figures reported at 8. 30am showed wind as by far the largest electricity source in

Rishi Sunak has said he wants to encourage more investment in new fossil fuel drilling – potentially derailing the UK's climate targets. Scientists said in the run-up to the COP26 climate summit last year that new fossil fuel exploitation is incompatible with reaching net zero in time. But the chancellor said on Thursday that encouraging drilling under the North Sea would" support British jobs" and should get the green light." I want to make sure that people acknowledge that we should also explo

The prime minister is said to have replied" Oh well I might have said something that gave her that impression, err, sorry matey".... Since he left Downing Street Mr Cummings has waged a guerrilla media war against Mr Johnson’s administration.... The pair worked together on the Vote Leave Brexit campaign, which Mr Johnson supported and Mr Cummings ran....

Downing Street staff were asked to name a “ lawful exception ” or “ reasonable excuse ” for lockdown parties in No 10, a leak has revealed. The Metropolitan Police sent a written questionnaire to those in government suspected of breaking Covid regulations as part of their evidence gathering process over Partygate. The document, a version of which was obtained by ITV News, says that those accused are being given an opportunity to provide “ a written statement under caution ”.... If yes, please p

Mr Biden accepted the meeting-pencilled in for Thursday-“ in principle ” but only “ if an invasion hasn’t happened ”.... “ The UK and allies are stepping up preparations for the worst-case scenario.... We must make the cost for Russia intolerably high.”....

A Conservative MP has said she wrote a letter criticising Boris Johnson for damaging the UK's international reputation" in error". Joy Morrissey was appointed to be Mr Johnson's parliamentary private secretary in last week's reshuffle, a role which will see her work closely with him. But there were blushes in Whitehall over the weekend after it emerged that Ms Morrissey had strongly criticised the government for cutting international aid.... The MP had argued in a letter to a concerned constitu