The i paper also reports on Boris Johnson's latest woes, and says he is "fighting for his future".īoris Johnson takes up half of The Independent digital's front page. The Daily Express quotes unnamed friends of the former PM who declare the police probe a "stitch up" and a "witch hunt". The Daily Mail reports that Boris Johnson is threatening to sue the Cabinet Office after extracts from his ministerial diary were passed to police.Ī source close to the former PM described the allegations published this evening as "seriously defamatory". Here are the front pages so far - and the key points from each: The newspaper front pages are starting to be published, and as you might imagine, the latest Boris Johnson saga splashes many of them. "Mr Johnson’s lawyers have tonight written to the police forces involved to explain in detail why the Cabinet Office is entirely wrong in its assertions." The spokesperson continued: "For whatever political purpose, it is plain that a last ditch attempt is being made to lengthen the privileges committee investigation as it was coming to a conclusion and to undermine Mr Johnson. In a statement earlier this evening, a spokesperson for Mr Johnson said that lawyers have advised the events in question were lawful, and added that Mr Johnson was not contacted before the referral to police and the privileges committee was made, which they described as "bizarre and unacceptable." Sky News now understands that Mr Johnson's team is considering all legal options in the wake of the Cabinet Office's referral to police. Police are "assessing" claims he may have broken lockdown rules, but Mr Johnson's team insists that no breaches occurred. We'll back with the very latest from Westminster from 6am - and we’ll have Prime Minister’s Question live at 12pm, which is sure to be a blockbuster session.Īs we have been reporting this evening, the Cabinet Office has referred the former PM to police after entries in his ministerial diary were spotted that showed friends visiting Downing Street and Chequers during the pandemic (see post at 18.03). And the government announced new voter ID rules for postal and proxy votes.Labour was fined for the late reporting of donations.Downing Street still did not make a decision on launching a probe in allegations the home secretary asked civil servants to help arrange a private speed awareness course.Minister announced that international students will be banned from bringing dependents to the UK amid rising migration figures.The IMF updated its forecasts to show the UK will not enter a recession this year and the economy will grow by 0.4%.Rishi Sunak spoke at a defence conference where he said his message to Putin is that "we are not going away".It was revealed that the Cabinet Office referred Boris Johnson to the police after entries in his ministerial diary were spotted that showed friends visiting Downing Street and Chequers during the pandemic.We'll be back in the morning, but until then, here are today's highlights: Thank you for following along for another day of live updates from the heart of Westminster.
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