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In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS

The broadcasters were left in a flap as expletive heavy messages were read unfiltered during the Covid inquiry - but some viewers argued 'the swearing isn't the offensive part of this'

Government scientists told Rishi Sunak when he was Chancellor that he should provide money to make it financially viable for those on low incomes to quarantine at home

The Transport Secretary has pulled back now, but is he genuinely abandoning the journey, Paul Routledge asks, or merely changing trains and not the destination?

More than a dozen demonstrators who surrounded the Labour leader's Land Rover Discovery were pushed back by police following his speech to the Chatham House think tank

Controversial former MEP Nigel Farage has revealed he's 'going to have a real serious read' of the contract sent to him by ITV ahead of a possible I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! cameo

The Government has announced that it is scrapping the proposals drawn up by train firms to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations across England

Tory Minister Richard Holden said it would have been 'similarly embarrassing' if World War Two messages existed after the Covid Inquiry released messages about Boris Johnson

The Labour leader will give a speech reiterating his call for a "humanitarian pause" allowing Palestinians to escape, but will say that a ceasefire would allow Hamas to plan more attacks on Israel

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case warned that Boris Johnson 'cannot lead' and made it 'impossible' to govern in shock WhatsApp messages revealed at the Covid Inquiry

Diary notes written by Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggest the PM wanted to divert attention after it was reported Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, will sit as an independent MP, pending an investigation. He has had the Labour whip suspended after a speech he made at a rally this weekend

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case accused Boris Johnson of making the Government look like a 'tragic joke' as he warned colleagues exasperated by the chaos: "IT HAS TO STOP!"

Former Brexit Party chief Nigel Farage is reportedly on the verge of signing up for 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' and Janet Street-Porter has urged ITV bosses to do a deal

Martin Reynolds, who was Boris Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary, changed the settings of a WhatsApp group he was in with PM just before the Covid Inquiry was announced

The PM's spokesman refused to say whether it was inappropriate for DWP minister Tom Pursglove to be out door-knocking with Peter Bone, who is suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct claims

Backbenchers Nadia Whittome and Lloyd Russell-Moyle will today speak to people forced onto the Bibby Stockholm in Dorset, which reportedly costs taxpayers £800 per person each night

The Institute for Government (IfG) has issued a list of shame highlighting areas where the public is being let down with NHS waiting lists soaring, councils going bankrupt and the prison service in crisis

Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is caught between a rock and a hard place as he could alienate either the Jewish community or the Muslim population with his stance on the war in Gaza

Labour says it is a sign of the "abject lack of integrity" at the heart of the Tory Party after Peter Bone was seen canvassing with DWP minister Tom Pursglove days after being banned from Parliament

Helen MacNamara, who was Deputy Cabinet Secretary, will tell the Covid Inquiry this week Boris Johnson 'never warmed' to emergency Cobra meetings when he was Prime Minister

Science Minister Michelle Donelan appeared on TV and radio shows on behalf of the Government after Tom Pursglove was pictured knocking doors with Peter Bone despite his Commons suspension

Layla Moran's relatives, who are Palestinian Christians, are currently stranded with around 100 people in a church in Gaza, , where Israeli forces are expanding attacks

Body coach Joe Wicks said he met with the former Prime Minister but turned him down because he didn't think Boris Johnson was sincere about the public health project

Victoria Derbyshire stepped in to lead the political staple TV show, as she interviewed politicians from across the Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem parties on this week's news