Sharp, 64, is a Tory party donor - and used to be Rishi Sunak’s boss at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 23 years.

GMB Union said that ministers must close nurseries now to save lives, with the pandemic reaching a crisis point across the country.

“My friend didn’t wear a mask because he believed the lies from our leaders. Now, he’s close to being intubated. He asked that I share this.”

In a fiery exchange on Good Morning Britain, Zahawi said that taking tests on the border is "pointless".

By comparison, there are just 2,260 civil servants working for the Treasury - and 2,290 at the Department for International Trade.

Housing minister Christopher Pincher suggested a bottle of Krug Grand Cru Curvée as an “alternative vaccine” against the “memory of last year”.

While those in Tier 4 areas were able to attend church, the government’s own guidance was that people should not travel from one tier to another

After yet another U-turn, we tallied every time Boris Johnson has changed his mind about Covid-19.

Allardyce - newly-appointed at West Brom, who are second from bottom - lamented that three potential recruits had already fallen through as a result of the new rules.