Good luck getting across the Scottish border over Christmas.

Some noted that Sunak - believed to be one of the richest members of the Cabinet - has more money to spend than most.

“We cannot continue with Christmas as planned,” Johnson admitted last night.

"Opportunistic fraud”, where staff were supposedly furloughed but continued to work, could be taking place in between seven per cent and 34 per cent of cases.

The health secretary said the new restrictions announced on Saturday evening may have to stay for “the next couple of months”.

With a population of just five million, the country now expects to have triple the number of vaccines required - so will offer spares to close-by nations for free.

“The fact that the world’s richest billionaires are massively increasing their wealth at a time when millions are facing hardship, is evidence of a broken economy."

"It is looking increasingly likely that the UK will be leaving on Australian terms," a source said.

Sidney Powell claimed voting software was created at the direction of Hugo Chávez - who died seven years ago.