"The freedom-orientated and ever-combative Truss" is more popular than ever, ConservativeHome said.

“To see ill-informed Labour politicians and do-gooding celebrities attempting to conflate victims of Windrush with vile criminals set for deportation is deeply offensive," Patel said.

The national health agency announced close to 6,500 new infections - and 33 more deaths - on Thursday.

Dominic Johnson, CEO of Somerset Capital Management - which was co-founded by Rees-Mogg - is joining DIT’s non-executive board.

"My father named me after this man. He probably didn’t understand what Adolf Hitler stood for."

Old Etonian Rees-Mogg felt compelled to speak out after Gavin Williamson said it would be a "great step forward" if the school altered its admissions policy.

Hannah Bardell, an SNP MP, said Lord Maginnins used “homophobic and derogatory language about her”.

The latest survey found 56 per cent support for leaving the Union - with the SNP on track for winning a majority at May’s Holyrood elections.

“There must be a full independent inquiry into how these massive contracts were given out, and whether there was any corruption or cronyism.”