An incendiary video posted on the Home Office's Twitter account on Wednesday evening showed a graphic of deportation planes leaving the UK, prompting outraged legal commentators to brand it “scandalous” and compare it to something out of Dad’s Army.

In a survey conducted by YouGov, with The Times, 47 per cent of respondents said Britain was wrong to leave the EU - a two percentage point spike from last week.

Labour accused Johnson of trying to shirk responsibility for a “shambles” caused by the “incompetence” of his government.

Prisons have managed to avoid devastating outbreaks of Covid-19. But the measures used to contain the virus have exacerbated a burgeoning mental health crisis for inmates - and those they leave behind.

Donald Trump’s eldest son is reportedly worried that the president will not win re-election in November.

Speaking to the Chicago Sun Times, Jacob Blake Snr said his son had "eight holes" in his body. "What justified all those shots?" his father said. "What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?"

The U-turn comes after it was announced that secondary students in Scotland will have to wear face coverings in school corridors and communal areas from Monday.

"I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stopped this general fight of self-recrimination and wetness," the PM said.

Analysis published by Labour has revealed the high proportions of people around the country working in sectors like manufacturing and retail - which have been hardest hit by the coronavirus recession.