Politics

He warned “there is hardship ahead for many people” as he again ruled out extending the jobs retention scheme.

A new Government scheme will assist companies in processing the extra red tape required to move goods into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner called on Downing Street to publish the evidence.

The 2017 election was narrowly contested and resulted in a hung parliament.

An MoD source said the idea had "more holes in it than a slice of Swiss cheese".

The intervention follows the leaking of an 860-page report, which revealed significant hostility towards Corbyn at the top of the Labour hierarchy.

“There were at least five different people potentially from five different parts of the country who all came together in one household and who were clearly breaking social distancing rules.

A YouGov poll, undertaken for The Times, revealed that 34 per cent of people believe that the Labour leader would do a better job, with 32 per cent preferring Johnson.

The chancellor has been urged to use targeted measures to stave off mass unemployment.