Politics

Representatives from Labour, SNP, the Lib Dems, DUP, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, Alliance Party and the Greens will meet this morning.

The acting Durham police, crime and victims commissioner said there was a ‘plethora’ of additional information which deserved examination.

Reaction was strong in the County Durham market town where the Downing Street adviser was reported to have visited in April.

Scotland’s First Minister accused the PM of risking public confidence in coronavirus guidelines by keeping his adviser in post.

Johnson faces Northern revolt as Red Wall MPs say move to defend Cummings "goes against everything we've been saying to our constituents".

Behavioural science expert Stephen Reicher says the country’s leadership has been compromised at a critical time.

The tongue-in-cheek protest comes as Boris Johnson defends Dominic Cummings for allegedly breaking lockdown.

Tories and political foes alike say the PM’s top adviser has to go after his breach of lockdown laws.

It comes as Boris Johnson faces a revolt from within his party following moves to support his de facto chief-of-staff.