Boris Johnson is reportedly wavering on controversial plans to raise national insurance as questions loom over the future of his premiership in light of an official inquiry into partygate allegations.
Meanwhile, in other stories making the headlines this morning, more than 200 Post Offices in the UK have closed in the last two years – the equivalent of two a week, according to new research.
Elsewhere, the location of the notorious eyesight-testing trip by Dominic Cummings – Barnard Castle – has had its best year for visitors in 2021, according to English Heritage.
