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OPINION - Boris Johnson may have misled MPs over partygate – inquiry

News cycles are like cats – you can feed and generally treat them like kings, but they are never something you truly own. Still, on Monday afternoon when Rishi Sunak revealed the Windsor Framework reforming the Northern Ireland Protocol, he might have hoped to earn a full week of positive…

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2023

Forbes pledges timetable to dual A9 by June

Transport minister Jenny Gilruth said last month the 2025 deadline to dual the road between Inverness and Perth was ‘simply unachievable’.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Labour holds Byker in Newcastle by-election as Greens optimistic after doubling vote share

Hayder Qureshi polled almost half of the vote to hold a vacant Byker ward seat for Labour on Thursday

Chronicle Live · Mar 3, 2023

Covid rule breaches would have been 'obvious' to Boris Johnson, MPs say

The cross-party Privileges Committee said evidence suggest the House of Commons was misled by the former Prime Minister

Manchester Evening News · Mar 3, 2023

New Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has 'big shoes to fill but we'll support her', says Roisin Shortall

Ms Cairns, 33, took over as leader just a couple of days ago, after Ms Shorthall and Catherine Murphy announced their departure as party leaders

Dublin Live · Mar 3, 2023

Lee Anderson says protests outside of asylum seeker hotels 'just human nature'

Lee Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield and Tory Deputy Chairman, told the BBC's Political Thinking podcast that protests outside of hotels housing asylum seekers were a display of 'human nature'

Nottingham Post · Mar 3, 2023

Messages show how No 10 struggled to explain Covid parties within rules

Communications director Jack Doyle wondered whether a proposed explanation blew a ‘gaping hole’ in Boris Johnson’s account.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Fergus Ewing backs Kate Forbes – with comparison to his mother, Winnie

SENIOR SNP MSP Fergus Ewing has backed the leadership bid of Kate Forbes, comparing her to his mother.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 3, 2023

Partygate probe’s reliance on Sue Gray ‘surreal’ amid Labour move, Johnson says

The former prime minister and his allies used the partygate investigator’s Labour appointment to discredit the probe into whether he lied to MPs.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

‘I want to give mid-life women a voice’: Labour’s Anneliese Dodds on menopause, careers and the WI

The party chair discusses why Labour wants to attract female voters who are juggling child, parent and health care on top of demanding jobs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023