- Conservative MPs backing the Prime Minister are cautiously optimistic they have succeeded in placating rebel rousers plotting to oust their leader.
- Rishi Sunak mounted a fightback in the row over who is to blame for billions in taxpayer cash being wasted after fraudulent claims by businesses during the pandemic.
- Conservative MPs who have spoken to Boris Johnson about 'partygate' in recent days say the Prime Minister has given the impression that he does not believe he has done wrong.
- The current investigation by Sue Gray into Downing Street parties is the latest in an increasing number of thorny issues sent to the Cabinet Office’s inscrutable inquiries team, where difficult questions are sent, and many are still to be answered.
- Boris Johnson personally authorised the evacuation of former soldier Pen Farthing and his animals from Afghanistan, according to documents released by the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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