The so-called Indian variant of coronavirus is now the most dominant across the UK, Public Health England has announced.PHE warned there had been a 79 per cent increase in cases related to the B.1.617.2 mutation…

Boris Johnson is facing the prospect of a damaging Commons defeat over the government’s multi-billion pound cut to overseas aid, as a group of Conservative backbenchers launched a surprise rebellion.Led by the former Tory cabinet…

Boris Johnson’s government is “open minded” about extending the furlough scheme, a senior member of the cabinet has claimed.Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon will use a four-nations summit with the prime minister on Thursday to…

The Algarve, in green-listed Portugal, is a popular holiday spot for Britons (Getty Images/iStockphoto)No new countries will be added to the green list today, according to reports.There were hopes that a smattering of Greek islands,…

Today's daily politics briefingThe government is “open minded” about extending the furlough scheme beyond September, Michael Gove said.The cabinet office minister said the initiative, which sees taxpayer cash fund workers’ wages, had been a “huge…

Countdown to Euro 2020: Daily briefingFollow all the action as England host Austria in their first Euro 2020 warm-up match at the Riverside Stadium tonight.Gareth Southgate finalised his 26-man squad for the tournament yesterday, with…

The plan to lift all Covid restrictions later this month could be blown “off track” by surging infections, the government has admitted, with the case for pressing ahead now “ambiguous”.As the number of new cases…

Boris Johnson has been dealt a major blow as the schools’ coronavirus catch-up tsar quit his post in protest at a funding package he described as falling “far short of what is needed” to aid…