Today's daily politics briefingThe government has insisted it would be “irresponsible” not to build relations with the far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and his government, as Boris Johnson prepares to welcome him to Downing Street on…

Matt Hancock has denied promising Boris Johnson in March 2020 that all patients discharged from hospitals into care homes were being tested for Covid-19 before transfer.The supposed pledge was a central plank of Dominic Cummings’s…

The plan to lift all Covid restrictions next month has been plunged into doubt, after a surge in cases and hospital admissions prompted Boris Johnson to warn it “may need to wait”.Infections and admissions have…

Boris Johnson has declined to rebut Dominic Cummings’ explosive claims that he bungled his Covid response, leading to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.Quizzed one day after the allegations, the prime minister ducked an invitation…

Rishi Sunak has been told it is “not credible” to deny that David Cameron received special favours when lobbied the Treasury to help the doomed finance firm Greensill.At a stormy evidence session, MPs scoffed at…

Test-and trace system delayed because of Hancock’s ‘stupid’ 100,000 tests a day plan, says CummingsMatt Hancock is set to face the media during a Downing Street press conference a day after Dominic Cummings made a…

Test-and trace system delayed because of Hancock’s ‘stupid’ 100,000 tests a day plan, says CummingsA leading professor has warned that England’s next stage of the roadmap out of lockdown, set for 21 June, very much…

“Disastrous” mistakes by Boris Johnson’s government caused tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, the prime minister’s former top adviser has told MPs.Mr Cummings said Mr Johnson locked England down at least three weeks late in…