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A number of journalists have reported that Number 10 won’t confirm whether the Cabinet Secretary Simon Case attended the party in 2020

‘They knew there was a party, they knew it was against the rules, they knew they couldn’t admit it and they thought it was funny.’

The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.

‘I wonder why the latest fiasco isn’t all over the front page today’

Health secretary Sajid Javid was forced to cancel interviews this morning and not a single government minister came out to bat for Downing Street after the leaking of the footage

41% of respondents think Boris Johnson’s government has betrayed the North of England, compared to 29% who think they have not.

‘We need an emergency 10-year programme to upgrade insulation in every home and to ensure new homes are built to zero-carbon standards’

Notable Tory MPs who could lose their seats include Iain Duncan Smith, Graham Brady, Theresa Villiers, Steve Baker and Ian Levy.

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The UK also has the least generous statutory sick pay in Europe, worth just £96.35 per week