The Independent says Channel 4 has said it is “disappointed” at the Government’s decision to proceed with plans to privatise.
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The Guardian says civil service chiefs are braced for the behaviour of top Whitehall officials to be severely criticised in the Sue Gray partygate report.
The Guardian says the west must not lift sanctions against Russia until all its troops have left Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is unable to mount such an offensive again, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.
Daily Express says LABOUR’s calls for the UK to start rationing energy have been shut down after critics argued that Britain needs to ramp up domestic production and boost renewable capacity instead.
Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON has refused to endorse Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that some Covid rules were “inhumane”.
The Metro says more fines have been handed out to Downing Street staff who partied into the small hours on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral.
The Independent says the PM will this week seek to galvanise a tough response from allies to the crisis in Ukraine as Russia is accused of massacring civilians, with scenes akin to a “horror movie”.
David Warburton’s wife ‘standing by’ him as Tory MP accused of misconduct admitted to hospital The Independent says the wife of Conservative MP David Warburton…
The Guardian says Downing Street staff have been issued with fines by police over a party that took place the night before Prince Philip’s funeral.
Sky News says the government has backtracked just hours after making a U-turn on plans to introduce a new law to ban conversion therapy.
BBC News says Labour will be on the side of voters, Keir Starmer will say, as he launches the party’s local election campaign.
That’s the end of this week’s PMQs – the last one before Easter. Read through and follow along with the text here. Or catch up…
Labour Apsana Begum says welfare cut will push more families into desperation. Does the PM agree that this has not come out of the blue…
PMQs Live – 30/03/2022
The Independent says a Tory MP asked a teenager if he was “a true Scotsman” and lifted his kilt, before sexually assaulting the youth’s 15-year-old brother in a bunkbed, a court has heard.
PartyGate fines show Boris Johnson ‘a proven liar’, says shadow minister The Guardian says Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, says the Met announcement about…
The Independent says Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at 10 Downing Street, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said.
The Guardian says the first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently following an investigation into Partygate.
Labour’s Dawn Butler told the BBC she has undergone surgery after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Metro says Dawn Butler has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram.
The Independent says Labour MP for Brent Central Dawn Butler has revealed her cancer diagnosis following a routine mammogram.
The Independent says Boris Johnson stood awkwardly alone as EU leaders shook hands ahead of the Nato family photo.
BBC News says Ukraine is “not alone” in its fight against Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak has sought to defend his mini-budget against accusations he failed to shield Britain’s poorest families from the worst hit to living standards in six decades.
The Independent says Britain is heading for its biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s this year, despite a mini-Budget in which chancellor Rishi Sunak slashed £330 off national insurance.
