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Is partygate still a threat to Boris Johnson?
Latest developments in the partygate saga


‘There is a risk of something happening that shouldn’t happen in the future’, says independent adviser to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review
Another Windrush style scandal is only a matter of time if the Home Office does not bring about fundamental cultural change - according to the author of a new review.


Raw sewage released into English rivers at a rate of a thousand times a day
Raw sewage is being released into rivers in England at a rate of more than a thousand times a day by water firms, according to new figures published today.


‘People will die’, says the CEO of National Energy Action
We were joined in the studio by Adam Scorer, who leads the charity, National Energy Action which campaigns against fuel poverty.


‘Home Office system is creaking’, says Action for Afghanistan co-founder
We spoke to Zehra Zaidi, who's a lawyer and co-founder of Action for Afghanistan - an organisation that works to secure safe passage and resettlement for refugees. 


How many refugees have been allowed into the UK?
The United Nations said today that four million people have fled Ukraine since the conflict began. 


Cost of living: Johnson says government ‘has to fix’ child poverty crisis
Boris Johnson has admitted the number of children living in poverty is a problem that his government "has to fix". 


Jamie Wallis becomes first MP to announce he is transgender
Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has become the first member of the UK's parliament to come out as transgender.


Shrewsbury maternity scandal was ‘continuing catalogue of tragedy’, inquiry chair says
We spoke to the author of the review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, the senior midwife Donna Ockenden.


Shrewsbury maternity scandal: 201 babies could have been saved, says report
“A catalogue of tragedies” - that's how the senior midwife Donna Ockenden described her review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust. 


P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite ‘the most hated man in Britain’, says MSP
Probably the most hated man in Britain - the charge which one Scottish MSP today levelled at the boss of P&O ferries after the company decided to sack 800 of its staff and replace them with agency workers.  


Queen attends thanksgiving service for Duke of Edinburgh
The Queen has attended the special service of thanksgiving for the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey.


Voters react to Downing Street party fines
One campaign group representing the families of people who've died with Covid have said Boris Johnson should have "resigned months ago" over the Partygate scandal. 


Tory MPs have ‘team bonding’ dinner after Downing St. party fines
The return of the Partygate scandal and Boris Johnson is hosting what's being described as a “team bonding dinner” with Tory MPs tonight at a central London hotel.


Prime minister ‘repeatedly lied to the country’ says Labour MP
We were joined from Westminster by shadow health secretary Wes Streeting.



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