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Boris Johnson first European leader to get call from President Biden

The Prime Minister is believed to be the first world leader outside North America to speak to Joe Biden after the call was brought forward

23 Jan 2021, 8:42pm

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Rishi Sunak doubles one-off payment offer for universal credit claimants to £1,000

23 Jan 2021, 9:30pm
Government quietly changes law to give councils lockdown powers until July 17 this year

23 Jan 2021, 9:00pm
Exclusive: Five million vaccinated Britons told to carry on 'as if you have the virus' by Jonathan Van-Tam

By Christopher Hope 23 Jan 2021, 9:30pm
Roads to be named after Victoria Cross heroes in latest Tory plan for 'war on woke'

23 Jan 2021, 9:00pm
Overseas travellers returning to the UK face paying for 10 extra days at a hotel

By Charles Hymas 23 Jan 2021, 9:30pm
SNP reveals 'roadmap to referendum' as poll shows support for independence

24 Jan 2021, 6:00am

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Lockdowns and border closures have repeatedly failed – it's time we let them go

Britain has done enough unnecessary damage without adopting the Fort Knox approach at this stage

Annabel Fenwick Elliott
HSBC cannot stay silent as China’s crimes are exposed

The bank's business today appears as a towering, teetering hypocrisy as the West faces a reckoning with China

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London is burning in lockdown – and if it falls, so will the rest of the UK

The pandemic has turned the capital's slow-burn into a wildfire

Ben Habib

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Battle lines Cabinet doves and Treasury hawks in battle over borders as UK tries to keep Covid variants at bay

The two sides will determine how far to go in tightening restrictions on international travel, which could include a blanket ban

By Charles Hymas
Uneasy alliance The EU diplomat row shows Brexiteers were right - Brussels does aim to become a superstate

The EU has once again overstepped in demanding that its ambassadors merit the same privileges as any country's ambassador
Exit strategy Covid lockdown: Is there a case for an early release from restrictions?

Why it may be time to have a difficult conversation about what is an acceptable level of risk

By Sarah Knapton
The cavalry is coming Covid vaccine postcode lottery revealed as Midlands and North outstrip London

First local and regional data on vaccine rollout lays bare North-South divide, with the capital behind many other areas

By Henry Bodkin

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SNP reveals 'roadmap to referendum' as poll shows support for independence

The plan states any attempt by the UK Government to challenge the legality of the referendum in the courts will be "vigorously opposed"

By Telegraph Reporters 24 Jan 2021, 6:00am
Rishi Sunak doubles one-off payment offer for universal credit claimants to £1,000

The Chancellor is thought to be scaling back his Budget ambitions to focus on supporting jobs and the economy through the crisis

By Christopher Hope 23 Jan 2021, 9:30pm
Overseas travellers returning to the UK face paying for 10 extra days at a hotel

No 10 sources confirmed that hotel quarantining would likely be part of the 'next steps' to secure borders and stop Covid variants spreading

By Charles Hymas 23 Jan 2021, 9:30pm
Government quietly changes law to give councils lockdown powers until July 17 this year

'Vaccinations will of course bring immunity from Covid, but they must bring immunity from lockdowns and restrictions too'

By Christopher Hope 23 Jan 2021, 9:00pm
Roads to be named after Victoria Cross heroes in latest Tory plan for 'war on woke'

Birmingham City Council was accused of ‘virtue signalling’ after it gave streets names including Diversity Grove and Equality Road

By Christopher Hope 23 Jan 2021, 9:00pm
Boris Johnson first European leader to get call from President Biden

The Prime Minister is believed to be the first world leader outside North America to speak to Joe Biden after the call was brought forward

By Christopher Hope 23 Jan 2021, 8:42pm
'Red Wall' seat will be first to see Beeching rail cut reversals

Grants Shapps announced £34 million fund to begin work reinstating service between Newcastle and mining town of Ashington

By Mike Wright 23 Jan 2021, 6:00am
How Rishi Sunak, the 'Yorkshire Maharajah', can rejuvenate the UK after coronavirus

Profile: The Chancellor is 'loved' by his team and doesn't shy away from the thorniest of issues

By Nick Timothy 22 Jan 2021, 9:47pm

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