Voters will be choosing local representatives in England, Scotland and Wales and there will also be an election for the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Boris Johnson said ‘we always knew’ that ‘liberal lawyers’ would have tried to make the plan difficult.

Every council seat in Scotland, Wales, London and several parts of England is up for grabs, while Northern Ireland will elect its Assembly.

The Labour leader said he and other Labour members had a takeaway during an event in Durham last year while campaigning.

The Government announced a new immigration policy that will see asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats sent to Rwanda for processing.

Boris Johnson has not ruled out the prospect he could be issued with further fixed-penalty notices over events in Number 10 during lockdown.

Amber Valley MP Nigel Mills said ‘we have every right to expect higher standards of people making these laws’.

A spokesperson for Mrs Johnson said while ‘she believed that she was acting in accordance with the rules at the time’, she ‘apologises unreservedly’.

MPs are due to return on April 19, but opposition parties have backed calls for Parliament to be recalled.

Mrs Johnson had in the past dismissed claims she had held parties in her Downing Street flat.

Liz Truss said that with these ‘tough sanctions we are showing that the enemies of peace will be held to account’.

Labour has continued to press for answers on Mr Sunak’s arrangements and his wife’s business interests.

Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley told the PA news agency the House of Lords will take out any clause that privatises the network.

National insurance contributions have increased by 1.25 percentage points.

The Conservative former leader warned that ‘the assault on freedom doesn’t begin and end with Russia’s attack on Ukraine’.

Shadow health minister Andrew Gwynne says he still suffers with some symptoms of long Covid, despite catching the virus ‘107 weeks and four days ago’.

Sir Bill Wiggin noted the Government has already invested heavily in developing a network of fast chargers across the UK.

Peers also heard the Government has started drawing up plans for a GCSE in the language, with more likely to be revealed later this year.

Michael Fabricant tells fellow MPs action needs to be taken to prevent a similar situation occurring again.

The Bill proposes to address inconsistencies in the Equality Act to ensure all disabled people are afforded protection from discrimination.