Politics latest: Deadline day for Boris Johnson in WhatsApp row - as PM to crack down on vape marketing

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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are preparing to launch a legal battle over COVID secrets, just hours before a deadline for handing over sensitive material to the official pandemic inquiry. Human rights barrister AdamWagner1 weighs in 📺 Sky 501

to the inquiry's chairwoman, Baroness Hallett.

It's an often necessary but rarely tidy journalistic exercise - locating and asking pertinent questions of an unwilling participant who has gone to some effort to avoid them, writesBoris Johnson had been on a lengthy US trip, through Texas to Las Vegas in the west and Washington DC in the east.He had given speeches, at least one for a reported six-figure sum, and spoken on a range of issues - Ukraine, in particular.

Mr Johnson was referred to the police by the Cabinet Office on Wednesday over events in Chequers and Downing Street following a review of his official diary as part of the official COVID inquiry. The Conservative Party has now responded to Mr Ashworth's comments, accusing Labour of strenghthening Russian president Vladimir Putin's use of"energy as a weapon."

Ms Cullen previously recommended the members of her union accept the deal agreed with the government, but it was rejected by members. Net migration to the UK rose to 606,000 in the 12 months to December 2022, the highest number for a calendar year on record - despite a Tory 2019 manifesto commitment to"bring overall numbers down".

If you're unfamiliar, resignation honours refers to the tradition of an outgoing prime minister granting a peerage, knighthood, or other kind of honour to a number of people. It has previously been reported that three sitting Tory MPs are on the list - former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, former cabinet office minister Nigel Adams, and COP26 president Sir Alok Sharma.

The paper also reports that the vetting of Mr Johnson's list has finished, and Rishi Sunak is due to have a phone call with his predecessor this week that Mr Johnson wants to be about peerages, but Mr Sunak wants to avoid.

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