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07:17, 16 Dec Taxpayers to foot £5.2 billion tax bill this Christmas, says campaign group 07:00, 16 Dec Dame Diana Johnson elected Chair of the Home Affairs Committee 14:27, 15 Dec Two shadow frontbenchers resign after rebelling on NHS vaccine mandate vote 13:58, 15 Dec New ‘secure site’ opened for channel arrivals, says home office 11:38, 15 Dec Plan B rebels do not ‘want to get rid’ of Boris Johnson, says senior Tory MP 10:32, 15 Dec 100,000 more risk being ‘pulled deeper into poverty’ from April, claims charity 09:04, 15 Dec UK govt pledges to match £10m public donations to Afghanistan appeal 08:08, 15 Dec Shapps say PM is ‘showing leadership’ despite mammoth Tory rebellion 07:20, 15 Dec 4 out of 10 employers say they would fire an employee if they were homeless 07:12, 15 Dec Top investors urge govt to adopt recommendations to improve food sustainability 19:05, 14 Dec Covid passports pass despite Conservative rebellion 15:15, 14 Dec Airports trade body slams ‘expensive’ and ‘burdensome’ new travel testing rules 14:20, 14 Dec Three shadow cabinet ministers test positive for Covid ahead of Plan B vote 13:36, 14 Dec Top education figures criticise pandemic’s disruption to school attendance 12:56, 14 Dec People facing ‘impossible decisions’ ahead of Xmas due to benefit caps, say charity 11:59, 14 Dec Two Pfizer doses just 70% effective against severe illness, says new study 10:47, 14 Dec MoJ must tackle court backlog rather than ‘politicise’ human rights, says Labour 09:05, 14 Dec PM ‘no longer trusted’ on Covid, says Labour 08:45, 14 Dec Senior Tory MP argues that booster rollout risks already ‘exhausted’ NHS