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09:02, 08 Dec Introduce the right to ten days of domestic abuse leave annually, says think tank 08:20, 08 Dec Cummings claims lobby journalists attended No 10 bashes during lockdown 18:40, 07 Dec ‘Lack of leadership in the foreign office’ – Tom Tugendhat 17:55, 07 Dec Leaked letter casts doubt over Number 10 claims Boris Johnson ‘wasn’t involved’ in animal Afghan airlift 16:31, 07 Dec Top foreign office civil servant admits being on holiday until 11 days after Kabul fell 15:08, 07 Dec Trade unions say Covid vaccine patents disadvantage developing countries 12:34, 07 Dec Labour’s ‘Mother of the House’ Harriet Harman to step down as MP 10:37, 07 Dec Raab hits back at ‘flawed’ criticism of Afghanistan evacuation 08:42, 07 Dec PM call with Biden, Draghi, Macron and Merkel ahead of US-Russia conversation 07:24, 07 Dec MPs warn government’s asylum rulings plans could breach human rights 18:38, 06 Dec Opposition MPs write to Home Secretary over asylum processing delays 18:13, 06 Dec Business secretary confirms 1,200 homes still without power in north-East England 15:47, 06 Dec Storm Arwen ‘worst in 15 years’, as government defends ongoing power outages 15:02, 06 Dec Conservative Councillor in North Shropshire defects to Reclaim Party ahead of by-election 14:58, 06 Dec Education committee probes challenges facing Gypsy/Traveller pupils 14:11, 06 Dec US to accept UK lamb exports for first time in 20 years 13:21, 06 Dec Levelling up white paper postponed until 2022 09:04, 06 Dec Stormont to debate hunting with dogs 08:45, 06 Dec Labour MP calls for public inquiry into failures following Storm Arwen