<p>An investigation has been launched after a Conservative MP claimed she was told she had been sacked because of her ‘Muslimness’. Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, said she was told by a party whip that her faith had been ‘raised as an issue’ at a meeting in Downing Street after she was sacked as transport <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/investigation-launched-into-claims-conservative-mp-was-sacked-over-muslim-faith/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
As calls for Boris Johnson to resign grow, here's how MPs might decided on a new leader.
Some Plan B restrictions are being phased out from today.
<p>Boris Johnson has announced a return to the ‘Plan A’ coronavirus measures after ‘Plan B’ was implemented in December. The news comes after a cabinet review of the latest coronavirus data, with a government spokesperson explaining decisions about changes to restrictions were ‘finely balanced’. Current rules under Plan B include compulsory face coverings for most <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-announces-return-to-plan-a-coronavirus-measures/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Conservative MP Christian Wakeford has announced that he is defecting to the Labour party. Wakeford, who represents Bury South, confirmed shortly before Prime Minister’s Questions that he was joining the opposition, telling Boris Johnson in a letter that the Conservative party was ‘doing nothing to help the people of my constituency and indeed are only <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/conservative-mp-defects-to-labour-party-over-incapable-leadership/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed ‘nobody told him’ the Downing Street garden party broke any Covid-19 rules – but a past tweet might suggest otherwise. The government is currently gripped by ‘Partygate’, with the Conservatives accused of flouting lockdown restrictions and hosting several parties, including a ‘business meeting with cheese and wine’, a Christmas quiz <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/old-boris-johnson-tweet-sheds-doubt-that-he-was-not-aware-of-covid-rules-like-he-claimed/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign, but only if he ‘knowingly’ misled the UK parliament. Johnson has been embroiled in the Downing Street ‘Partygate’ scandal, dating back to the first emergence of clips discussing parties with ‘cheese and wine’ which wouldn’t be investigated, before an image of the PM appearing to host a Christmas quiz <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-will-resign-if-he-knowingly-misled-parliament/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson has doubled down on his claim that he didn’t know he was breaking coronavirus rules by attending a gathering at Downing Street during lockdown. The PM has faced calls for resignation after admitting to taking part in the ‘bring your own booze’ party during the height of lockdown in 2020, but he continues <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-doubles-down-on-claim-that-he-didnt-know-he-was-breaking-covid-rules/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson is said to have attended a leaving party for one of his staff members while the UK was under lockdown on the run-up to Christmas 2020. The prime minister has been under fire following a series of accusations about illegal gatherings and parties which took place at Downing Street while the rest of <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-revealed-to-have-attended-christmas-leaving-party-in-fresh-blow-to-leadership/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A primary school teacher asked his six-year-old students to weigh in on the current political crisis by giving their thoughts on who should be the next prime minister, and the kids had some interesting thoughts. George Pointon has gained quite a following on Twitter for his hilarious threads about the opinions of his class of <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/6-year-olds-reveal-who-they-think-should-be-prime-minister/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson is reportedly drawing up a list of names of officials to offer their resignations over ‘partygate’, as he faces renewed calls to step down following the scandal. The plan, which the prime minister is said to have personally dubbed ‘Operation Save Big Dog’, has reportedly been established in anticipation of the outcome of <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-reportedly-planning-operation-save-big-dog-to-salvage-his-job/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Downing Street has failed to deny claims that staff at Number 10 regularly held drinking sessions throughout the pandemic, as further ‘partygate’ revelations continue to emerge. It’s been alleged that ‘wine-time Fridays’ was a weekly event scheduled in to the online calendars of around 50 staff in Number 10, and took place regularly between 4.00pm <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/downing-street-allegedly-held-wine-time-fridays-as-fresh-accusations-against-boris-johnson-emerge/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>100 people dressed as Boris Johnson have descended on Downing Street, as revelations over so-called parties going on inside number 10 continue to spill out. With further reports of two parties taking place on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip, coming out just hours after the prime minister had apologised at PMQs for <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/100-boris-johnsons-got-together-to-party-outside-downing-street/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Last year, Priti Patel condemned an ‘illegal gathering’ in London. Today, everyone’s saying the same thing. Her earlier tweet took aim at a rave in Hackney last January, said to have attracted more than 300 people when such indoor events were prohibited under COVID-19 restrictions. ‘This illegal gathering was an insult to those hospitalised with <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/priti-patel-illegal-gathering-tweet-resurfaces-and-it-has-not-aged-well/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A funeral officer broke down in tears on the radio this morning as he recounted having to turn people away from mourning their loved ones due to Covid restrictions, at the same time that Number 10 was holding parties. The caller from Kensington said he felt like ‘an idiot’ and wished he’d been ‘more lenient’ <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/funeral-officer-breaks-down-in-tears-as-he-wishes-he-was-more-lenient-with-mourners-as-boris-johnson-partied/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An old clip of Prime Minister Boris Johnson dancing has gone viral amid the UK’s fury over the Downing Street party scandal. It all started with one clip: Johnson‘s former spokesperson Allegra Stratton describing a ‘fictional party’ as a ‘business meeting with cheese and wine’, and laughing about social distancing not being enforced. The Conservatives <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/footage-of-boris-johnson-dancing-goes-viral-after-party-scandal-engulfs-government/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Two leaving parties were held at 10 Downing Street the night before Prince Philip’s funeral. On Friday, April 16, 2021, England was under level two Covid-19 restrictions, which saw a ban on indoor mixing, and the Queen had been grieving alone from her husband’s passing, which had taken place the previous week. Union flags were hung <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/downing-street-held-two-parties-night-before-prince-philips-funeral/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson said it was ‘reasonable’ for people to call the police about Animal House-style parties during lockdown, just months after attending a ‘bring your own booze’ event at Downing Street. The prime minister issued an apology yesterday, January 12, after it emerged that more than 100 Downing Street staff had been invited to have <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-told-public-to-report-animal-house-parties-to-police-after-downing-street-drinks-party/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for Boris Johnson to resign after attending a party at Downing Street during the height of lockdown. The prime minister admitted he ‘must take responsibility’ for the gatherings and parties which took place at Downing Street while the rest of the country was being told to stay <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/sir-keir-starmer-calls-on-boris-johnson-to-resign-after-he-admitted-attending-downing-street-party/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson has apologised for a ‘bring your own booze’ party held in the Downing Street garden during lockdown. The prime minister has been under pressure to explain reports that he attended the party, which was held on May 20, 2020, after a leaked email from his personal private secretary was published, inviting around 100 <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-issues-apology-over-downing-street-party-scandal/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Members of the public have taken to social media to share heartbreaking stories of what they were doing while Downing Street staff members gathered in the garden for drinks during lockdown. A leaked email sent to more than 100 Downing Street employees encouraged staff to ‘make the most of the lovely weather and have some <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/people-share-heartbreaking-stories-of-what-they-were-doing-while-downing-street-held-a-party/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Resurfaced footage from a Downing Street press conference shows cabinet minister Oliver Dowden instructing the public to ‘stay at home’ less than an hour before officials gathered in the garden for an alleged party. The UK government is facing extreme scrutiny after a leaked email provided evidence of the gathering on May 20, 2020, when <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/government-ordered-people-to-stay-at-home-just-55-minutes-before-downing-street-party/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A leaked email from Boris Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary offers evidence that Downing Street officials held a party at the height of lockdown. Martin Reynolds, who has run Johnson’s private office since October 2019, sent the email on May 20, 2020, when government rules banned people from meeting in groups outdoors. It is said to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/downing-street-held-garden-party-drinks-at-height-of-lockdown-leaked-email-proves/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>