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  • Politics latest news: Rishi Sunak to swerve questions in Parliament on Greensill, as lobbying row grows

    'Extremist' Salmond mocked for enlisting Robert the Bruce Sir John Major urges ethics rules overhaul after Cameron Greensill row LibDems accused of breaking mourning pledge day after Prince Philip's death Coronavirus latest news: Follow updates in our live blog Subscribe to The Telegraph for a month-long free trial Rishi Sunak will swerve a series of awkward questions in the Commons today, where he was to be grilled on his involvement in awarding Greensill Capital a Covid loan. The Chancellor, who was sent private text messages by David Cameron last year to ask for help for the finance firm, had been expected to explain how it was accredited for the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Scheme (CLBILS). It would have been the first time he had spoken in the chamber since March 9, more than a month ago. However, small business minister Paul Scully is appearing instead. Labour sources noted that Mr Sunak had only appeared once between the end of November and the Budget, dodging three Treasury questions. They added: "The Chancellor is happy to stand in front of a camera when it suits him, but won't answer questions about his involvement in the biggest lobbying scandal for a generation. What's he got to hide?" But a Treasury source explained “After a year of these schemes being in place and a very detailed letter last week setting out the difference between them, Labour still don’t get that CLBILS is not a Treasury lead.” Follow the latest updates below.

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  • Next phase of vaccine programme begins as over-45s offered jabs

    A surge in numbers of people wanting to book their jab crashed the NHS Booking website.

  • Sturgeon furious at ‘jaw-dropping’ Westminster decision to refer Holyrood bills to Supreme Court

    Move comes weeks before crunch Holyrood elections

  • Semi-truck Driver Deliberately Crashes Into Murder Suspect's Car to End Police Chase in San Diego

    A semi-truck driver crashed his vehicle into a murder suspect’s car fleeing a police pursuit in Pomona, California, on April 6.The suspect drove a black pickup truck through several counties as police tailed him, according to local news reports.A GoFundMe was set up for Ahmed Shaaban’s truck as he believes insurance would not cover the cost due to the deliberate action, according to news reports. Credit: Ahmed Hosny Shaaban via Storyful

  • Too Close: ITV viewers left baffled by bizarre sex scene blunder

    Viewers were left with more questions about the kitchen lovemaking than show’s central mystery

  • Third COVID wave 'could cause 50,000 more deaths' in UK despite vaccine rollout, warns top scientist

    People aged 45 and over have been invited to come forward and book their vaccine appointments.

  • ‘Unlike anything we’ve seen in modern history’: Attacks against journalists soar during Black Lives Matter protests

    Arrests of US journalists halfway through 2020 outnumber number of jailed reporters in China in 2019

  • UK talks with EU, Ireland on Northern Ireland set for Thursday

    Britain will host Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in London and its EU negotiator David Frost will travel to Brussels on Thursday for talks designed to ease differences over trade with Northern Ireland, the scene of more than a week of riots. Coveney was due to hold talks with his British counterpart Dominic Raab and Brandon Lewis, Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, an Irish government source said.

  • Alex Salmond: Why is Alba leader not included in tonight’s TV debate?

    Pro-independence party chief claims to have ‘unanswerable’ case to face Nicola Sturgeon and others

  • Trump caught on audio mocking Michelle Obama’s looks to giggling GOP hierarchy at Mar-a-Lago

    Leaked recording from RNC fundraiser reveals ‘uproarious’ laughter from sponsors for ridicule of former first lady

  • JK Rowling to release book with publishing house threatened with walkouts over 'transphobia'

    JK Rowling will release a new book with the publisher whose staff threatened to walk out over her stance on transgender issues. The author was criticised last year by members of the transgender community and Harry Potter cast members, including Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, for claiming women and biological sex were being “erased”. The subsequent release of her children's book The Ickabog through Hachette sparked an internal revolt at the publishing house, with some employees threatening to walk out over Rowling’s alleged transphobia, Now the author is set to publish another children’s title through the same firm, with The Christmas Pig due to be released in autumn. The story is described as a “heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child’s love for his most treasured toy, and how far he will go to find it”. Rowling has classified The Ickabog as a “fairy tale”, and The Christmas Pig has therefore been billed as her first children’s novel since the Harry Potter series. Following controversy over the publication of Rowling’s work, Hachette last year said the house was “proud to publish” her writing. A statement from the house added: “Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of publishing. “We fundamentally believe that everyone has the right to express their own thoughts and beliefs. That’s why we never comment on our authors’ personal views and we respect our employees’ right to hold a different view.” Ms Rowling has denied being transphobic, and explained following the online outrage at her comments that her views on biological sex and the welfare of women stem from her own experience of domestic abuse.

  • Public ready to accept vaccine passports – and keep them after pandemic is over

    Exclusive: Almost a third think Boris Johnson is ending lockdown too soon

  • Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

    Mansfield, Corby and Barnsley are currently recording the highest rates.

  • Newsmax host under fire for blaming black army officer pepper-sprayed in traffic stop

    Second Lieutenant Caron Nazario filed a lawsuit against two Virginia police officers who reportedly pepper-sprayed and assaulted him

  • Putin could spark war in Europe by invading Ukraine, says former US ambassador

    Michael McFaul warned world leaders should be ‘very’ concerned by unfolding situation

  • Biggest volcano explosion yet rocks tiny Caribbean island

    Hot flows of ash, rock fragments and gas tore down the flanks of the La Soufriere volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Saint Vincent on Monday after its most powerful explosion yet, four days after it first started erupting. La Soufriere erupted back into life on Friday after decades of inactivity, pumping dark clouds of ash some 10 km (6 miles) into the air and prompting an evacuation by sea and land of thousands of nearby residents. No deaths have been reported so far but a roughly a third of the island is off limits and airspace remains closed while power and water supply is intermittent in some communities.

  • Shirley Williams had all the right beliefs – but was the patron saint of lost causes

    Former education secretary’s career is proof that being nice is not enough

  • Ethiopian Jews' long wait for life in Israel

    The hillside Jewish cemetery in northern Ethiopia was never supposed to get so big.

  • 10 Neighbours spoilers for next week

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