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Matt Hancock at the Covid Inquiry. Credit: Covid Inquiry.

Why I'll never forgive squirming Matt Hancock for his Covid conduct: Jayne Dowle

Former Health Minister Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence for the second time at the covid inquiry on November 30, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Watch live: Matt Hancock giving evidence to Covid inquiry

Rattled: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was belittled at PMQs by Sir Keir Starmer for humiliating Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the Elgin Marbles. Mr Sunak suggested everything Rishi Sunak touches turns to something unpleasant that Home Secretary James Cleverly is accused of blurting out at last week's PMQs. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

PMQs: Rishi Sunak humiliating Greece's Prime Minister was a petulant clanger tha...

A European Union flag flies in front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. PIC: PA

Why the ‘Red Wall’ Brexit voter stereotype needs to dropped - YP Letters

Former prime minister Boris Johnson was known as ‘trolley’ due to his tendency to change direction. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

How did Boris Johnson become Prime Minister? - Matthew Flinders

'The Bank of England has just told us that this situation isn’t going away any time soon and we must expect the misery to continue well into next year.' PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Relentless cost increases are hitting people now - Andy Brown

Former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

The Government failed us during the pandemic - YP Letters

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk during the AI safety summit, the first global summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence, at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Picture: Leon Neal/PA Wire

What Elon Musk's 'PayPal Mafia' can teach North about levelling up: Tim Mills

A general view of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. PIC: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire

Why the state opening of Parliament will feel like a charade - Andrew Vine

Former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

The Covid inquiry shows why we’re a dysfunctional country - David Behrens

Martin Reynolds, former principal private secretary to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Inquiry is revealing the true legacy of the Johnson government - Jayne Dowle

A general view of cattle at a Yorkshire farm. PIC: Simon Hulme

Trendy environmental schemes threaten our food security - Sarah Todd

Former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings arrives to give a statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London.

Johnson felt Covid was 'nature's way of dealing with old people', inquiry told

Boris Johnson has revealed he is joining GB News (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson reveals he is joining GB News

The end of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Why Labour is wrong to shy away from social care reform - Yorkshire Post Letters

Rishi Sunak arrives to take part in the final Conservative Party Hustings event at Wembley Arena, in London, on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Susannah Ireland / AFP) (Photo by SUSANNAH IRELAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis: Rishi Sunak's second year as PM cannot be a repeat of the first

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Tories beginning to lose political initiative on levelling up - Justine Greening

Ben Riley-Smith. Photo: Andrew Crowley

Book lifts the lid on 13 years of British politics from the heart of Westminster

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022 after being appointed as Britain's third prime minister within a year. Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images.

'Slightly peculiar meetings of slightly peculiar people decide our direction'

'Boris Johnson showed real vision for transport projects.' PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Boris Johnson showed he had a vision for transport projects - YP Letters
From: Roger Backhouse, Orchard Road, Upper Poppleton, York.

Nigel Farage speaks with protesters outside Downing Street in central London, on the first day of the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to include the whole of London. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

I'd rather have a political party led by Farage or Boris: Sarah Todd

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Betrayal of the North: Boris Johnson hits out at PM on HS2

There has been widespread speculation in recent days that Prime Minister Risi Sunak is preparing to either scrap or delay HS2’s Birmingham to Manchester leg after being warned the price tag for the whole project may have soared past £100 billion. The Yorkshire Post editor, James Mitchinson, asks :"So, Prime Minister: answer the question. Do you care about the north? Are you committed to levelling up - or not?"

Why HS2 matters to Yorkshire and the North - James Mitchinson

Stephen K Amos is coming to Yorkshire on his latest tour, Oxymoron. Picture: Pål Hansen.

Stephen K Amos: 'Something wonderful often happens in the room'

Partygate airs next month. (Pic credit: Channel 4)

Partygate Channel 4: Yorkshire actor Georgie Henley to star in political drama

An engineer checks the installation of a heat pump on a model house. PIC: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Profiteering energy companies need to be brought into line - Jayne Dowle

Liberal Democrats' leader Sir Ed Davey at his party's conference in Bournemouth yesterday.

Lib Dems call for end to severence pay to rule-breaking ministers

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on August 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. PIC: Alexey Furman/Getty Images

Is reconciliation on the horizon in the Ukraine-Russia war? - Patrick Mercer

The Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin during her visit to the MSI Reproductive Choices' Leeds clinic with Alison Lowe OBE, West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor fro Policng and Crime, speaking to member of staff Amanda at the clinic.
7 November 2022. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Tracy Brabin tells Labour a major transport project 'must be in your manifesto'

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's Mini Budget was not the cause of interest rates hikes, it has been claimed. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

'Don't blame Liz Truss's Mini Budget for interest rate hikes', economist says
Liz Truss’s infamous Mini Budget should not be blamed for the UK’s persistent interest rate rises, a leading economist has told The Yorkshire Post.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, with Angela Rayner (left) and Rachel Reeves, arriving with his shadow cabinet in central London for a meeting. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Labour needs to outline how it will deliver a better tomorrow - David Blunkett

Handelsbanken chief economist James Sproule at the bank's Wellington Street branch in Leeds. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Interest rates to peak at 5.5 per cent this month, top economist predicts

Empty tracks and parked up trains at the Heaton Depot on Tyneside, as members of the drivers' union Aslef go on strike. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Civil servants lack an understanding of the region’s rail needs - YP Letters

House builders at work in Harrogate. PIC: Gerard Binks

Dealing with skills shortage is key to kick starting the economy - YP Letters

No Boris so now I’m a Celeb is targeting Liz and Dom

Boris Johnson could be among the bugs and snakes of the jungle in I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Former UK Prime Minister ‘in talks’ to appear on I’m A Celeb

Yvette Cooper is Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary. PIC: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Faced with shifting security threats we need to adapt - Yvette Cooper

Votes are counted at Selby Leisure Centre in Selby, North Yorkshire, in the Selby and Ainsty by-election. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The Tory Party no longer knows what it should stand for - Justine Greening

Newly elected Labour MP Keir Mather (centre), with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Labour Party leader Angela Rayner at Selby football club, North Yorkshire. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Selby byelection result an indictment of the Government’s record - The YP says

Ballots are counted at Queensmead Sports Centre in South Ruislip, west London after voting at the poll stations closed in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, called following the resignation of former prime minister Boris Johnson. Picture date: Thursday July 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElections. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Tories hold on to Uxbridge in by-election upset for Labour

Labour are seeking to overturn the Conservative stronghold, which if successful would usher in the UK's youngest MP.

Selby and Ainsty by-election: Polls close in close race

Labour council leader Denise Jeffery and Tory opposition leader Nadeem Ahmed

Yorkshire council leader makes 'unreserved' double yellow lines parking apology

Ben Wallace will step down from his role at the next cabinet reshuffle

Full list of Tory MPs stepping down ahead of next general election

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

Boris Johnson earns over £21k an hour for his roles outside of politics

Boris Johnson rakes in over £21k as second job earnings revealed

'Christa Ackroyd’s attempted defence of Bradford struck me as somewhat patronising'. PIC: Tony Johnson

I am resigned to Bradford remaining second-rate - YP Letters

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Miriam Cates MP speaks during the Northern Research Group conference at Doncaster Racecourse. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Should we be looking to get rid of overseas social care workers? - Jayne Dowle

Boris Johnson giving evidence to the Privileges Committee at the House of Commons, London in March

Tory MPs on Privileges Committee deserve cross-party respect: Andy Brown

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

No evidence Boris Johnson knowingly misled Parliament - Yorkshire Post Letters

Several Tory MPs have been outed as trying to prevent a Parliamentary inquiry doing its work in pursuit of the truth regarding Boris Johnson and his deliberate misleading of Parliament (Getty)

Named and shamed Boris Johnson cultists' utter disdain for the integrity of Parl...

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Three judges have overturned a ruling, which previously said Rwanda could be considered a ‘safe third country’.

Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ruled ‘unlawful’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a PM Connect event at the IKEA distribution centre in Dartford, Kent. PIC: Kin Cheung/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak is the next barrier to integrity in the Commons - YP Letters

The front page of the House of Commons Committee of Privileges report into whether former prime minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over partygate. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Why Boris Johnson's political career is not over - Matthew Flinders

Clive Myrie. Picture: PA/Ian West.

Clive Myrie pulled from BBC News at Ten after Boris Johnson lying joke

'Seven years ago, during the referendum campaign, many put their faith in Boris Johnson – or at least gave him the benefit of the doubt.' PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

How much of a distraction was Brexit from pandemic preparations? - YP Letters

I shall not join in the public chorus of "j'accuse!" against Boris Johnson – Yorkshire Post Letters
CREDIT: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

I shall not join in the public chorus of "j'accuse!" – Yorkshire Post Letters