May - in which local Tories pretended not to be Tories, the Govt broke more promises, more fines were issued for Downing Street parties, Tory MPs told the poor to get better jobs and learn to cook, and a Tory MP was arrested for rape

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2^nd

Raw sewage ‘pumped into English bathing waters 25,000 times in 2021’

30,000 cancer patients waiting for treatment in England

Priti Patel faces legal action from Ukrainians stuck in visa backlog

3^rd

Boris Johnson takes credit for free bus pass after being told cash-strapped pensioners make trips to keep warm

Tory police and crime commissioner caught speeding five times in 12 weeks

4^th

Minister tells struggling families to use ‘value brands’ – but insists oil and gas firms pay enough tax

‘Don’t punish us’: Tory candidates brand themselves ‘local Conservatives’ to escape Partygate

5^th

Brexit to blame for ‘crazy’ chicken prices, says poultry industry in attack on PM

Government accused of betraying workers as employment bill is sidelined

UK not delivering on pledge to help Afghans under Taliban threat, ex-Army boss claims

Boris Johnson’s ‘misleading and dangerous’ attack on lawyers over Rwanda deal condemned

UK government accused of ‘explaining away’ Covid race issues

Boris Johnson munches ‘Fukushima popcorn’ as radioactive food rules scrapped

Hartlepool councillor who appeared in court a week ago allowed to stand at election

6^th

Two donors who gave Tories £1m between them handed public health jobs

7^th

Cows kept in cruel conditions outlawed in UK included in Australia trade deal

Boris Johnson urged to revive ban on fur, foie gras and hunt trophies

8^th

Partygate: Metropolitan Police fines ‘issued over No 10 Christmas party’

Tories urged not to betray working women by ditching employment bill

10^th

‘Ghost dom’ tax loophole hampering efforts to stop sanctioned Russian money flowing into UK

Dentist shortage in south-west England leaves patients doing DIY treatments

11^th

Further 250,000 UK households face destitution in 2023, warns NIESR

‘Criminalising our right to protest’: green groups’ anger over public order bill

Property heavyweight slams housing reforms in Queen’s Speech: ‘Nothing new – simply old policies re-hashed’

Tory MP blames food poverty on lack of cooking skills

Foreign agent scheme omitted from UK national security bill

12^th

Environment tipping points fast approaching in UK, says watchdog

Partygate: More than 100 fines handed out over Covid law-breaking, says Met Police

Major Donation to U.K. Conservative Party Was Flagged Over Russia Concerns

Government refuses to release Lebedev peerage details despite MPs’ instruction

13^th

Rishi Sunak says technical problems stopped him raising benefits more

Boris Johnson accused of ‘playing politics with children’s health’ after junk food U-turn

14th

England’s crumbling schools are a ‘risk to life’, officials warn No 10

15th

Revealed: UK fails to deliver £240m in net zero projects

Priti Patel accused of ‘power grab’ over new policing proposals

Jeremy Hunt ‘ignored’ NHS staff shortages while health secretary

16th

Johnson’s ‘jet zero’ plan unrealistic and may make UK miss CO2 targets – report

UK’s new aid strategy condemned as ‘double whammy to world’s poor’

Tory minister says Brits could work longer or get better paid jobs to cope with rising costs

17th

Poor families skipping meals and unable to afford heating, charity says

V&A at centre of row over auction of private tour as prize at Tory fundraising event

Alarm as leak reveals Prevent ‘carrying the weight’ for mental health services

Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape

18th

UK threat over NI Brexit deal ‘breeding mistrust in EU capitals’

Brexit has increased risk of dangerous foods reaching UK, watchdog warns

Children getting food poisoning as parents turn off fridges to save amid soaring bills

Brexit red tape onslaught deepens as UK economy loses £47bn because businesses drown in cross-border tax complexities

The damning testimony NHS staff have submitted to the Covid inquiry

19th

Britain is drifting towards economic oblivion

20th

Push for civil servants to return to office backfires as DfE runs out of desks

21st

Cambridge University astrophysicist loses space project role amid Brexit row

Boris Johnson to sacrifice top official over Partygate to save himself

Disaster charity drafted in to rescue lorry drivers stuck in post-Brexit queues

Rishi Sunak spends £500,000 of taxpayers’ cash on focus groups ‘to repair his image’

Top Tory MP faces drink spiking claims as victim 'woke up to find nipples being licked'

Boris Johnson cover-up on Newcastle's Saudi Arabian owners: No 10 REFUSES to release Prime Minister's secret messages about £300m takeover last year after months of wrangling over Prince Mohammed bin Salman's involvement

22nd

UK isolated over Northern Ireland protocol as US-EU alliance rules out renegotiation

Partygate: Minister refuses to say if No 10 called ‘secret meeting’ with Sue Gray

Tweet on Tory candidate’s account says teenage girls smell ‘buttery and creamy’

23^rd

Sue Gray Partygate meeting with Boris Johnson instigated by Downing Street official, No 10 admits

Thousands of NHS workers may quit for better-paid jobs, ministers warned

Nursery trainer tells of racist abuse after Tory MP calls work ‘brainless’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured drinking at Downing Street party during lockdown

Home Office warned protest banning orders backed by Priti Patel would not work

24th

Afghanistan: UK's withdrawal a disaster, inquiry concludes

‘One woman took out 13 of her own teeth’: the terrifying truth about Britain’s dental crisis

Boris Johnson’s secret meeting with Sue Gray to be focus of investigation

Limits on renewables ‘will keep UK energy bills higher this winter’

Revealed: government did encourage Premier League to approve Newcastle takeover

25^th

Home Office staff worry they may be asked to act illegally in ‘culture of fear’

Sue Gray report: Drunken No 10 party culture in lockdown laid bare

‘Out of touch’ Rishi Sunak ‘pays £10,000’ for private helicopter trip to Tory dinner

26^th

UK Risks Car Collapse as Jaguar Land Rover Looks Elsewhere for Batteries

Sunak’s windfall tax is a ‘sticking plaster’, say climate campaigners

Claims Boris Johnson's chief-of-staff 'tweaked Sue Gray report before publication'

27th

Boris Johnson waters down ethics code and blocks watchdog's powers to investigate him

28th

Government ‘pushing England’s universities out of teacher training’ over leftwing politics

Rishi Sunak’s ‘obscene’ tax relief for fossil fuel firms will ‘cost taxpayer £1.9bn a year’

Cost of living: More than 120,000 of Britain’s poorest families set to miss out on help due to benefits cap

Loss of EU funding clips wings of vital crow study in Cambridge

Boris Johnson and his team's City Hall emails about affair scandal 'disappeared' with no backups after he left mayoralty

29th

Loophole could let North Sea oil and gas giants slash UK windfall tax bill

Unseen text messages hint at Carrie Johnson’s second party at No 10

Boris Johnson ignores pleas from young Tory staffers to investigate 'date rape' MP

UK admits it has no idea how much tax is being evaded through offshore assets

Boris Johnson's 50 U-turns exposed - from windfall tax to Partygate 'lies'

30^th

‘Same nightmare week after week’: UK firms fed up with post-Brexit EU trade

Britons face more holiday chaos as Tory cuts could see 8,000 fewer passports processed every day

Current pupils will have left school before tutoring scheme hits goal, says Labour

31st

Sunak’s UK oil subsidy could have insulated 2m homes, says thinktank

British Pound Risks Crisis Usually Seen in Emerging Markets, BofA Warns

Priti Patel’s own officials warned her about easing stop and search conditions

UK to partially ratify domestic abuse convention after 10-year delay

Lords standards watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘VIP’ PPE contracts

Criminal acts of violence at UK GP surgeries almost double in five years