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Rishi Sunak ‘plots tax raid on online deliveries and self-employed’ to pay for £300bn Covid bill

Restricted trading across hospitality sector will cost 200,000 jobs, industry figures predict

Rishi Sunak to unveil £5bn pandemic rescue fund for high streets in Budget

Militant teachers hatching last-minute strike plot to disrupt re-opening of schools

Facebook warned UK ‘won’t shy away’ from cracking down on tech giant after Australian newsfeed ban

Rishi Sunak to announce bosses will get £3,000 for every new apprentice they take on in next week’s Budget

Boris Johnson is keen to ban firms from having a ‘no jabs, no jobs’ policy

Boris Johnson’s son Wilf has inherited his father’s infamous wild hairdo – which spills over the top of his pushchair

Primary in sleepy rural village becomes Britain’s first net-zero school

Boris Johnson hints North is set for major rail boost to build Britain back from the pandemic

Ex-SNP boss Alex Salmond accuses his successor Nicola Sturgeon of failing Scotland

Rishi Sunak urged to place the nation’s army of tradesmen at the heart of Budget plans to repair economy

Primary school kids DON’T need to wear face masks in classrooms, say health chiefs after confusion

Boost for music lovers as No 10 considers support plan to get festivals up and running again

Boris Johnson says workers will want to rush back to the office ‘in a few short months’

Dozens of Tory MPs urge Rishi Sunak to slash beer duty in next week’s Budget to save Britain’s pubs

School face mask chaos as primaries order kids as young as five to wear them – but scientists say ‘open windows’ instead

Jihadi bride Shamima Begum could RETURN to UK if government is defeated in Supreme Court today

Safety of controversial smart motorways to be probed by MPs after 14 deaths on the roads last year

Only 700 public electric car charging points built with Government cash in a decade despite Boris Johnson’s green push

‘Person’ changed to ‘mother’ in new maternity rights Bill after backlash

Nicola Sturgeon accused of trashing Scotland’s reputation to ‘save her own skin’ amid war with Alex Salmond

Boris Johnson reveals he became a politician after having ‘the beginnings of a midlife crisis’ aged 35

Rishi Sunak warned fuel duty hike would hit motorists whose vehicles are ‘critical’ to them during Covid

Teachers and police will NOT be able to jump Covid vaccine queue with roll-out continuing on age basis

Many millenials ‘will only get Covid jab if vaccine passports are brought in for gigs and festivals’

Pubs WILL be able to serve takeaway pints on April 12 when beer gardens open

Next week’s budget should avoid tax rises, ex PM David Cameron tells Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Defiant Boris Johnson insists lockdown will NOT be eased earlier than roadmap despite Tory MPs demands

Schools reopening: Boris Johnson promises parents teacher grading system for A Levels and GCSEs will be ‘fair’

Rishi Sunak’s Budget will be an expensive and painful sandwich of giveaways and tax hikes

Hopes rising for millions of drivers fuel duty might NOT rise in Budget after Sun’s Keep It Down campaign

Rishi Sunak urged not to hike fuel duty on ‘eco’ grounds as new green fuel hits the pumps

Give Brits free high street vouchers in ‘Shop Out to Help Out’ scheme in next week’s budget, Rishi Sunak urged

Music festivals ‘to return’ as Boris Johnson ‘backs Covid Status Certificates’ for ticketed events in 2021

Scotland is being run like a ‘tin-pot dictatorship’, says Tory grandee Liam Fox

Quarantine ‘could be extended’ after studies show Kent Covid strain is infectious for longer

Rishi Sunak ‘must go on £100bn Joe Biden-style spending spree in Budget to boost economy’

Boris Johnson hints Chancellor Rishi Sunak could slash tax on pints in next week’s Budget

Germany’s biggest newspaper admits Britain’s successful vaccine rollout is the envy of Europe

Kids should NOT hug their grannies yet even if they’ve had the vaccine, Deputy CMO warns

Schools reopening: Gavin Williamson says ‘low risk’ for kids as he confirms staggered starts & masks for March 8 return

New ‘stay at home’ Covid TV ad campaign urges public to ‘keep going’ and ‘make a difference’ before lockdown lift

Gavin Williamson vows lockdown easing WON’T be sped up despite Tory MPs’ demands

Secondary school kids WON’T all go back on March 8 as they have to be tested first, Gavin Williamson confirms

Nicola Sturgeon says she can’t give definitive lockdown lift date as she’d be ‘making it up’ as her roadmap is slammed

Gavin Williamson to give press conference at 5pm today ahead of schools reopening on March 8

Gavin Williamson says ‘I’d carry a vaccine passport’ to get to restaurant or theatre as PM looks into ‘challenges’

Jacob Rees-Mogg says ‘there’s always a degree of flexibility’ on whether lockdown rules could be lifted earlier

Millions of self-employed ‘to get £7,500 grants in the budget but scheme may be scrapped in May’