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Daily Express says LABOUR’s calls for the UK to start rationing energy have been shut down after critics argued that Britain needs to ramp up domestic production and boost renewable capacity instead.

Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON has refused to endorse Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that some Covid rules were “inhumane”.

The Metro says more fines have been handed out to Downing Street staff who partied into the small hours on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral.

David Warburton’s wife ‘standing by’ him as Tory MP accused of misconduct admitted to hospital The Independent says the wife of Conservative MP David Warburton…

The Guardian says Downing Street staff have been issued with fines by police over a party that took place the night before Prince Philip’s funeral.

The Guardian says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and Covid-19, has said she will not seek a second five-year term of office.

TRT World says Sri Lanka’s entire cabinet aside from the president and his sibling prime minister resigned from their posts as the ruling political clan seeks to resolve a mounting economic crisis.

Sky News says the government has backtracked just hours after making a U-turn on plans to introduce a new law to ban conversion therapy.

BBC News says Labour will be on the side of voters, Keir Starmer will say, as he launches the party’s local election campaign.

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Labour Apsana Begum says welfare cut will push more families into desperation. Does the PM agree that this has not come out of the blue…

PMQs Live – 30/03/2022

The Independent says a Tory MP asked a teenager if he was “a true Scotsman” and lifted his kilt, before sexually assaulting the youth’s 15-year-old brother in a bunkbed, a court has heard.

PartyGate fines show Boris Johnson ‘a proven liar’, says shadow minister The Guardian says Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, says the Met announcement about…

The Independent says Downing Street has refused to say if Boris Johnson will resign if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at No 10 after the police announced it is issuing fines.

The Independent says Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at 10 Downing Street, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said.

The Guardian says the first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently following an investigation into Partygate.

Partygate: Met Police to issue first fines, sources say BBC News says the first fines for breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules as part of a…

Labour’s Dawn Butler told the BBC she has undergone surgery after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Metro says Dawn Butler has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram.

The Independent says Labour MP for Brent Central Dawn Butler has revealed her cancer diagnosis following a routine mammogram.

The Independent says Boris Johnson stood awkwardly alone as EU leaders shook hands ahead of the Nato family photo.

BBC News says Ukraine is “not alone” in its fight against Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

The Guardian says Rishi Sunak has sought to defend his mini-budget against accusations he failed to shield Britain’s poorest families from the worst hit to living standards in six decades.

The Metro says Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be secretary of state, died on Wednesday of cancer. She was 84-years-old.