1. Boris Johnson: BBC more critical of Rwanda migrant plan than Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine invasion
Boris Johnson on Tuesday night accused the BBC and the Archbishop of Canterbury of being more critical of the Rwanda migrants plan than Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Johnson told Conservative MPs that the BBC and the Archbishop were “less vociferous” in their criticism of the Russian president than they were of plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Read the full story.
2. Prince Harry claims he visited the Queen to make sure she ‘had the right people around her’
Prince Harry has said he paid a visit to the Queen last week to make sure his grandmother was “protected” and “had the right people around her”, in his first full interview in over a year.
The Duke and wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited the Queen in Windsor on Thursday, marking the first time both have returned to the UK since they stepped back from Royal duties two years ago. Read the full story.
3. Boris Johnson flies to India ahead of ‘dishonesty’ vote
MPs will vote on whether the Prime Minister should be referred to the privileges committee for misleading the Commons as he flies to India for an official visit.
The crunch vote will take place on Thursday following a debate in the chamber about Boris Johnson’s “partygate” claims that no rules were broken. Read the full story.
4. Germany isolated as West sends heavy arms to defend Ukraine
Germany on Tuesday night refused to join an international coalition in sending heavy weaponry to Ukraine as the country entered a new phase of the war against Russia.
Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, said that while Germany was willing to give financial aid, he was not prepared to export tanks and armoured personnel carriers to Kyiv. Read the full story.
5. Civil servants working from home, beware – Jacob Rees-Mogg is making spot checks on offices
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been carrying out spot checks on government office buildings to make sure more civil servants than claimed by their bosses are not working from home.
He is understood to have dropped into the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and the Serious Fraud Office in the last two months. Read the full story.
