Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson brought in tighter Plan B restrictions while “desperately trying to dodge the flak for rule-breaking parties at Number 10”, the Daily Mirror reports.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson broke COVID rules by holding a staff party just before Christmas last year, according to the Daily Mirror.

The cladding fire risk was covered up by government ministers for years before Grenfell, reports the Daily Mirror.

Christmas celebrations could lead to restrictions in the New Year, the Daily Mirror warns.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood appeared in a TV advert that broke BBC rules, says the Daily Mirror.

The Daily Mirror reports on confusion and chaos over Christmas plans as the number of Omicron cases grows.

The paper has a follow-up to Wednesday’s story about parties being held at Number 10 in the run-up to Christmas last year.It alleges that Boris Johnson enjoyed party games, drinks, and food at a leaving do, previously reported to have taken place on 18 December, despite rules stating that mixing between household bubbles was banned.Downing Street has insisted that no rules were broken during the period.

The expansion of the vaccination programme to offer all over-18s boosters and second jabs to teenagers has made the front of the Daily Mirror.

Ministers are fighting to save Christmas after a third case of the Omicron variant was detected in the UK.