Daily Telegraph

Boris Johnson is set to lift Plan B COVID restrictions as he plots a leadership fightback, according to The Daily Telegraph.

 The Duke of York has been “exiled” from royal life, as he loses all patronages, military roles, and his HRH title leads the Daily Telegraph.

The Daily Telegraph writes that Chancellor Rishi Sunak declined to fully endorse Boris Johnson until he had seen the results of the investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street. He instead issued a carefully worded message on Twitter after eight hours of public silence following the PM’s apology to the Commons.

The Daily Telegraph splashes on how support for embattled Boris Johnson is ebbing away – as Conservative MPs say he should quit if he broke lockdown rules. 

Health bosses have been accused of misleading Cabinet ministers in a bid to justify COVID rules, The Daily Telegraph reports. 

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is among Cabinet ministers backing calls to cut the COVID isolation period to five days amid growing pressure for the UK to shift to living with the virus, The Daily Telegraph reports. 

The government’s scientific advisers have said fourth COVID jabs are not currently needed, reports The Daily Telegraph. 

More than a million people could be dragged into the higher rate tax band by 2026, The Daily Telegraph reports, with economists predicting the country faces the biggest cost of living crisis for a generation.

The Telegraph says four Black Lives Matter activists who admitted toppling the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol walked free from court after a jury “agreed they had committed no crime”.

People who test positive on lateral flow tests but have no symptoms will no longer have to wait to confirm the result with a PCR – meaning they can immediately start their seven-day isolation, the Telegraph reports.