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The Times writes that the government is considering plans to charge motorists for using the roads because of a tax shortfall caused by the switch to electric cars. 

Boris Johnson has begun a “purge” of Brexiteers in Downing Street after telling chief adviser Dominic Cummings and communications director Lee Cain to leave, according to The Times. 

Boris Johnson is planning to reset his premiership after the resignation of his director of communications by ending culture wars, promoting the green agenda and taking a less dogmatic approach to the Union, according to The Times.

The departure of the PM’s director of communications could signal the end of the Vote Leave faction in Downing Street, The Times reports.

The government’s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, has said the apparent success of the COVID-19 vaccine is a “huge milestone” and the current wave of the virus could be the last that Britain endures, according to The Times.Read more on the story here.

The Times says GCHQ has begun a cyber operation to disrupt anti-vaccine propaganda being spread by hostile states.

The Times calls Joe Biden’s imminent victory in the race for the White House an historic moment.

US President Donald Trump stoked “fresh fury” as his election rival Joe Biden appealed for calm, according to The Times

America is holding its breath, The Times says, as Joe Biden pulls ahead in the closest presidential election for 20 years.