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Grant Palmer Limited [GPL], Bedfordshire’s family-owned bus company since 1999, has been officially named as an “exemplary” operator following a recent accreditation on the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's [DVSA] highly prestigious earned recognition scheme.

Senior civil servant Sue Gray intends to name those who broke Covid lockdown rules in the Partygate scandal, when her full report into the affair is published.

An unnamed Conservative MP who is facing rape and sexual assault allegations will not attend Parliament while the police investigate.

The government is being urged to bring forward increases in benefits and the state pension which are planned to start in April 2023.

The Metropolitan Police have announced that Operation Hillman, their investigation into breaches of Covid lockdown laws in Downing Street and Whitehall, has concluded.

As inflation skyrockets, chancellor Rishi Sunak has issued a warning that the coming months “will be tough”.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on prime minister Boris Johnson to stop “choosing to let people struggle when they don’t need to” and impose a windfall tax on the record profits of energy firms.

Staff at Harrogate-based home care provider Continued Care have raised almost £5,000 which will go to a children’s hospice near Wetherby.

Speaking in the House of Commons, UK foreign secretary Liz Truss confirmed government plans to bring forward a new bill enabling Westminster to take unilateral action to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Peers have criticised proposals for the House of Lords to temporarily move out of London while renovation works are carried out on the Palace of Westminster.

For the first time since records began, the UK unemployment rate has dropped below the level of job vacancies according to the Office for National Statistics [ONS].

Later on Tuesday, UK foreign secretary Liz Truss will set out the UK government’s plans for unilateral action which will override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Labour party will call for a vote on introducing a windfall tax for oil and gas companies on Tuesday.

The BBC reports that the UK government is to set out legislation that will enable ministers to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to one of its sources.