20th March 2022

The PM attended a fundraising event with Lubov Chernukhin, the wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister, who has given almost £2m to the Conservative Party since 2012.

Chants of "shame on you" are directed at Natalie Elphicke at a protest against the firm's mass sacking.

“It’s been clear forever that Johnson possesses not a single shred of decency but I am *still* sometimes shocked at the depth of his depravity. This insults all but the most meat-headed Brexit voter in Britain & almost everyone in Ukraine, where the desire to join the EU is clear.”

🧵 This is the picture the Kremlin wants you to see: thousands of people who support President Putin and the "special military operation" in Ukraine, crammed into Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. We went there today and talked to dozens of people who attended... 🧵 pic.twitter.com/RGgWL2fSej— Will Vernon (@BBCWillVernon) March 18, 2022

More (awkward?) linking of Ukraine by Johnson to domestic UK political views'We believe people should be able to do what they like.. as long as they don't harm anybody else...We don't need to be woke. We want to be freeThat is why talented people are fleeing Russia right now'— Ben Quinn (@BenQuinn75) March 19, 2022

How things have changed - gay marriage once got standing ovations at @Conservatives Party Conference, now attacks on pronouns do… Sadly, I suspect the worst is yet to come 😔🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTrights #CPSC22 https://t.co/joX4X7hgGJ— Ben Howlett 🇺🇦 (@benhowlettuk) March 19, 2022

The club is at risk of losing players over the summer because of the impact of sanctions, the UK Government believes

Rishi Sunak is keen to avoid making another major intervention over the cost-of-living crisis but events may end up forcing his hand

Conservative election expert Lord Hayward tells i that voters may feel higher living costs are a price worth paying for democracy and will not blame the Government

Russians describe despair and guilt over war while insisting seizures should follow due process

Russia has a chance to limit the damage by engaging in ‘meaningful’ talks, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid fierce shelling in the south

Former PMs join campaign calling for trial of Russian president and those around him over invasion of Ukraine

Hens have been indoors for months because of avian flu and their eggs must now be differently labelled

No, JRM. Being furious the Prime Minister may have broken the law by holding gatherings when people couldn’t visit loved ones - even when they were dying - is not “fluff” “trivial” and “nonsense” and saying this is a total outrage. https://t.co/QaC4FD6l0c— Susanna Reid (@susannareid100) March 18, 2022

Rebels not sure if they have enough support to defeat home secretary’s ‘clearly ridiculous’ borders bill

Marina Ovsyannikova, who interrupted a broadcast to protest against the war in Ukraine, speaks to the BBC.

A video circulating of Russian President Vladimir Putin is a deepfake and has been machine-created to falsely add a voice, Reuters and Lead Stories report. Russia is continuing its invasion of Ukraine and peace negotiations have not yet made progress. Additionally, Crimea and other pro-separatist areas of Ukraine and former USSR countries remain disputed territories.

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Being asked to care about other people isn't actually an attack on your human rights.

Number of casualties unclear after strike on building where hundreds of people were hiding in basement

Bernard Jenkin tells committee he ‘can’t believe’ Boris Johnson nominated the son of a KGB officer for a peerage

The message said a client for a “fairly high-profile task” was making redundancies in Dover and there was “a possible risk of backlash”

The Online Harms Bill does not mention women and girls once - or recognise that they are disproportionately affected by online sexual abuse and threats. If you can’t even name a problem, how are you supposed to solve it? This is the statement from @EVAWuk pic.twitter.com/Mc2ddrtJQp— Jenn Selby (@JennSelby) March 17, 2022

'Somehow female puberty, which roughly half the global population will go through at some stage, isn’t ‘universal’.'

The equality watchdog has secretly decided to scrap its committee of disabled advisers, without attempting to consult on the move with disabled people and their organisations, Disability News Servi…

This guy was in the same unit as Wayne Couzens. The toxic and terrible combination of abuse of power and impunity points very strongly to a deeply dysfunctional culture and institutional misogyny within the @metpoliceukWe need a statutory inquiry NOW.No inquiry.No trust. https://t.co/2rqa34x05c— Mandu Reid (@ManduReid) March 17, 2022

Under-18s make up one in eight terrorism-related arrests in UK

Unions brand move ‘scandalous’ with jobs axed without notice and agency workers lined up to staff vessels

Mayors have written to the government objecting to the imposition of First Past the Post in the Elections Bill.

The Knightsbridge-based department store said its Beluga vodka stock has been removed from sale.