Mr Johnson started the day by sacking Andrea Leadsom as Business Secretary, Theresa Villiers as Environment Secretary and Esther McVey as housing minister.

The Kingswood MP marked the end of his second term in the role by posting pictures on Twitter of himself with daughter Ottolie, who was born in November.

Mr Javid broke cover after sending shockwaves through Westminster by falling on his sword over Mr Cummings' plot for a 'bonfire' of all special advisers who will not meekly fall into line.

Today's ultimatum to Mr Javid to sack his closest team and accept aides answering to Mr Cummings is the culmination of a naked power grab by the maverick strategy chief.

Sajid Javid had reportedly tried to resist calls from the PM's chief advisor Dominic Cummings to dramatically increase spending, so experts believe his dismissal could 'open the fiscal floodgates'.

Andrea Leadsom, who has twice run for the Tory party leadership and has held a variety of Cabinet posts, took her team of advisers for a champagne lunch at a Westminster hotel after her dismissal.

A graduate of £42,000-per-year Winchester College and Oxford University, where he studied PPE, Rishi Sunak is believed to be one of the richest members of Parliament.

Rishi Sunak killed off rumours of a delay to the Budget saying he was 'cracking on' with preparations for the crucial financial package.

Government figures reportedly believe the current way in which Number 10 is operating is 'unsustainable' and 'untenable' with Mr Cummings' role a key concern.

Owen Paterson, the former Cabinet minister, said the government's attitude to the Chinese tech giant was 'incomprehensible' given White House opposition to using the firm.

Allies of Priti Patel today leapt to her defence after she was accused of bullying staff at the Home Office.

US concerns about the UK's decision to grant Huawei a role in building Britain's 5G network will be raised during Brexit trade talks between the two sides, it has been claimed.

Priti Patel is said to have tried to move permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam out of the department after they clashed.

A top official working in police oversight transferred to the Department of Transport and a member of the Home Secretary's private office left their post in recent weeks

The Prime Minister is already a father, however this will be the first child born to his 31-year-old partner.

Ms Leadsom, who frequently clashed with the former Speaker in the Commons, used a ministerial resignation speech to wade in on him again, despite his own retirement in December.

Priti Patel was seated next to Mr Johnson for PMQs as he voiced 'confidence' in her and said she is doing an 'outstanding job'.

Ms Dorries has sent a message to the Tory MP WhatsApp group this morning asking them to come forward if they were near her in Parliament because it is 'hard to remember everyone'.

Nadine Dorries attended a string of public events around Westminster, coming close to hundreds of people in the toxic two-week period where she may have been carrying coronavirus.

A Cabinet minister is currently in self-isolation and awaiting the results of a coronavirus test as five other MPs quarantined themselves following Nadine Dorries' startling diagnosis.

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From next month the threshold at which payments start will rise from £8,632 to £9,500, putting an estimated £100 a year back in the pocket of 31 million workers.

Boris Johnson is chairing the emergency Cobra committee later where the UK's tactics will shift from 'containing' the killer disease to merely 'delaying' its inevitable spread.

Boris Johnson declared that the UK's tactics have shifted from 'containing' the killer disease to merely 'delaying' its inevitable spread after chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee.

Nadine Dorries, a Tory health minister and Mid Bedfordshire MP who is self-isolating, reassured that her elderly parent is 'doing ok'.

Nevena Bridgen (right), whose husband Andrew (left together) is self-isolating, blasted the Mid-Bedfordshire MP, 62, on Twitter, accusing her of not revealing her diagnosis soon enough.

Mr Hunt, who since leaving the cabinet is chair of the Commons health and social care select committee, believes the Prime Minister should be doing more to encourage social distancing.

Charities warned that many pensioners would be confused about what they were being asked to do after Grant Shapps (pictured) said they were allowed to go out to walk the dog..

Boris Johnson acknowledged that 'drastic action' was required to quell the spread of the deadly coronavirus at the first of his new daily briefings from Downing Street on COVID-19.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,557 tests in England have come back positive, along with 136 in Wales, 195 in Scotland and 62 in Northern Ireland.

Chancellor Rish Sunak and Boris Johnson are unveiling a massive new coronavirus rescue package after furious complaints that they are not doing enough for ordinary people.

Ms Symonds said: 'I've spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus. I haven't needed to be tested and, after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I'm on the mend.'

Carrie Symonds is backing ministers who say Dominic Cummings' aggressive approach is damaging, sources say. Insiders fear Mr Johnson is in danger of being caught in a damaging power struggle.

Carrie Symonds, 31, worked for the Tory party from 2009 and eventually became communications chief, before hitting the headlines when her affair with Mr Johnson came to light.

The adverts, which include deliberate errors, are designed to be mocked online so that people share them and spread the 'stay at home' message.

Yan Liu, 37, walked into the department store at Westfield in Bondi Junction, Sydney, last March intending to steal a lavender Zimmermann sweater (pictured), a court has heard.

The 36-year-old reality star cried after his wedding invite was rescinded and Ariana Madix, 34, sobbed during a 'very rare' depression low on Tuesday's episode of Vanderpump Rules.

Ashley Carter, 19, from Somerset, who was born with rare Treacher Collins Syndrome, was exposed to bullying every day whilst he was at school, and still finds the memories painful.

DR MAX PEMBERTON: Around 13 million British women are menopausal - but, according to a survey of 1,500, one in four have to visit their GP at least three times before getting appropriate treatment.

Montana Brown is terrified more Love Island stars will take their own lives as she admits that all her friends from the show suffer with anxiety or depression.

Fury is on top of the world after his seventh round victory over heavyweight rival Wilder on Saturday in Las Vegas, and United are looking to him to provide insight into how to battle back from the brink.

Reading classic novels 'frees emotions and imagination' and can boost your brain power, says Professor Philip Davis of the University of Liverpool. They improve quality of life instead of self-help books.

Ashleigh, 26, from Lancashire, was filmed giving birth to her second son, Hughey, for tonight's The Maternity Ward on 5Star, which follows expectant mothers at the Royal Preston Hospital.

Footage shows a British caller chatting with one of the scammers - based in Gurugram, near Delhi. Scammers were filmed laughing as they told the victim to hand over £1,295.

Kate Middleton's brother James, 32,has insisted that his pet dogs have 'saved his life' following his mental health battle and thinks they go 'further than humans' in terms of rehabilitation.

King's College London researchers found the psychological effects can last months and even years after the event. Pictured: Brits are whisked into quarantine after being flown home from Japan.

The singer, 45, made an appearance on Wednesday's edition of This Morning, and she spoke candidly about how her new song is about a 'merciful empathetic way of viewing addiction.

The 79-year-old famed Jeopardy host admitted that his journey hasn't been easy and he's battled with bouts of 'great depression' through the process.

Passers-by on a UK high street were asked to guess two women's ages for the Channel 5 show, and they thought mother-of-two Julie, 51, was 60, and former police officer Amanda, 41, was 46.

Walter Duranty, a veteran First World War reporter, was widely recognised as an authority on the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. He was also the best-known newspaperman in the world.