Stephen Barclay: Last News

A Tory minister said he is "too busy" to speak on Good Morning Britain today - a day after Sue Gray's report into lockdown breaking parties was published.

Boris Johnson has been accused of “shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic” as he moved around Tory Ministers in a bid to persuade his pary that he has a grip on his scandal-ridden government.

Shoppers could face "some issues" getting all the presents on their Christmas list this year, according to Downing Street.

Good Morning Britain saw an enormous row erupt when North East Cambridgeshire MP Stephen Barclay appeared on the show to defend the government’s Covid-19 strategy.His appearance comes after scientific reports have confirmed that as many as 20,000 lives could have been saved, if the UK had entered lockdown earlier than when it did at the end of March 2020.Susanna Reid was angry when her co-host Richard Madeley defended the MP and the government's decisions.Taking a look at the fall-out from the interview online, he said: "Obviously it was a steep learning curve and everyone accepts that.“We’ve been bombarded with messages on this story throughout the show today, and I have to say the majority of people are surprisingly forgiving.”The host

Irritated viewers were forced to "switch off" Good Morning Britain today after presenters Piers Morgan and Ranvir Singh continued to interrupt one another during an interview with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Scottish Government has demanded new financial powers from the UK Treasury to help drive the country's economic recovery from Covid-19. Finance secretary Kate Forbes has written to Stephen Barclay, chief secretary of the Treasury, to ask that "critical" temporary changes are made to present funding arrangements.