Covid: Increasing confidence jabs work against Indian variant

The PM seeks to head off Tory rebels by insisting his policy is the “toughest immigration law ever”.

Boris Johnson says that while the terror threat remains, people refuse “to live in permanent fear”.

It comes after anger over “VIP testing” allowing them to work following Sajid Javid’s positive test.

The government is not saying which figure will be used to calculate a rise under the triple lock.

The 21-year-old man has been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.