Inside Politics: No 10 wants ‘compromise’ with Tory MPs on Covid rules

Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has held talks with senior backbencher Sir Graham Brady in a bid to head off an embarrassing defeat for the government, writes Adam Forrest

Cowboy builder: Johnson is in the hot seat at the wrong time (Getty)

Who says there are no good right-wing comedians? Boris Johnson made sure there was little difference between the real prime minister and the parody version Matt Lucas does so well when he blundered his way through another press conference and forgot his own coronavirus rules. Is Johnson’s bumbling, stumbling act wearing thin for Tory MPs? Backbenchers are hoping they can strip some power from No 10 and shape the Covid restrictions themselves. Maybe MPs will at least remember the latest rules and regulations.

Inside the bubble

Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for today: