Boris Johnson is to announce the lifting of “Plan B” Covid restrictions on today as a plot to oust him by Tory MPs first elected in 2019 emerged.
The Cabinet is expected to sign off scrapping work from home guidance and Covid passports at a meeting on Wednesday morning, although some face mask rules could remain.
The changes – which would take effect in England after Jan 26 – come as Mr Johnson is set to play up his record on tackling Covid to counter a rebellion sparked by revelations about Downing Street parties.
The Prime Minister gave his first public comments in six days on Tuesday, issuing a “categorical” denial that he was warned that a Downing Street garden drinks event on May 20, 2020, was “against the rules”.
Yet as he laid out his defence, a group of 20 recently elected Tory MPs, many representing former Labour heartland “Red Wall” seats, met to discuss his fate in a gathering described as the “pork pie plot”.
Ben Riley-Smith, Lucy Fisher and Harry Yorke have the story
