sonia sodha, harriet line, thank ou for it. sonia sodha, harriet line, thank you foryour— it.apers will be back with me, not them. the weather coming up next, then we are rejoining newsday in singapore. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. we'll start with the football first, and manchester united lost their first game under ralf rangnick. they were beaten at old trafford, too, by wolves, who left it late to score the winner and survived a late fightback by the skin of their teeth. joe lynskey reports. at manchester united, the new year felt like old times. for the first time since 2008, cristiano ronaldo was captain. and for the first time in two years, here was philjones. the former england defender�*s last first—team match was in january 2020. his job was to keep out wolves, who last won at old trafford in 1980. but here they sensed a chance... that's one of the saves of the season. david de gea was at full stretch to stop a wolves opener. united's aim this year is to climb back up the table. but even with a new coach, they're still out of sorts. bru

with me are sonia sodha, chief leader writerfor the observer, and kieran andrews, scottish politicalat the times. welcome to you both of the good to see you again. tomorrow's front pages, beginning with the financial times. it leads with a warning to russia from the us president as tensions between russia and ukraine continue. the metro looks at claims from rebel tory mps who say they were blackmailed to back the prime minister. the guardian similarly leads with the conservatives using "dirty tactics" to get support for the pm. staying with the government, the i says there's a tory "civil war" over boris johnson's future. meanwhile, the telegraph leads with the response to the ending of plan b measures, as some headteachers tell parents masks must stay in school. and the daily mail also leads with reaction to plan b restrictions ending, saying unions are at war with the prime minister in the drive to get britain back into work. the daily express says millions could be in line for cash help in the energy bill crisis. let's begin, if we may. sonia, do you want to kick us off with the f

with me are sonia sodha, the chief leader writer at the observer, and harriet line, who's the chief political correspondent for the daily mail. very warm welcome to both of you. happy new year. nice of you to join us tonight. let me bring you up—to—date with the papers. and we begin with the guardian. it says a number of nhs trusts have now declared "critical incidents", and parts of the health services are in crisis due to mounting pressure and staff shortages caused by coronavirus. the i reports calls from the royal college of nursing for the government to take a more cautious approach to coronavirus, to help ease those pressures. the head of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation has told the telegraph that fourth covid jabs shouldn't be given until there's more evidence that they're effective. professor sir andrew pollard also says we'll need to target the most vulnerable, rather than boosting the whole population in the future. it's as the daily express reports the prime minister saying high vaccination rates will help the country deal with the pandemic. prince andrew is on t

shadow chief secretary to the treasury, and still with us, isabel hardman from the spectator and sonia sodhais shortly going to be on his feet addressing parliament about covid restrictions. so, ijust want to get your thoughts on this first, if i may. paul, the prime minister has effectively said we can ride this out without any more restrictions, is that the right approach? i out without any more restrictions, is that the right approach?- is that the right approach? i think it is, i think _ is that the right approach? i think it is, i think we've _ is that the right approach? i think it is, i think we've taken - is that the right approach? i think it is, i think we've taken our- is that the right approach? i think it is, i think we've taken our time | it is, i think we've taken our time to analyse what's going on with the case levels which are clearly high but there has been a big disconnect between hospitalisations and deaths as a result of the vaccination programme and the booster programme, which continues to do well. so, we've got to take a measured, balanced approach that actually keep

sonia sodha and mhari aurora. _ much of a liability.after the performance of the men and rightly so. questions will be asked, performances and results will be poured over. they lost heavily in the t20 and in the caribbean and the women are playing in the ashes now. two matches were abandoned. a lot of interest in english cricket but i think they will be pleased they have levelled their t20 series with an important win. good morning. an england win in the cricket! it came in their second t20 in barbados, having been hammered by nine wickets in their first, jason roy top—scored as england set a target of 172. that left the windies needing 30 off the final over. but they only very nearly did it — akeal hosein crunching 28, including three sixes off the final three balls, as they fell one run short. england level the series 1—1. anyone thinking the premier league title race is over, tell that to liverpool. not thatjurgen klopp is daring to dream, despite his side beating crystal palace. they were 2—0 up and cruising, alex oxlade chamberlain

with me is sonia sodha, columnist at the observer and former special adviser to ed miliband, and with, political commentator and former tory adviser at conservative central office. thank you both forjoining me. we are all still in the waiting room with the sue gray reports were to think stanton i?— think stanton i? things have not shifted that _ think stanton i? things have not shifted that much _ think stanton i? things have not shifted that much significantly . shifted that much significantly today in the sense we still don't have the sue gray report. it meant police investigation into what has been going on at number ten has obviously been launched, so i think that's really what westminster is waiting for and that is going to be key to boris johnson's survival. waiting for and that is going to be key to borisjohnson's survival. he serves at the pleasure of the conservative parliamentary party and for the moment there are not enough letters, it's 5a letters required to go to the 1922 committee to tour a vote of no—confidence and at the moment those letters are not there depending on

and sonia sodha, chief leader writer for the observer. good morning.aging. mps have come back after the christmas break. there are a few weeks between allegations we saw before christmas and the new year and this story breaks. i think this story is particularly damaging for two reasons. we know there was an invitation sent out for this socially distanced drinks to 100 people on the 20th of may and it is important because first, we know there are allegations the prime minister was there and from multiple sources, the prime minister and his wife. he cannot deny all knowledge as he has tried to do with previous downing street social gatherings. i think that is significant. second, i think that is significant. second, i think this is suggestive of a culture in downing street of flouting the rules. we have had allegations of the 15th of may gathering and allegations around christmas parties in december 2020. all of this is building up to a picture of when people were taking huge sacrifices. in may 2020 you were only allowed to meet one other person not in y

bring even more backlash from all sides for the prime minister. joining us to mull it all over is, sonia sodhat promise the moon on a stick which is a boris johnson's entire political strategy. we can properly chop this up as a win by rishi sunak, as we had report this week that borisjohnson was wavering and poised to scrap this tax rise, the fact it is going ahead is a win for rishi sunak. and probably a win as well he's managed to bind borisjohnson so tightly to it that he's written this article. it's a very peculiar article that claims to be both tax cutters while vowing to go ahead with a tax rise. it's interesting doing this article right now when the call to scrap the tax rise was one of the key messages from some of those tory mps wavering about whether to turn on a boris johnson's premiership altogether. it feels like quite a strange thing to be announcing given boris johnson's premiership has been coming under criticism and question over the past few weeks, to turn around and see we are actually going to stick with this fairly unpopular tax rise. what do you think that is going to do

sonia sodha writes for the observer, and mo hussein is a former chief press officer at number ten.s? this is now the big question, bit _ any words of wisdom for us? this is now the big question, bit of- any words of wisdom for us? this is now the big question, bit of a - now the big question, bit of a waiting game in the report and there is a debate going on about how much of it can be published and it's going through lawyers and hr people in terms of the names that might come out or might be mentioned and there is some expectation, even though we were here yesterday, that it could come out as early as today and again, the prime minister has committed to coming to the house of commons and giving a statement on this. i think commons and giving a statement on this. ithink if it is commons and giving a statement on this. i think if it is less than the full report, this will clearly cause a political problem for the government and the debate because if you tell people to wait for the report, it is quite reasonable for them to want to see the report and it's quite important for mps befo

reporters behind that front page is times radio presenter matt chorley, and we're also joined by sonia sodhat is _ seeing? -- sue grey. yeah, and i think that is where _ seeing? -- sue grey. yeah, and i think that is where it _ seeing? -- sue grey. yeah, and i think that is where it is _ seeing? -- sue grey. yeah, and i think that is where it is going - seeing? -- sue grey. yeah, and i think that is where it is going to l think that is where it is going to get problematic. because we were told a week or so ago that sue grey had access to everything, diaries, cctv, she was trawling through everything. i think the suitcase party, as it is now called, where somebody went to the co—op to stock up somebody went to the co—op to stock up with a suitcase full of booze, that one was not on her radar. this culture, the fridge we have heard about, the 34 bottle wine fridge that was installed in number ten, the drinking on fridays, as you are just saying, if sue grey feels she is not getting the information, essentially what she can't do is say that boris johnson essentially what she can't do is say tha