Rows are brewing within the parties - and between the powerful Public Accounts Committee and the government.

Freezing public sector pay in response to UK budget pressures would be "the wrong answer”, the first minister of Wales says.

It follows reports the UK government is planning such a move.

Mark Drakeford said: "The notion that the costs of dealing with this pandemic should be heaped onto the shoulders of frontline public servants seems to me to be exactly the wrong answer to the experience we've gone through together.

He added: "It doesn't make sense to me in sheer economics to extract purchasing power from the economy at a time when you want the economy to recover."

Mr Drakeford explained that due to the funding formula used to calculate how much money the Welsh Government gets from the Treasury, any decision to freeze teachers’ pay in England would limit what the Welsh Government could do for teachers in Wales.

“We will face some very difficult dilemmas,” he said.

“But they will be dilemmas of the UK government's making and at the moment my efforts are focused on saying to the Chancellor, ‘please don't go down that path, it's neither fair to the people involved, nor does it make sense economically’.”

Tory MPs rally round the home secretary after reports she was found to have broken code of conduct.

It will use offensive capabilities to counter threats from terrorists, criminals and hostile states.

A standards investigation says the home secretary breached the ministerial code, sources say.

A committee urges the government not to limit virtual participation to the "clinically vulnerable".

Sir Keir Starmer wants to draw a line under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, but it won't be easy.

The ex-leader's friends say he must return as a Labour MP, after Sir Keir Starmer rules this out.

He is self-isolating after coming into contact with a Tory MP who tested positive for coronavirus.

Children's comic the Beano features the PM's chief adviser in a strip aimed at cheering up adults.

Iain Malcolm began serving on South Tyneside Council in 1988 and had led the authority since 2008.

No 10 has not denied reports that Boris Johnson described devolution as a "disaster" in a meeting with Tory MPs.

No 10 does not deny reports the PM made the comment in a meeting with Tory MPs.

The prime minister's reported comments appear to be ignorant of his own party's stance on devolution.

Facebook and Twitter's chiefs are being quizzed by senators again, and it's Democrats they now fear.

Boris Johnson is trying to get a grip on his government after a crazy few days.

A committee of six will work out what to buy the monarch to mark her Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

Labour's shadow minister criticised the government for "focusing on internal battles" in Downing Street.

The mass resignation of pro-democracy lawmakers has raised concerns about the city's future.

Labour's leader will have to deal with new union leaders and an internal shake-up, writes Iain Watson.