Monday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph

Monday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph
Monday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph
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Welcome to your early-morning news briefing from The Telegraph - a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Monday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free.

1. Plans for the Army to help ease mounting fuel crisis

Boris Johnson will be asked to decide on Monday whether to sign off on plans to draft in the Army to help tackle Britain’s mounting fuel crisis.

On Sunday, ministers discussed proposals to trigger Operation Escalin – a plan which would see “several hundred” soldiers brought in to drive petrol tankers – and are due to formally present the plans to the Prime Minister on Monday. Read the full story.

2. Angela Rayner rebuked by Keir Starmer for branding Tories 'scum'

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner was rebuked by Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday after she described senior Tories as “scum”.

She made the controversial remarks during a fringe event at around 9.15pm on Saturday, the opening day of the party’s five-day conference in Brighton. Read the full story.

3. Nadhim Zahawi: I will not stand back and see schools close

The new Education Secretary has said he will not “stand back” and allow pupils to miss school as a result of Covid, as he encouraged children to get the vaccine.

Setting out his priorities for the first time in his new role, Nadhim Zahawi said that as a parent he has seen how “damaging” it can be for children to be out of education and the “great strain” it can put on family life. Read the full story.

4. German election: Social Democrats win majority in race to choose Merkel's successor as chancellor

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) won the biggest share of the vote in a national election on Sunday, narrowly beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel 's Christian Democrats (CDU) in a closely fought race that will determine who succeeds the long-time leader.

Election officials said early on Monday that a count of all 299 constituencies showed the SPD won 25.9 per cent of the vote, ahead of 24.1 per cent for the CDU. Read the full story.

5. Scientists take a jab at Sussexes’ attack on pharmaceuticals not sharing vaccine recipes

Pharmaceutical companies sharing the Covid-19 recipe free of charge would not solve the world’s vaccine equity issues, experts said, despite what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may believe.

Speaking in New York at the weekend, the Duke said: “[Experts] said many countries are ready to produce vaccines back home yet they aren’t allowed to because ultra-wealthy pharmaceutical companies are not sharing the recipes to make them. Read the full story.

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