NEW - PM's wife Carrie Johnson announces that she is pregnant again
MORE - Carrie Johnson also revealed in an Instagram post that she had a miscarriage at the beginning of this year which left her "heartbroken".
In an Instagram post, Carrie Johnson writes "fertility issues can be really hard for many people, particularly when on platforms like Instagram it can look like everything is only ever going well."
More from Carrie Johnson...

"I found it a real comfort to hear from people who had also experienced loss so I hope that in some very small way sharing this might help others too."
Carrie Johnson writes that she and the PM are "hoping for our rainbow baby this Christmas" and feels "blessed to be pregnant again" but also like a "bag of nerves" after having a miscarriage earlier this year.

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18 Apr
Environment Sec George Eustice says there is "nothing wrong" with ministers like Matt Hancock having financial interests in companies as long as they have no role in procuring for the govt from those companies #ridge
Pressed on whether the rules around lobbying & conflicts of interest are tight enough, George Eustice says there "may come a time when it's right to consider tweaks to policy". But adds the rules as they stand are pretty good #ridge
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16 Apr
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So David Brierwood became a Crown Representative in Oct 2014, which sat within the Crown Commercial Service, which Bill Crothers created.
As first reported by the Guardian, Brierwood then took a post at Greensill Capital in Dec 2014, two months after his appointment as a Crown Representative.
Nine months earlier in March 2014, Lex Greensill was also made a Crown Representative.

The govt notice making that announcement included a quote from Bill Crothers saying the scheme was "bringing in top business acumen into Whitehall".
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ACOBA Chair Lord Pickles calls for tighter rules & more transparency for contractors & consultants working with govt, such as Lex Greenhill. He's also dismayed at the lack of proper process in former civil servant Bill Crothers taking a job at Greensill while still on Whitehall.
Lord Pickles says people like Lex Greensill who work with govt should be made to sign a "memorandum of understanding" governing the restrictions that would be placed on them when their public work has ended.
Lord Pickles says his "eyebrows did raise the full quarter-inch" when he heard about Bill Crothers & doubted his explanation that ACOBA didn't need to vet the appointment because Crothers was advising Greensill while still a civil servant.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirms the dates in the roadmap will be the "earliest" the easing measures can happen on saying that the govt has to be "cautious" #ridge
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26 Feb
Asked about accusations of political influence on the Scottish Crown Office over the Salmond inquiry, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told Sky "no government, no matter however strong they might think they are, should think they have a right to trample over that independence".
Asked about Ruth Davidson's comments that there are serious question over the independence of institutions in Scotland, Robert Buckland said the Scottish Tory leader always makes "powerful and important points... she asks some real questions".
Justice Sec Robert Buckland said there is an advantage to the Lord Advocate sitting inside the Scottish govt but said it would be "a cause for concern" if politicians "fail to understand" that law officers need to maintain operational independence.
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EXCL with @AgnesChambre ...

Senior Tory Desmond Swayne said covid figures were being "manipulated" & told a leading antivaxxer in an online interview that face masks represented "social control" & there were "hidden agendas" at work behind the scenes.

news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
In November, Sir Desmond Swayne spoke to Save Our Rights UK - a group that advanced false claims about covid vaccines & organises anti-lockdown protests.

Two wks ago he spoke to Del Bigtree - the CEO of an antivax group who produced a film about disgraced medic Andrew Wakefield.
Sir Desmond Swayne told Sky News he did not realise the two interviewers held antivax views.

"I'm entitled to answer legitimate questions that people put to me," he said.

"It does not in any way mean that I accept points of view that they hold."
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