Image caption,The UK is "braced for one million cases of Omicron" says the Times. It reports this is the context of the return to work-from-home request in England. The curbs could cost the economy £4bn a month, it adds. The paper also reports a "raucous" party was held in the basement of CCHQ last December when London was under tier two curbs banning indoor gatherings. A Conservative spokesman says four staff were disciplined over the "unauthorised social gathering".

Source: The Times December 09, 2021 06:04 UTC