'Let’s put the bloody thing through parliament'

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( June 15, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 /Boris Johnson in desperate last-ditch ruse to derail Partygate verdict](//link.e.independent.co.uk/click/31797225.57576/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbGlmZS1zdHlsZS9yb3lhbC1mYW1pbHkvcHJpbmNlLWhhcnJ5LXRyaWFsLW1lZ2hhbi1tYXJrbGUtYjIzNTMyMjEuaHRtbA/583d2887487ccd777a8b7489Bdf076c59 [Boris Johnson]( made a desperate last-ditch bid to derail the privileges committee just hours before the release of its damning report – expected to find that he deliberately lied to parliament about [Partygate](. The former PM demanded that Sir [Bernard Jenkin]( “explain his actions and resign” from the committee following a report claiming the senior Tory MP attended a drinks reception in December 2020. Mr Johnson’s frantic last stand came as he prepared to face judgement day on Partygate, with senior Tories predicting that the cross-party committee’s report will “finish his career”. [Rishi Sunak](’s government was also warned against any attempt to “water down” a Common vote on the report’s verdict on Mr Johnson – however scathing – with one senior Tory telling The Independent: “Let’s put the bloody thing through parliament.”   2 /[Anguish of families over ‘senseless’ murders on streets of Nottingham]( Both families of Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar gave emotional speeches to the crowds 3 / [CEO of scandal-hit hospitals resigns after The Independent exposes ‘systemic abuse’]( Exclusive: Sylvia Tang’s resignation comes after claims patients were ‘treated like animals’, over-medicated and injured during restraint 4 / [Ryanair chief pilot sacked for ‘unacceptable behaviour’ towards female pilots]( Exclusive: Aidan Murray has been accused of ‘a pattern of repeated inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour’ 5 / [79 dead and dozens feared missing after boat carrying refugees and migrants sinks off Greek coast]( A huge search-and-rescue operation is under way off the coast of Greece after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank THE BIG QUESTION [‘This is going to sting’: What will mortgage chaos mean for homeowners and renters?]( There has been further gloom for homeowners this week as [banks]( reacted to signs of stubborn inflation by pulling [mortgage]( deals and raising rates, while polling suggested nearly half of borrowers fear they will struggle with their [housing]( re-payments within 12 months. HSBC was expected to take the extraordinary step of raising its mortgage prices for the second time in a week, as speculation mounted over whether Rishi Sunak’s government could be forced to intervene to help homeowners feeling the pain of rising rates. With markets betting on [interest rates]( hitting nearly 6 per cent within months and government borrowing costs surpassing even the peak seen [during Liz Truss’s mini-Budget meltdown](, ministers urged banks this week to act to protect mortgage-holders struggling with repayments. One expert told The Independent on Wednesday that the chaos was “going to sting a lot of people” and warned that renters will ultimately feel the greatest impact, despite predicting that banks “will fall over themselves to come up with ways not to repossess” people’s homes. 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