FORMER Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has launched a ferocious assault on the Saudi Arabian government over the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, describing it as “entirely deliberate” and accusing them of copying “the playbook of Vladimir Putin”.

PHILIP Hammond launched a scathing attack on Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey in a row over allegations that a £2billion black hole currently exists in the Government’s benefits reform plans, with the Chancellor potentially looking to have Ms McVey replaced.