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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced England's reopening would go ahead as planned, but expressed concern over the spread in the UK of a strain of coronavirus first detected in India. Mr Johnson said the new variant could threaten further easing of lockdown measures set for June. "We…

By KATE HOLTON AND ALISTAIR SMOUT Reuters Published May 15, 2021 4:45am LONDON, United Kingdom - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination programme, to try to contain a fast-spreading variant first identified in India that could knock a re-opening of the economy off…

Boris Johnson announced last week which nations had made the coveted holiday green list, meaning holidaymakers would not be required to quarantine on their return to the UK should they head there this summer. With many of us keen to get away after more than a year, hotel booking platform…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on at Jacksons Wharf Marina in Hartlepool following local elections, Britain, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects an easing of Britain's COVID-19 lockdown to go ahead on Monday, his spokesman said, after concerns were raised over the spread of…

By Lauren Turner BBC News image copyrightGetty Images MPs have warned they will be "extremely disappointed" if the PM fails to produce a plan to reform adult social care in England by the end of the year. The cross-party Commons health and social care committee said the lack of funding…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was anxious about the spread of a Covid-19 variant from India and ruled no measures out as statistics showed cases more than doubled in the past week. “We are anxious about it, it has been spreading,” Mr Johnson said on Thursday, referring to…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain, May 12, 2021, in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday apologised "unreservedly" on behalf of the British government for the deaths of 10…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised "unreservedly on behalf of the UK government" over the "events that took place in Ballymurphy" in 1971, and for the "huge anguish" caused to the families of those who were killed, Downing Street has said. However, some victims' families said they were "angered"…

New laws to fulfil Boris Johnson's promise of helping to give people the skills they need throughout their lives will form a central part of the government's legislative agenda for the next year. The prime minister has promised to put "rocket fuel" into his "levelling up" agenda with the introduction…

Synopsis Addressing a Downing Street press conference, Johnson declared that the tests he had set for the country to move to the next stage of reopening from next Monday have been met as the UK recorded the lowest level of pandemic deaths since July last year.AFPBoris JohnsonUK Prime Minister Boris…