Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has said the reopening of schools marks a "truly national effort" to beat coronavirus, as pupils prepare to return to classrooms across England. The first stage of the country's lockdown easing begins tomorrow, with indoor visits at care homes also part of the first lifting of restrictions. "The…

Boris Johnson misled parliament over the publication of coronavirus contracts, a court order appears to show. The prime minister had claimed that the contracts, which are subject to a legal challenge and cronyism allegations, were “there on the record for everybody to see”. But a final order handed down by…

When I was in London a few months before the coronavirus pandemic hit, at one point I was resting in my hotel room, completely wiped out, and started channel surfing for a bit. That’s when I came across a television secret that you Brits have been unfairly holding on to…

Boris Johnson has denied that the government has been biased in the allocation of funds to struggling towns. Fewer than a fifth of the constituencies which will benefit from a billion pounds announced in yesterday’s Budget have a Labour MP. Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said that looked like “pork…

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Loyalist paramilitary organisations have told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson they are withdrawing support for the Good Friday Agreement. The groups said they were temporarily withdrawing their backing of the peace accord amid mounting concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol. However, the Loyalist Communities Council stressed that unionist opposition to the protocol should remain…

Mr Johnson said pupils would return on March 8 - with after school clubs and activities also set to resume - as he unveiled the long-awaited 50-page road map to MPs on Monday afternoon. The lockdown will be lifted in gradual steps, but the lifting of restrictions will take place…

Speaking later at a Downing Street briefing, he said "there is light ahead" as a result of the vaccination programme, adding that it was time for the jabs to start replacing curbs on liberty as a way of protecting against Covid-19. "We cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that have separated…

Boris Johnson has defended the UK’s border and quarantine measures, as officials continue to search for a person infected with the new Brazilian variant of the virus before hotel quarantine was introduced. The prime minister insisted there was “no reason at present” to think the vaccines would not be effective…