Boris Johnson

Behind the scenes Preliminary figures suggest vaccine campaign is cutting infections by around two-thirdsBoris Johnson last night delivered the news many have been waiting for when he pledged that the UK will soon take “cautious but irreversible” steps to lift lockdown restrictions.  Speaking at the daily press briefing, the prime minister…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will judge this week how fast the UK can exit COVID-19 lockdown after vaccinating 15 million of its most vulnerable people. But the health minister says deaths and hospital admission numbers are still too high. With nearly a quarter of the UK's population now inoculated with…

16134098271240 people admitted to hospital with Covid on Feb 13 - the lowest since Dec 5The number of hospital admissions of people with Covid-19 in England was 1,240 on February 13, according to the latest figures from NHS England. This is the lowest daily total since December 5 when 1,186…

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A group of lockdown-sceptic MPs has told Boris Johnson that coronavirus restrictions must be fully lifted by the end of April. In a letter to the prime minister, the COVID Recovery Group said there will be "no justification" for restrictions to remain once all over-50s have been offered a jab.…

Boris Johnson is to urge world leaders to unite and work together to defeat the "common foe" of the COVID-19 pandemic. The prime minister will host his first meeting of the G7, a virtual one, with the UK occupying the organisation's rotating presidency this year ahead of a major summit…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said he was optimistic he would be able to announce the easing of some Covid-19 lockdown measures soon as the UK’s vaccine rollout continues at pace. The prime minister, who will unveil his “roadmap” for ending the lockdown on 22 February, said he would prioritise…

FILE PHOTO: Edward Lister, Chief Strategic Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, Britain December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Edward Lister as his new special…

Forced marriages have "no place whatsoever in Britain or anywhere in the world," PM's spokesperson said. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, UK, January 3, 2021 (photo credit: JEFF OVERS/BBC/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson described forced marriages in…

More than 13 million people in Britain have received their first jab against COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, putting the government course to reach its target of 15 million first shots by the middle of February. About 520,000 Britons have already received a second shot. In England - the…