Boris Johnson

The UK government is reportedly set to scrap tough plans for checks on all EU goods from next year.Michael Gove had said that all EU goods would face checks in the absence of a free trade deal at the end of the Brexit transition period.Business groups warned the government that…

LONDON — The gloves are off as Britain starts to examine its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Boris Johnson on Wednesday insisted it was "premature" to say the U.K. had made mistakes in its response to the crisis, after a top adviser said the country’s death toll could have been…

Boris Johnson has been warned that Parliament 'is feeling increasingly restless about the UK's dependency on China' - ShutterstockBoris Johnson must provide a legally-binding date to strip Huawei from Britain's 5G network or face a Commons defeat, senior Tory MPs have warned.Conservatives are pressing for a concrete pledge by the…

Boris Johnson is promising millions of Hong Kongers a potential escape route from China's harsh new security law: a path to UK citizenship. In a column published in British and Hong Kong newspapers Wednesday, Johnson pledged massive changes to his country’s immigration rules to allow as many as 3 million…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chinese President Xi Jinping.GettyChina told the UK to "step back from the brink" after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would offer millions of Hong Kong residents the right to move to Britain if China strips away their freedoms.There is growing alarm in the…

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China warned Britain on Wednesday that interfering in Hong Kong will backfire, after the former colonial power vowed to give sanctuary to locals who may flee the city if a controversial security law is passed.The United States and Britain have enraged Beijing with their criticism of planned national security legislation…

Greece might be high on the list of many peoples summer holiday destinations, but for Britons dreaming of getting away the country will be out of reach for some time yet.  The UK was not included on… Read More

No further action will be taken in relation to the death of a railway ticket office worker who contracted Covid-19 after being spat at while on duty, the British Transport Police (BTP) have said. Be… Read More

A top adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson got caught taking a lockdown road trip. And somehow, amid the United Kingdom’s still-unfolding coronavirus crisis, it has exploded into an enormous political scandal. Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s top adviser and a key Brexit architect, drove 260 miles from London…