Boris Johnson

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson must answer “serious questions” over his appointment of a Russian-born newspaper baron to the House of Lords, the Labour opposition said today. Longstanding speculation about Johnson’s friendship with Evgeny Lebedev – whose father was a KGB officer – has revived since Russia invaded Ukraine. “In…

The head of MI6 had security concerns about the prime minister's close friend in 2013, according to a report Lord Lebedev's father was a KGB officer Credit: PA Boris Johnson was warned about granting a peerage to his close friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago by British intelligence. According to…

Boris Johnson and officials at No 10 are said to have halted Home Office plans to expand the UK’s offer to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Home secretary Priti Patel has come in for fierce criticism from both Conservative and Labour MPs for her response to the Ukraine refugee crisis…

LONDON —  He invokes Churchill’s wartime spirit, defends cherished British values of democracy and national sovereignty and gets a standing ovation when he addresses a jam-packed House of Commons. Alas for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the adulation isn’t of him. Instead, it’s being directed at the defiant president of Ukraine, Volodymyr…

By Mary O'Connor & Joseph Lee BBC News Media caption, Watch: Lena and Raisa Kamolikova face a lengthy process to apply for a UK visa in Poland Boris Johnson has defended the UK's response to the refugee crisis and said an upcoming scheme will allow Britons to take Ukrainians into…

Boris Johnson said he believes the conflict in Ukraine will only end when Russia accepts it made a "catastrophic mistake" in invading the country. Speaking to Sky News, the Prime Minister said the "best way out" for Russia was "withdrawal of the Russian forces and for total cessation of hostilities".…

Boris Johnson has vetoed a Ukrainian no-fly zone again, despite expressing his horror at a Russian strike on a maternity hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol yesterday (Wednesday). Official reports from Ukraine claimed that the attack killed three people, including a child, and injured 17 others. It led to…

Boris Johnson today said he fears Vladimir Putin will use chemical weapons in Ukraine because it would be 'straight out of Russia's playbook'.  The Prime Minister said Mr Putin is in charge of a 'cynical, barbaric government' and he believes Moscow could resort to deploying chemical weapons after its invasion…

NewsUKUK PoliticsShe ‘should not have to face any sort of abuse,’ PM’s spokesperson said Related: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she lost trust in government to bring her home Downing Street condemned social media abuse targeted at Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe today after she said her release from an Iranian prison should have happened…

WalesOnline readers have had their say on the position of Prime Minister Boris Johnson after it emerged the majority of people in Wales think he should resign. A YouGov poll commissioned by ITV Wales and Cardiff University released over the weekend showed that people in Wales think it is time…