Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson apologises following Sue Gray's report on Downing St parties. Video / BBC British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised after an inquiry found that Downing St parties while Britain was in lockdown represented a "serious failure" to observe the standards expected of government or to heed the sacrifices…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday apologised in Parliament for a series of Covid-19 lockdown-breaching parties identified in an official inquiry, but vowed to fight on in office. Fending off new opposition calls to resign following senior civil servant Sue Gray's report, Johnson vowed administrative changes to his Downing…

The United Kingdom is preparing for a potential major deployment of troops across Europe next week as tensions continue to rise over the threat of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris JohnsonBoris JohnsonOvernight Health Care —  Biden looks to jumpstart cancer moonshot COVID-19 deaths in Britain highest in almost a…

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that he is considering a “major” deployment of British troops, weapons and equipment in support of NATO amid Russia’s troop buildup along its border with Ukraine. Mr. Johnson said he ordered British Armed Forces to prepare to deploy “across Europe next week,…

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle orders MPs to stop 'screaming and shouting' and avoid drowning out speeches after footage of unmasked Tory politician Jonathan Gullis yelling during PMQs went viralSir Lindsay Hoyle has ordered MPs to stop 'screaming and shouting' in CommonsThe Speaker, 64, said he wants behaviour in the chamber…

Skip to headerSkip to main contentSkip to footer Quizzes and puzzles Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news? Tensions on Ukraine’s border with Russia have dominated headlines worldwide this week as Western leaders scrambled to provide military support for their Eastern European ally. Joe Biden said the US and…

DOMINIC CUMMINGS HAS accused Boris Johnson of lying to the UK Parliament over allegations of lockdown-breaching bashes in Downing Street, insisting he told the British Prime Minister to get a grip on the “madhouse” when warning him over one “drinks party”. The former chief adviser said today that Johnson “waved…

Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, might have been hoping that—with the advent of Dry January and with memories of an officially uncancelled Christmas still fresh in people’s minds—the public would have lost interest in whether Downing Street, during the dreary, death-filled lockdowns of the first year of COVID, was…

Despite the extreme pressure on the NHS and other essential services, Boris Johnson has suggested that  England’s limited level of restrictions is the right one, although he warned that it would be “absolute folly” to believe that the pandemic was over. The new school term in England will begin tomorrow,…

Loading... Martin Reynolds, the senior civil servant in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's (pic) office, sent the email to over a hundred Downing Street employees in Number 10, according to an email obtained by British media. — Leon Neal/Pool pic via Reuters LONDON, Jan 11 — British Prime Minister Boris…