Boris Johnson

LONDON (AP) — The man who was once Britain’s most powerful newspaper editor has dropped his bid to head the country’s broadcasting regulator, in a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre was the government’s favorite candidate to be chairman of Ofcom — so much…

George Osborne has predicted that Boris Johnson will perform a U-turn on his widely criticised decision to scale back rail improvements in the north of England. Hitting out at the prime minister for lacking “ambition”, the former chancellor described the government’s proposals this week as “pretty disappointing” and highlighted the…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year in protest at China's record on human rights, the Times reported on Saturday. An "active discussion" in government is ongoing, with Foreign Minister Liz Truss said to be in favour of the…

People walk past a sculpture featuring the Olympic rings outside the headquarters of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Shougang Park, the site of a former steel mill, in Beijing, China, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Nov 20 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister…

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Friday 19 November 2021 8:15 am The latest update to the register of MPs’ interests shows that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was given use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport for three people on October 7, before he flew to Marbella on holiday. The Windsor Suite is a VIP…

More than 20 million Britons will miss out on promised rail improvements after ministers revealed in full their plans to dump or downgrade key projects, including two new rail lines across the north. The government was accused of a “betrayal” as it broke a manifesto pledge to build the HS3…

There’s a cartoon joke doing the rounds online that goes thus: “How many Boris Johnson fans does it take to change a lightbulb? None. He’ll just tell them he’s changed it and then sit around in the dark applauding.” He has now been prime minister for two and a half…

By Russell Hotten BBC News The government has scrapped the Leeds leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line as part of a package that ministers promise will transform services. The prime minister said the overhaul would mean faster travel up to 10 years earlier than planned, and said claims of…

The U.K. is demanding a major overhaul of the divorce agreement it signed with the bloc, arguing that its implementation is causing significant harm to businesses and communities in Northern Ireland. Johnson has repeatedly threatened to suspend parts of it by using Article 16 of the so-called Northern Ireland protocol,…