Boris Johnson

Sunday 14 November 2021 7:00 pm Boris Johnson has admitted the Owen Paterson sleaze scandal “could have been handled better … by me” as the Tories prepare to perform a humiliating parliamentary U-turn tomorrow. The Prime Minister faced a barrage of questions about why he hadn’t apologised for the saga…

Sunday 14 November 2021 6:34 pm Boris Johnson has sought to play down the failure at Cop26 to get an agreement to end the use of coal power, saying a push from India and China to water down the final deal won’t “make much difference”. Johnson today claimed the deal…

A shock poll last night handed Labour a six-point lead in the wake of the Tory sleaze scandal. The survey for the Daily Mail revealed the scale of public anger over Boris Johnson’s handling of the crisis. According to the Savanta ComRes survey, a three-point Conservative lead last week has…

Boris Johnson's top advisors are letting Stonewall dictate government policy on trans rights, PM's ex-aide warnsNikki da Costa said a group of pro-Stonewall aides were influencing the PMShe claimed the group had unparalleled access to Downing Street staffThe allegations come after the BBC stopped its Stonewall partnership this week The ex-staffer…

This year’s COP26 is on course to become the most carbon-intensive summit of its kind. A preliminary report produced for the UK Government states that the climate conference is expected to emit around 102,500 tonnes of CO2e. It compares to 51,101 tCO2e from COP25 in Madrid in 2019, while COP21 in Paris…

Boris Johnson has warned the rise in COVID cases in Europe could be seen in the UK if people do not get their booster jabs fast enough. Both the Netherlands and Austria today announced fresh lockdown rules in the coming days as COVID-19 cases rise again in some European countries.…

POLITICS LIVE 9:02, 12 Nov 2021Updated: 9:02, 12 Nov 2021The UK government’s independent standards committee is urging ministers to restrict MPs from holding consultancy and advisory jobs. Lord Evans said his committee had made recommendation in 2018 - where he suggested spending a “huge amount of time” on a second job would “get in…

BORIS JOHNSON is under huge pressure after analysis showed Tory MPs received more than £1.7million in consultancy fees since the start of 2021 - just as his Conservatives plummet in an eye-watering four polls. Boris Johnson insists the UK is 'not corrupt' at COP26 Sign up for FREE now and…

You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. This was supposed to be Boris Johnson’s global moment, when the host leader of the COP26 climate…

MPs who are not available to help constituents and represent them in Parliament are "not doing the job", Downing Street has said. It comes after Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Cox was found to have been working remotely from the Caribbean. The former attorney general has earned over £700,000 doing legal…