Boris Johnson

B oris Johnson is continuing to resist calls from health leaders for tighter Covid restrictions despite the rising levels of infections. The Prime Minister acknowledged the numbers were “high” but said they were “within the parameters” forecast by scientists advising the Government. Speaking during a visit to a primary school…

Wednesday, 03 November 2021 WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR Politics 20 Oct, 2021 04:00 PM4 minutes to read National Party leader Judith Collins says it's not a double-standard to demand Government targets but not release her own. Video / Mark Mitchell National Party leader Judith Collins says…

Ali Harbi Ali, the son of an ex-media adviser to a former prime minister of Somalia, has been arrested by British police under antiterrorism laws following the killing of lawmaker David Amess, a source close to the investigation and British media said. Amess, 69, from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative…

A leaked government document has revealed a widening chasm between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak over the economic impact of the UK reaching net zero by 2050. Despite Johnson preparing to put the UK at the forefront of global efforts to fight climate change as host of…

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Who took Boris Johnson to a music festival? How many Andrews ministers have flown the coop? And how many times can one premier break COVID restrictions? Test your news skills now! This week had a savage political coup in South Australia, some provocative freelancing from former PM Tony Abbott, and…

The petrol station situation is “stabilising”, Boris Johnson has insisted, telling motorists to behave normally and just fill up their cars when they really need it. This was after yet more lengthy queues at forecourts around the country, and reports that all sorts of key workers, from critical NHS staff…

The British government’s dithering in the crucial early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic ended up costing thousands of people their lives, according to an excoriating new report from lawmakers on how the U.K. has handled the COVID-19 crisis. The report, published on Tuesday, states that, if Johnson’s government had introduced…

Image source, Getty Images Firms hit by a sharp surge in energy prices are expected to get government help worth hundreds of millions of pounds, the BBC understands. Glass, ceramic and paper manufacturers have warned that rising prices may mean they have to charge customers more. On Monday, business Secretary…

Boris Johnson has promised bereaved family members that he’ll appoint a chair of the public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic by Christmas. The prime minister met a group of five relatives, who’ve all lost loved ones to the virus, at Downing Street, more than a year after he promised such…