Boris Johnson

The damning joint report by Commons committees, chaired by Conservative former Cabinet ­Ministers and with Tory majorities, is the reason why Boris Johnson is delaying a full public inquiry Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Image: Getty Images) Boris Johnson and his most senior aides have been found to have committed…

It is “reasonable” for Boris Johnson to go on holiday while his government battles with the deepening energy crisis, a cabinet minister has said. usiness secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on Sunday defended the prime minister’s decisions to fly to Marbella for a break. Mr Kwarteng, the minister responsible for the government’s…

Boris Johnson’s pledge at the last election to build 300,000 new home a year by the middle of this decade is now “almost impossible” due to labour and material shortages, according to industry groups. The Conservative party’s election winning 2019 manifesto included a promise to build “300,000 homes a year…

NewsUKUK PoliticsPM away for a week in southern Spain File photo: PM on a Cornwall beach in June (POOL/AFP/Getty) Boris Johnson is taking a week-long holiday in Marbella, according to reports. He left Britain on Friday and is reportedly staying in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol in…

London is in need of some attention from Boris Johnson’s levelling up agenda, as the capital had the highest poverty rates even before Covid-19 – a pandemic which has widened existing inequalities across the board in the UK. Three in five, or 58 per cent, of people in poverty in…

Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chief executive Maheta Molango has written to Boris Johnson to urge him to halve the time some of the Premier League’s biggest stars face in quarantine when they return to the UK from international duty. According to a report in the Telegraph, Molango has penned a…

French fishermen have given Boris Johnson's government a deadline to give in to their demands or face a blockade of the port of Calais and Channel Tunnel French fishermen have threatened to block the port of Calais (Image: BAM Perspectives/SWNS) French fishing bosses have told Britain it has two weeks…

Business leaders and think tanks have described Boris Johnson's party conference speech as "economically illiterate". The prime minister's speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Wednesday came as many businesses are struggling with supply chain issues and a lack of workers. A shortage of HGV drivers has resulted in a…

In the city that gave us Tyson Fury – the heavyweight champion of the world – Boris Johnson proved yesterday that he owns the ring of British politics. Manchester saw a bravura performance – the ability to land the well-placed jab at Labour, the crowd-pleasing hook on enemies both real…

Boris Johnson has defended his decision to increase taxes to pay for the NHS and social care, claiming the coronavirus pandemic has left the country in a "hole". Mr Johnson used his speech at the Conservative Party conference to tell his audience he has the "guts" to reshape society and…