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On Monday the government lifted the remaining COVID-19 measures in England, including mandatory mask laws and limits on the number of people allowed into cinemas, theatres and sports stadiums. Alberto Pezzali/The Associated Press Britain has taken what many scientists fear is a giant leap into the unknown after the government…

LONDON — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends more than a year of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in England on Monday (July 19), urging the public to remain cautious but putting his faith in vaccines to protect the country even as infections are surging. On what local media have dubbed "Freedom Day",…

LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 'freedom day' ending over a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England was marred on Monday by surging infections, warnings of supermarket shortages and his own forced self-isolation. Johnson's bet that he can get one of Europe's largest economies firing again because so many…

Boris Johnson has urged caution as England today is freed from social distancing restrictions for the first time in 16 months. The Prime Minister also outlined once again his five-point plan for how the country will live with Covid-19, which includes reducing the time between vaccines, keeping the Test and…

LONDON—Boris Johnson’s office said the U.K. prime minister will remain in isolation for the next 10 days after his health minister tested positive for the coronavirus, just hours before a plan to drop almost all Covid-19 restrictions in England comes into effect. The announcement came as official figures showed new…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks on Downing Street in London, Britain, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the British public to be cautious and said they must self-isolate when told to do so as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in England…

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are reportedly at loggerheads over the imposition of a new £10bn-a-year tax to cut NHS waiting lists and fix the country’s social care crisis. Johnson and health secretary Sajid Javid are said to be strongly in favour of the new levy, while the chancellor is…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticised plans to take part in a pilot scheme that would have allowed them to continue working. The government announced at 07:00 that Johnson and Sunak has been exposed to…

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The British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer will now fully self-isolate after a U-turn from Downing Street. The pair are close contacts of the UK Health Minister Sajid Javid who has tested positive for COVID-19. Downing Street originally said Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer…