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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the two-metre (6.6-foot) distancing rule will be revised to "one-metre plus" from July 4 when pubs and restaurants are allowed to reopen in England. Johnson told Parliament's lower chamber on Tuesday the country's "long national hibernation is beginning to come to an end". …

LGB Alliance logo. The LGB Alliance, which claims to stand for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights, has come under fire over a tweet suggesting that it is not homophobic to oppose marriage equality. The anti-trans pressure group performed a swift volte-face after making the claim in a since-deleted tweet, sent Thursday…

Seven LGBT+ groups from across the political spectrum have published a joint statement condemning reports that Boris Johnson will abandon reforms to make it easier for transgender individuals to legally change their gender. In an extraordinary move representatives from the LGBT+ groups in Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens, Scottish National…

A cross-party group of Members of Parliament is urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to publish a long-delayed report into Russian interference in UK elections.The report was sent to Johnson last October, but he refused to publish it before the general election.Eight months on, his UK government is yet to release…

By Mark LandlerThe New York TimesStephen CastleThu., June 11, 2020timer5 min. readLONDON—After a week when protesters battled with police outside his residence, spray-painted “racist” on a memorial to Winston Churchill and dumped the statue of a 17th-century slave trader into Bristol harbour, Prime Minister Boris Johnson knew he was going…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday pledged to Parliament that he would implement recommendations from a report on the treatment of minorities in the British criminal justice system. The 2017 report, led by opposition Labor Party lawmaker David Lammy, said that black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals were more…

FILE PHOTO: A British Airways passenger plane comes in to land at London Heathrow airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s biggest pilots union welcomed a lawmaker’s attempt to ban companies from forcing employees to accept inferior…

Published: June 11, 2020 at 12:50 a.m. ET British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was asked Wednesday in Parliament to name President Trump’s qualities. Getty Images British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.S. is a “bastion of peace and freedom” when asked about President Donald Trump’s handling of the Black…

Billionaire property developer Richard Desmond gave Tories £12k two weeks after his plans got the go-ahead from Housing Secretary Robert JenrickRichard Desmond donated £12k to Tory party fortnight after plans got go aheadHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick unlawfully approved Desmond's scheme Tower Hamlets Council previously rejected his plan to build 1,500 homesOnly 21…

Published: June 3, 2020 at 12:09 p.m. ET Police officers wearing riot gear push back demonstrators shooting tear gas next to St. John's Episcopal Church outside of the White House, June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Getty Images British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to stop U.K. exports…