Boris Johnson last night announced that 600,000 fast Covid tests are to be sent out across the UK, as plans moved closer for a mass testing program in another major city. The Prime Minister said the rapid lateral flow tests will be sent out to local public health leaders in the coming days in a bid … Read more
Is Boris Johnson heading for a Brexit collision course with Joe Biden? Fears of transatlantic tensions as Government insists it will stick with its withdrawal bill despite concerns over effects on Good Friday Agreement PM vowed to push ahead with legislation to override Withdrawal Agreement Peers were set to vote in favour of a motion to … Read more
‘Summer 2021 is going to be the party to end all parties!’ Britons take to social media in hope their lives could be back to normal by next year as experts hail Pfizer Covid vaccine UK has ordered 40million doses of the jab – enough to cover 20m people Boris Johnson is due to hold … Read more
Boris Johnson refuses to tell Donald Trump to throw in the towel over US election defeat as the PM lavishes praise on Joe Biden but is STILL waiting to speak to the new President Boris Johnson today refused to tell Donald Trump to throw in towel over election But he lavished praise on President-elect Joe … Read more
Boris Johnson believes he was bounced into ordering a second national lockdown, a Cabinet ally said last night. The Prime Minister reluctantly signed off a new lockdown in England last weekend after being warned by Government scientists that deaths could rise to 4,000 a day – four times the peak seen in April. The decision … Read more
Dietitians, opticians and other non-essential NHS staff were today branded ‘cynical’ for asking for a pre-Christmas pay rise during the coronavirus pandemic. Boris Johnson has promised a salary bump to doctors, nurses and other workers who have been fighting coronavirus on the front lines by next April. There has been widespread public support for the … Read more
Tories are urging an end the blanket lockdown before December 2 amid claims Boris Johnson believes he was bounced into the extreme curbs. Senior MPs said the PM should not keep the restrictions in place for the full month just to ‘maximise the pain’, amid early signs that the surge is already levelling out. Mr Johnson … Read more
George Eustice today hinted at a UK move on post-Brexit fishing rights amid signs Joe Biden’s US election win has sparked a fresh push for a Brexit trade deal. The Environment Secretary suggested that agreements setting the ‘ground rules’ on access for EU fleets could cover several years – an apparent shift from the demand … Read more
Brexit deal ‘is there to be done’: Boris Johnson is confident he can ink an agreement with the EU as clocks tick down on trade talks Prime Minister said the two sides were in sight of a deal during talks in London EU chief Bexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrived in London last night He said … Read more
Joe Biden has begun calling world leaders but Boris Johnson is braced for an early snub from the President-elect. Diplomatic sources acknowledged the Prime Minister was unlikely to be ‘top of the list’ for the man who described him last year as a ‘physical and emotional clone’ of Donald Trump. British diplomats believe Angela Merkel, Emmanuel … Read more