WHO unveils team of 10 scientists to trace Covid-19 origins in pandemic’s ground zero of Wuhan – but warn it is a ‘riddle that can take years to solve’ The WHO has assembled an international team of world-leading virus hunters Included in line up is England’s former deputy chief medical officer John Watson UN agency warned … Read more
George Osborne wanted to give David Beckham a peerage and make him sports minister, it has been revealed. The then-Chancellor discussed the idea with David Cameron in Downing Street on the day of a major Cabinet reshuffle in 2013. But it was rejected because of fears a ministerial post requiring the former England football captain having … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair has slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson is planning on slashing the £15billion international development budget to … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson was planning on slashing the £15 billion international development budget … Read more
Whether educating prime ministers or royalty, Eton has long had a reputation as a training ground for the powerful. And a new study quantifying the school’s impact on British society has confirmed its influence in all spheres of public life. Eton College, whose alumni include Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Prince William, is officially the … Read more
Tory leaders and baseball caps don’t mix, David Cameron! Former PM appears to have taken some ill-advised style tips from his predecessor William Hague as he dresses down for a walk in Kensington David Cameron emerged from a Ford Transit van with security detail in London Former PM looked very different from the sharp-suited politician … Read more
The shock departure of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain from the upper echelons of Downing Street cap a remarkable turnaround for a gang used to doing the hiring and firing. Mr Cummings and his cadre of Vote Leavers oversaw what became known as a ‘Bonfire of the Spads’ after Boris Johnson took over from Theresa … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a Downing Street meltdown amid claims fiancee Carrie Symonds is fighting plans to make a former Vote Leave aide his chief of staff. Lee Cain, currently Downing Street‘s director of communications, is said to be in ‘advanced discussions’ about the new post. But leaks about the talks happening have sparked a backlash from … Read more
No10 head of Press and former Vote Leave official is in talks to be Boris Johnson’s chief of staff Lee Cain is said to be in ‘advanced discussions’ about the potential new post Promotion would be big rise for former Daily Mirror election chicken journalist Chief of staff will operate as the Prime Minister’s ‘fixer’ … Read more
Boris Johnson was urged to make a fully functioning test and trace system his Government‘s ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in the summer in an extra-ordinary intervention by his predecessors in Number 10. Former chancellor George Osborne has revealed that Conservatives David Cameron and Sir John Major and the Labour former prime ministers Gordon Brown and … Read more