A rapid Covid-19 antibody test bought by the Government may wrongly tell one in five people they have had the coronavirus. Number 10 placed an order for one million AbC-19 tests made by UK-based company Abingdon Health in October to be used for research purposes, in order to paint a better picture of how far … Read more
Boris Johnson key aide Lee Cain announces he is QUTTING Downing Street after claims PM’s fiancee Carrie Symonds was trying to block him from becoming new Number 10 chief of staff By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 21:25 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 21:30 GMT, 11 November 2020 Boris Johnson‘s top aide Lee Cain … Read more
Tory MPs have blasted the Government‘s ‘nanny state’ plan to ban online junk food adverts as they argued ‘people should assume responsibility for their own health’. Conservative backbenchers said the proposals were ‘incoherent’ because they come just a matter of weeks after ministers were encouraging people to eat fast food through the Eat Out to … Read more
Ex-IT technician, 58, admits planting fake ‘bomb’ in rucksack containing eight bottles of Corona lager on Downing Street Toby Champeney, 58, planted bottles of Corona lager outside Downing Street He called the police to warn them a bomb was about to explode The former IT technician pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in December By … 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
Britons who test negative for Covid should wear paper wristbands to show they don’t have the virus, Number 10’s nudge unit says Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was sent to watch mass testing in Slovakia Paper wristbands could be used to allow Covid-free people to get back to normal They added incentives for getting swabs needed … Read more
Boris Johnson distanced himself from Donald Trump‘s attempts to cling on to power in the US today as he branded him the ‘previous president’. In a comment that suggests he believes Mr Trump should cede to his victorious opponent, the Prime Minister praised a ‘refreshing’ discussion he had with president-elect Joe Biden last night. Mr … 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
Whenever a US election delivers a radical change in President, anxieties, even panic, flare in Downing Street about what it will mean for the UK/US relationship. Meanwhile, almost like clockwork, commentators compete to write gloomy obituaries for the ‘Special Relationship’. And this time, following the election of Joe Biden, is no different. But for goodness … Read more
Dominic Raab today dismissed fears that Boris Johnson and Joe Biden will not get along as he said the US presidential election result is ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. The Foreign Secretary said he is ‘very confident’ there is a ‘huge bedrock of underlying interests and values that bind us very closely together’. And he insisted Mr … Read more