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Boris Johnson
Latest news and updates on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leader of the Conservative Party, as he navigates the UK through the coronavirus pandemic.
Latest Boris Johnson news
- Evening Standard
Boris Johnson will be glad to see Donald Trump leave the White House, says former Civil Service head Lord Sedwil
Boris Johnson will be glad Donald Trump has not been re-elected for a second term, the former head of the Civil Service has said. Lord Sedwill, who served as Cabinet Secretary from 2018 to 2020, suggested another term for Mr Trump “would not have been to the benefit” of the UK.
- The Guardian
Boris Johnson kindly and civilly abstains on helping the poorest
Boris Johnson kindly and civilly abstains on helping the poorestPM’s damascene conversion on language doesn’t extend to supporting Labour attempts to extend universal credit
- HuffPost UK
6 Tory MPs Defy Boris Johnson And Vote Against Universal Credit Cut
The increase to the benefit, worth £20-a-week, is due to be taken away in April.
- The Independent
Boris Johnson news – latest: MPs vote against universal credit cut as PM blames fish exporters over Brexit chaos
Latest developments from Westminster
- The Guardian
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson's plan: levelling down, not up
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson's plan: levelling down, not upThe prime minister should be ditching the economic doctrine that is causing so much misery. Instead, he is using Brexit to supercharge it
- The Independent
Boris Johnson blames seafood exporters ‘not filling in the right forms’ for post-Brexit sales crash
PM also vows to control ‘all the fish’ in years to come – even though EU can impose harsh retaliation if it tries
- Sky News
COVID-19: 4 million jabs delivered but Boris Johnson warns there will be no 'open sesame' of lockdown easing
Four million people have now received a coronavirus jab, the prime minister has revealed, as he warned the public there will be no "open sesame" of lockdown easing. Speaking during a visit to the manufacturing facility for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, Boris Johnson said the UK was rolling out COVID-19 vaccines "as fast as we can". "I think we've done more than half of the over-80s, half of the people in care homes, the elderly residents of care homes," he said.
