The Prime Minister enjoyed a Sunday stroll with eight-month-old son Wilf in central London today – just days after he faced questions about a rule-breaking cycle ride in the capital’s Olympic Park. Boris Johnson was seen cradling young Wilf, who was born on April 29th 2020 at the height of the first Covid crisis in … Read more
A tiny Cornish seaside village is to host world leaders in the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. For Boris Johnson‘s first major summit in the UK, he has picked Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county for the gathering, where he hopes to unite leaders on a message of … Read more
Let’s make Britain the Singapore of Europe! Prime Minister’s new mission for Rishi Sunak as he urges the Chancellor to exploit Brexit by emulating the low-tax, low-regulation Asian city state Sunak is to spearhead Government moves to exploit the opportunities of Brexit No 10 is keen to break through gloom of Covid pandemic with an … Read more
Dominic Raab insists ministers are trying to fix post-Brexit border ‘teething problems’ as the Scottish fishing industry warns many firms are days from collapse Scottish fishing industry has blamed post-Brexit border checks for long delays Delays at border mean that goods are rotten on arrival when they get to the EU Dominic Raab said Government … Read more
Heathrow’s departure lounge is packed with passengers this morning ahead of tomorrow’s looming suspension of travel corridors that will prevent people arriving in the UK without a negative test. Passengers could be seen queuing at the West London airport, with queues forming at the BA and Iberia desks. Most of the two airlines’ flights today … Read more
Tory MPs have urged Boris Johnson to publish a ‘clear road map’ to start easing the national lockdown from March 8 as they warned the Prime Minister there ‘cannot be any more excuses’. Mark Harper, the Tory chairman of the lockdown-sceptic Covid Recovery Group, said the Government needs to give people ‘hope’ while ‘businesses need … Read more
Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst resigns after ‘devastating’ family news as Boris Johnson says he is ‘very sad’ to lose the ‘brilliant minister’ Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst announced she was stepping down from her role Posted letter on Twitter last night addressed to PM explaining her resignation The MP said she was standing down after receiving … Read more
Hotel quarantines for all UK arrivals and facial-recognition technology to check travellers are properly isolating are among new measures proposed to crackdown on new Covid strains at UK borders Officials have been told to prepare GPS technology in order to ensure isolation New arrivals could be forced to pay for stays in airport hotels while … Read more
Airports could close altogether after Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend all of Britain’s quarantine-free travel corridors – as move deepens crisis faced by travel and aviation industries Anyone arriving in the UK will have to produce a negative coronavirus test All flights from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde have been banned The PM’s announcement … Read more
So who WAS the Chatty Rat who blabbed about Boris Johnson’s bike ride seven miles from Downing Street? ‘Chance sighting’ of PM in the Olympic Park raises suspicions of repeat of last year’s furore over Cabinet leak fears PM appeared to be contravening official guidance on exercise during lockdown This explicitly states that participants should … Read more