Like many people, I am delighted that Boris Johnson is back in Downing Street today. The Government and the country urgently need his authority to tackle the worst crisis in public finances that Britain has ever faced. The lockdown has gripped our economy in a deadly embrace – one from which it may never fully … Read more
Boris Johnson has arrived back in Number 10 ahead of his return to work tomorrow following his battle with coronavirus, MailOnline can reveal. The Prime Minister was pictured entering via the back of Downing Street where he smiled to a security guard before heading inside. He returns to Westminster facing a growing clamour for the … Read more
Dominic Raab today blasted ‘irresponsible’ critics for demanding the UK government set out how it will ease the nation’s coronavirus lockdown. Tory donors, Cabinet ministers and Sir Keir Starmer have all told Boris Johnson he must publish his strategy for loosening restrictions as the Prime Minister prepares to return to work tomorrow. But Mr Raab … Read more
Tory donors, Cabinet ministers and Sir Keir Starmer have told Boris Johnson he must set out how he will ease the UK’s coronavirus lockdown as the Prime Minister prepares to return to work tomorrow. Mr Johnson has been recuperating at Chequers since he was released from hospital on April 12 after his intensive care battle with … Read more
The breakthrough in the race to develop what Boris Johnson calls ‘the people’s test’ came through a combination of forensic detective work and cutting-edge diagnostic research at Oxford University. To design an immunity test with the necessary degree of accuracy – as close as possible to 100 per cent – scientists on the project needed … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer warns Boris Johnson the UK risks ‘falling behind the rest of the world’ on easing coronavirus lockdown as Labour leader demands PM hold an ‘adult conversation’ with the public about what comes next The Labour leader has written to the Prime Minister setting out lockdown fears Sir Keir said government risks UK … Read more
Top Tories have joined calls to ban Dominic Cummings from coronavirus scientific briefings. The former Brexit secretary David Davis is among those pushing for Cummings and Ben Warner, an adviser who ran the Tories’ private election computer model, to be prevented from attending future meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage). Davis said that … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing mounting calls to ease the lockdown from multiple flanks of his own party including donors, cabinet ministers and rebellious MPs. The Prime Minister will return to work in Downing Street on Monday to find restlessness brewing in the Tory ranks for restrictions to be relaxed. Wealthy backers who have poured millions … Read more
When the coronavirus crisis began, Boris Johnson and his Ministers wanted to follow the science. But thanks to the paranoia and false pride of the Chinese government, there was precious little science to follow. ‘We found it very difficult to get any hard information out of China at the beginning,’ a Minister told me. ‘When … Read more
Boris Johnson will return from his Chequers convalescence on Monday determined to ‘tighten his grip’ on a Government which has often appeared to flounder in his absence. The Prime Minister told aides during a three-hour Covid-19 strategy session that doctors had given him permission to return. ‘I’m raring to go,’ he insisted. Boris Johnson will … Read more