Labour’s Mike Hill QUITS as Hartlepool MP to set up a Red Wall by-election

Labour’s Mike Hill QUITS as Hartlepool MP amid sexual harassment allegations to set up a Red Wall by-election that will be a test of Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:32 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 12:45 GMT, 16 March 2021 Labour’s Mike Hill quit as an MP … Read more

MPs and the WHO plead with Britons to keep taking ‘safe’ AstraZeneca jabs

MPs from all parties were today pleading with Britons to keep taking AstraZeneca jabs amid fury that the EU’s ‘Brexit sulk’ will fuel anti-vax propaganda.   Politicians, medics and scientists have launched a concerted effort to reassure the public about the safety of the Oxford vaccine after a swathe of European countries suspended its use over unproven … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to boost our nuclear arsenal by 40%

Boris Johnson will announce today that Britain is significantly increasing its nuclear arsenal amid a threat of terrorist ‘dirty bombs’. He will signal a shift to a ‘more robust position on security and deterrence’ which will see troops deployed overseas ‘more often and for longer periods’. The Prime Minister is also expected to use the … Read more

Foreign holidays could soar in price, sources warn 

Foreign holidays could soar in price to give UK flights a lift with higher taxes after lockdown ends, sources warn Boris Johnson unveiled plans to slash duty on international flights last week Sources claim it’s likely to be paid for by increasing charges on foreign flights Consultation to look into ‘increasing the number of international … Read more

Covid UK: 5,089 new cases in 8% week-on-week rise as deaths fall 1.5%

Britain today recorded an eight per cent week-on-week rise in Covid cases — even though they are still at levels seen in September before the second wave spiralled out of control. Department of Health bosses posted another 5,089 positive tests and 64 coronavirus victims. Deaths have fallen by just 1.5 per cent on last Monday’s … Read more

Britain records 5,089 Covid cases in 8% week-on-week rise while deaths drop by just 1.5%

Britain today recorded an eight per cent week-on-week rise in Covid cases — even though they are still at levels seen in September before the second wave spiralled out of control. Department of Health bosses posted another 5,089 positive tests and 64 coronavirus victims. Deaths have fallen by just 1.5 per cent on last Monday’s … Read more

Covid UK: Boris Johnson accepts delaying first lockdown was a mistake

Boris Johnson has made the admission to close allies, it has been suggested Britain’s first coronavirus lockdown came late because the Government’s scientific advisers were using out-of-date data, close allies of Boris Johnson have claimed. As the first anniversary of the March 23 shutdown approaches, senior sources have insisted Mr Johnson would act ‘harder, earlier … Read more

A year ago today, Matt Hancock said elderly would have to stay home for four months

A year ago today, Britain rallied together to mourn the death of its then-youngest Covid-19 victim – as Britons saw a glimpse of the devastation to come.  Father-of-two Nick Matthews, 59 – a retired policeman – had died one day earlier in Bristol Royal Infirmary – with his heartbroken wife describing him as her ‘life partner and … Read more

Drivers blast Boris Johnson’s £3bn ‘green revolution’ plan to put more buses on Britain’s roads

Drivers have today urged the Government to ‘stop the war on motorists’, as they blasted Boris Johnson’s plans to put thousands more buses of Britain’s roads. As part of a new £3billion ‘green revolution’, the Government has announced plans for hundreds of miles of new bus lanes to discourage driving. In a major transport shake-up, … Read more

Drivers blast Boris Johnson’s £3bn ‘green revolution’ plan to put more buses on Britain’s roads

Drivers have today urged the Government to ‘stop the war on motorists’, as they blasted Boris Johnson’s plans to put thousands more buses of Britain’s roads. As part of a new £3billion ‘green revolution’, the Government has announced plans for hundreds of miles of new bus lanes to discourage driving. In a major transport shake-up, … Read more