Hundreds of miles of bus lanes will be built to discourage driving, Boris Johnson will announce today in one of his first acts of ‘levelling up’ Britain. In a major transport shake-up, the Prime Minister will also unveil simpler fares with daily price caps for multiple journeys across different types of public transport. Councils and … Read more
Ministers were yesterday accused of ‘moving the goalposts’ and creating uncertainty in plans to lift the lockdown. They were urged by MPs to stick to Boris Johnson’s ‘data not dates’ pledge and publish target figures for when restrictions could be eased. It came as business leaders warned more than 3,500 pubs, bars and restaurants face … Read more
Hundreds of miles of bus lanes will be built to discourage driving, Boris Johnson will announce today in one of his first acts of ‘levelling up’ Britain. In a major transport shake-up, the Prime Minister will also unveil simpler fares with daily price caps for multiple journeys across different types of public transport. Councils and … Read more
Labour leader Keir Starmer, 58, gets his first vaccine dose as it’s revealed Boris Johnson, 56, is expected to get it THIS WEEK PM is 56, meaning he can book an appointment rather than wait for invitation Government sources say Mr Johnson will have his jab this week Downing Street spent past week being coy about … Read more
Millions of people would still be waiting to be vaccinated in an independent Scotland, Boris Johnson suggested today as he blasted the SNP’s ‘obsession’ with breaking up the UK. In an address to the Scottish Conservatives‘ spring conference the Prime Minister hailed ‘the UK’s collective strength’ in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. And he turned both … Read more
Britain will view Russia as a ‘hostile state’ but treat China largely as a commercial ‘competitor’, a review of UK foreign policy will announce on Tuesday. The integrated review of the country’s future defence requirements is set to outline plans to increase spending on the UK’s cyberwarfare capability to combat the threat posed by Beijing … Read more
A year ago today, Britons were slowly starting to see the devastating impact of coronavirus. While the country was still months away from the peak of its first wave in April, the UK’s daily Covid death toll of just 10 saw the total fatalities almost double overnight to 21. Boris Johnson finally u-turned and banned mass … Read more
The rapid success of drive-through vaccination centres could lead the UK out of lockdown before Boris Johnson‘s roadmap suggests. A trial that delivered 2,300 Covid jabs in just one day at a car park near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was 360 per cent more than an equivalent clinic, The Mirror reports. But whilst the system … Read more
Boris Johnson was last night urged by the boss of British Airways to capitalise on the UK’s world-beating vaccine rollout to end the ‘heart-breaking’ restrictions on foreign travel before another summer holiday season is ruined. BA chief executive Sean Doyle called for Britons who have been vaccinated to be able to fly along with those … Read more
Revolt of ‘the male, pale and stale’ Ministers: Tories accuse Boris Johnson of ‘tokenism over talent’ as he plans a ‘women-first’ reshuffle this summer Tory male ministers angrily accuse PM of plan to favour ‘tokenism over talent’ Boris Johnson is under pressure to move more women up the ministerial ladder The row broke amid fevered speculation … Read more