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Covid: Scientists urge Johnson to help developing countries vaccinate
More than 300 scientists have written to the prime minister calling for urgent action to get people in developing countries vaccinated.
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Ukraine crisis: Johnson says Russian invasion would be ‘disastrous’
Boris Johnson warned President Putin that invading Ukraine would be a “disastrous step”, as European allies held talks with President Joe Biden and Nato leaders to decide their next step.
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Johnson could become ‘existential threat to future of Conservative Party’
We spoke to Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen.
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Partygate: Johnson faces more calls to resign as Tory MP defects
Christian Wakeford crossed the floor to Labour, accusing the Tories of “trying to defend the indefensible and doing so gladly”.
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FactCheck: has Johnson broken his promise to resettle 5,000 Afghans?
So far, just one family has been resettled under the scheme.
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Covid: Johnson hopes to ‘ride out Omicron’ without another lockdown
Schools are short of teachers, supermarkets are struggling to find staff, trains are cancelled and hospitals are declaring critical incidents.
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Covid: No new restrictions before Christmas in England, says Johnson
Boris Johnson has said there’s not enough evidence to justify new Covid restrictions in England before Christmas, although he wouldn’t rule out imposing tougher rules after that to protect public health, again urging people to “exercise caution”.
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Brexit minister resignation latest blow to Johnson’s leadership
Amid a by-election disaster, a rebellion and a series of scandals, Boris Johnson has suffered another blow to his leadership, as it emerged the minister in charge of Brexit is resigning from the Cabinet.
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Covid: Johnson ‘too weak to lead’ UK through pandemic after Tory rebellion, says Starmer
Boris Johnson has rejected calls to change the way he governs the country after last night’s rebellion by Conservative MPs.
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Johnson denies breaking Covid rules with Christmas quiz
Amid the flurry of all the new announcements today about Omicron and England’s Plan B, Boris Johnson is still facing questions over the alleged lockdown-breaching Christmas party in Downing Street last year.
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FactCheck: Johnson wrongly claims ‘1,500 county lines gangs’ shut down
The figure refers to phone numbers used by the gangs – not the gangs themselves.
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MP Sleaze: Johnson faces call for ban on MP second jobs
Boris Johnson has called for MPs to be banned from acting as paid political consultants or lobbyists in an attempt to draw a line under the political corruption scandal that’s been engulfing the Tory party.
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FactCheck: Johnson claims Labour’s Nandy ‘wanted to abolish’ army
The claim was ruled “inaccurate” by the press regulator in June.
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Johnson says he has ‘guts’ to tackle problems previous governments have shirked
Boris Johnson told the Conservative Party conference that his government will fix the “long-term structural problems of the British economy”. He distanced himself from previous Conservative administrations, saying he would deal with problems that “no government has had the guts to tackle before”. He also said he would rebalance the country’s “lop-sided” economy, making big…
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Johnson pledges all electricity will be from renewables by 2035
Boris Johnson has pledged to make the UK’s energy production completely green by 2035, as part of the effort to reach net zero carbon emissions.