The Prime Minister has been transferred to a ward at St Thomas’ Hospital following three nights treatment in an intensive care unit for coronavirus symptoms. “This is good news. I hope it is the beginnings of a speedy recovery”, tweeted Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer, who also announced the appointments to his Shadow Cabinet […]
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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care and has received oxygen support as he battles against Covid-19. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has stepped in to temporarily take over Johnson’s duties and lead the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. Cabinet secretary Michael Gove said the PM was “receiving the very, very best care […]
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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson and health secretary Matt Hancock have both tested positive for Covid-19 as the coronavirus strikes at the heart of the British government. The chief medical doctor Prof Chris Whitty is also in isolation “with clear symptoms”, following the announcement at the weekend that the head of Public Health England, Duncan […]
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The government has promised to pay the country’s wage bill following Boris Johnson’s order for a total shutdown of the UK’s restaurants, pubs and leisure facilities to combat the coronavirus outbreak and save “thousands” of lives. Chancellor Rishi Sunak committed the government to pay 80% of the wages of people unable to work because of […]
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The prime minister said it is time for everyone in the UK to stop non-essential contact as the government unveiled a dramatic escalation of measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The advice is “particularly important” to pregnant women, those with underlying health conditions and people over the age of 70, said Boris Johnson. A rapid […]
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The prime minister has announced the UK has moved to phase two ‘delay’ in its fight against the coronavirus, calling the outbreak “the worst public health crisis for a generation.” Boris Johnson warned the disease will “spread further” and “many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time.” The latest figures show […]
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Boris Johnson has said the army is on standby as part of the government’s “battle plan” to fight the coronavirus, as the number of Covid-19 cases in the UK rises to 51. Health secretary Matt Hancock warned the virus poses an “increasingly serious” threat and told MPs it was “becoming more likely that we will […]
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Boris Johnson’s no-show response to the recent UK floods has come in for a barrage of criticism from all sides including Nigel Farrage and Jeremy Corbyn. But his business minister, Nadhim Zahawi, told Sky News that the Prime Minister wanted to avoid a media jamboree and instead focus on putting together an aid package for […]
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The BBC is failing to report Downing Street’s refusal to say if the prime minister thinks black people have lower than average IQ, or if he agrees with eugenics. A “tense briefing with the media” this morning (Monday) saw the PM’s deputy official spokesman repeatedly decline to distance Johnson from the highly controversial views of […]
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Chancellor Sajid Javid has sensationally quit after the prime minster ordered a cull of all of his Treasury advisors at the start of Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle. Javid’s resignation – just three weeks before the budget – is the biggest shock of a day that has seen other leading Tories lose their cabinet posts in […]
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