Boris Johnson today set the stage for sweeping measures to combat a major UK coronavirus outbreak – with Britons facing European-style curbs on their movement and leisure activities to avoid thousands of deaths. The government is bracing Britons for the virus to spread further and faster after the number of cases in this country hit 40, … Read more
Carrie Symonds is considering giving birth at home, it has been claimed today. Miss Symonds, 31, is said to be keen on a home birth, which could mean Boris Johnson’s baby is born at No10 Downing Street or Chequers. His partner announced the pair are engaged and expecting their first child together in late May … Read more
Boris Johnson today vowed to ‘stop at nothing’ to combat Coronavirus as he chairs an emergency Cobra meeting on the mounting crisis. The PM is finally taking personal charge of the response to the threat, after the number of people infected in the UK climbed to 36 over the weekend. Mr Johnson will warn ministers … Read more
Swathes of Britain including cities and towns could be put on lockdown to try to stop the spread of coronavirus as Boris Johnson vowed to take charge of the Government response after being accused of acting like a ‘part-time Prime Minister’. After UK cases hit 36 yesterday – an increase of 23 since Friday – Mr Johnson will … Read more
As Boris Johnson once said: ‘There is something uniquely traumatic about being forced from your home by floods.’ These words were uttered by the Prime Minister last November – apparently with heartfelt sympathy – following a visit to Fishlake in South Yorkshire, then reeling from devastating flooding. Fast-forward to February and this devastation is starting … Read more
Millionaire Tory donor Howard Shore warns Rishi Sunak not to hit entrepreneurs and pensions with tax hikes in the Budget saying the UK did not undo EU ‘shackles’ only to make firms wear ‘fiscal handcuffs’ Shore urged Chancellor not to slice into rate relief for entrepreneurs and pensions and avoid increasing inheritance tax in March … Read more
Boris Johnson hails frontline NHS staff UK’s ‘greatest asset’ in face of coronavirus outbreak as he urges nation to wash hands with soap for 20 seconds to stop spread of infection Prime Minister praised NHS workers after meeting frontline staff in Kettering Says ‘fantastic’ medical staff will ensure Britain beats coronavirus crisis Urged the public … Read more
One of the Government’s most senior officials has made the incendiary suggestion that Britain does not need its own farming industry. In leaked emails obtained by The Mail on Sunday, powerful Treasury adviser Tim Leunig argues that the food sector is not ‘critically important’ to the economy – and that agriculture and fishery production ‘certainly isn’t’. … Read more
Paid more than the PM, it was a miracle he was still in his job: How Sir Philip Rutnam’s name has become a byword for bungled advice and toxic clashes with Ministers Top civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam, 54, sensationally quit Home Office yesterday Rutnam was paid £175,000 with gold-plated pension as Permanent Secretary However, … Read more
The baby Carrie Symonds announced tonight she is ‘hatching’ will be her first child, but for fiancé Boris Johnson impeniding parenthood is an experience that will feel all too familiar. The Prime Minister has at least five children, yet has not officially confirmed the exact number after leading a tangled love life that has seen … Read more