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Tory revolt over lockdown: Influential backbencher Steve Baker orders Boris to ‘lift restrictions soon, or face leadership challenge’ as he demands a ‘guarantee’ there won’t be same restrictions ‘next winter’ Steve Baker has written to Tories to urge them to register lockdown opposition He has told Boris Johnson to ditch the strategy of repeated Covid … Read more
Catering firm Chartwells has announced it will start including breakfast in free school meal deliveries in response to the fierce criticism of its meagre parcels. The under-fire schools food provider has apologised and vowed to raise standards after parents railed against the paltry lunches it was sending their children. Boris Johnson branded the boxes of … Read more
Tensions with China escalated again today as Tories warned the ‘Golden Age’ in relations is over – and Beijing accused the UK of ‘spreading lies’ about human rights abuses. A war of words is raging after Boris Johnson lashed out at ‘demented’ Chinese medicine for helping trigger the coronavirus pandemic, and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab … Read more
Boris Johnson is accused of trying to delay May’s local elections until the summer so he can benefit from a ‘vaccine bump’ after jab is rolled out By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:04 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 14:19 GMT, 13 January 2021 Boris Johnson has been accused of seeking to … Read more
Boris Johnson saw off his Tory critics tonight as MPs voted the latest strict lockdown measures into law. The Prime Minister saw off a small rebellion by backbenchers who accused him of launching an ‘assault on liberty and livelihoods’ as they warned lockdown will inevitably cause some people to ‘break’. But with Labour vowing to … Read more
Tory MPs accused Matt Hancock of playing down the Government’s vaccination ambitions yesterday, amid claims that his department has snubbed an offer by pharmacists to help the biggest vaccination drive in history – and it emerged doses of the vaccine will not be delivered to GPs on a Sunday. The Health Secretary described the prospect … Read more
MPs voted by 521 to 73 – majority 448 – to approve legislation to ratify Boris Johnson’s trade deal with the EU. But how did MPs vote at third reading? – Ayes 359 Conservative MPs: Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden), Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield), Nickie Aiken (Cities … Read more
MPs voted by 521 to 73 – majority 448 – to approve legislation to ratify Boris Johnson’s trade deal with the EU. But how did MPs vote at third reading? – Ayes 359 Conservative MPs: Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden), Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield), Nickie Aiken (Cities … Read more
MPs voted by 521 to 73 – majority 448 – to approve legislation to ratify Boris Johnson’s trade deal with the EU. But how did MPs vote at third reading? – Ayes 359 Conservative MPs: Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden), Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield), Nickie Aiken (Cities … Read more
MPs have cut their Christmas holidays short by more than a week to gather for a crunch vote on Britain’s new Brexit deal on December 30. Yesterday Mr Johnson presented his ‘Brexit gift’ to Britain in a Christmas video message, as his deal was last night given a double boost with a tentative welcome from … Read more