Tory government ruled ‘by diktat’ since Brexit and Covid, Lords report finds
The peers’ reports found laws were passed without due scrutiny, allowing the government to hold more power than they would under the normal legal process.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
Boris flouts mask guidelines – again – at busy London theatre
Johnson reportedly ignored official requests to don a mask at a packed performance of Macbeth on Tuesday night.
Johnson faces questions about his political future in fiery PMQs
Ian Blackford asked whether he had "considered calling it a day before he gets pushed."
Starmer asks ‘pickpocket’ Johnson: ‘Is everything OK?’
A heated PMQs saw the Labour leader accuse Johnson of broken promises over his social care plans.
Food bank use ‘well above’ pre-pandemic level, Trussell Trust says
The Trussell Trust handed out 935,749 parcels over the six months to October 2021 - with more than a third going to children.
Industrial communities protest as North sees funding cut post-Brexit
Grants given through the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund were supposed to match EU cash previously handed out to UK regions for development. In reality, the north is £1.65 billion down.
‘Like Mourinho – good a decade ago’: Tories pen Boris no confidence letters
A number of Tory MPs have submitted letters of no confidence to the 1922 committee, it has emerged.
‘Concern’ inside Downing Street about the PM
A senior Downing Street said "it's just not working."
Remind you of anyone? Thatcher ‘may have misled MPs’ it has been revealed
Foreign Office files show former PM wrongly told the Commons flight BA149 landed before the Iraqi invasion had begun.