Boris Johnson looks at alternatives to cap on costs as care reforms are delayed AGAIN

Care reforms are delayed AGAIN: Families remain stuck with sky-high bills as Boris Johnson looks at alternatives to cap on costs Families stuck facing sky-high bills as Boris’ plan for care reforms delayed again  It is understood that Downing Street has gone cool on idea of £40,000 costs cap PM is now looking at a … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Heir to Churchill? No, Boris Johnson is the Second Coming of Warden Hodges

Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Johnson? Just after 4pm on Wednesday, Boris’s carefully cultivated reputation as a Churchillian champion of British liberty crumbled like stale Stilton cheese. ‘We will boost the local enforcement capacity of local authorities by introducing Covid-secure marshals to help ensure social distancing in town and city centres, and … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Heir to Churchill? No, Boris Johnson is the Second Coming of Warden Hodges

Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Johnson? Just after 4pm on Wednesday, Boris’s carefully cultivated reputation as a Churchillian champion of British liberty crumbled like stale Stilton cheese. ‘We will boost the local enforcement capacity of local authorities by introducing Covid-secure marshals to help ensure social distancing in town and city centres, and … Read more

Sweden has just 13 coronavirus patients in intensive care despite avoiding lockdown

Sweden has just 13 coronavirus patients in intensive care and has suffered an average of just one death per day in the last 10 despite avoiding lockdown Sweden’s 13 patients compares with 843 in hospital in the UK, 80 on ventilators In addition, the country’s one death per day over the last 10 compares with … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘wants Rishi Sunak’s top adviser to host No10 TV briefings’

Ex-TV presenter Allegra Stratton ‘lined up for No10 job’: Mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front White House-style daily press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘wants Rishi Sunak’s top adviser to host No10 TV briefings’

Ex-TV presenter mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front No10’s White House-style daily televised press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants Rishi Sunak’s director of communications … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: The news you missed in lockdown (Part II) – Dilyn the dog is yappy, not happy, at No 10

Dilyn, the terrier regularly photographed alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds, has announced that he will shortly be leaving Downing Street for ‘exciting new challenges’.  Downing Street continues to deny all reports of a ‘rift’, but a number of reports over the summer have indicated that Dilyn was dissatisfied with his … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: The news you missed in lockdown (Part II) – Dilyn the dog is yappy, not happy, at No 10

Dilyn, the terrier regularly photographed alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds, has announced that he will shortly be leaving Downing Street for ‘exciting new challenges’.  Downing Street continues to deny all reports of a ‘rift’, but a number of reports over the summer have indicated that Dilyn was dissatisfied with his … Read more

So has No. 10 REALLY got its science right? Almost all Covid fatalities are among older people

After spending three months in strict lockdown, millions of Britons in their teens or twenties have spent the summer embracing a return to relative normality. They have flocked to pubs and restaurants to make the most of Eat Out to Help Out, jetted off on holiday with friends or snuck into illegal raves. But, with … Read more

So has No. 10 REALLY got its science right? Almost all Covid fatalities are among older people

After spending three months in strict lockdown, millions of Britons in their teens or twenties have spent the summer embracing a return to relative normality. They have flocked to pubs and restaurants to make the most of Eat Out to Help Out, jetted off on holiday with friends or snuck into illegal raves. But, with … Read more