Boris Johnson £16bn defence spend to restore UK as great naval power

Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more

Boris Johnson £16bn defence spend to restore UK as great naval power

Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more

Scientists warn Boris Johnson not to relax Covid rules for Christmas

Boris Johnson is still ‘set on relaxing Covid rules for Christmas’ as growing number of Government advisers and scientists line up to warn that focus on ‘near-normal’ festive gatherings will ‘throw fuel on the fire’ of the pandemic Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson over whether to open up Britain for Christmas Royal College of Emergency … Read more

Scientists warn Boris Johnson not to relax Covid rules for Christmas

Boris Johnson is still ‘set on relaxing Covid rules for Christmas’ as growing number of Government advisers and scientists line up to warn that focus on ‘near-normal’ festive gatherings will ‘throw fuel on the fire’ of the pandemic Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson over whether to open up Britain for Christmas Royal College of Emergency … Read more

UK economy: Pay cuts for 5m public sector workers due to pandemic

Millions of public sector workers face a pay squeeze to help pay for the pandemic. Rishi Sunak will use next week’s spending review to unveil a new era of ‘pay restraint’ to plug the black hole in the public finances. The Chancellor believes it would be ‘unfair’ for more than five million public sector workers … Read more

Labour party split: 32 MPs call for Jeremy Corbyn’s reinstatement

Furious Corbynistas have accused Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer of reneging on a deal to allow Jeremy Corbyn to return as a party MP – as a hardcore of his supporters threatened a new rebellion. Allies of the former Opposition Leader claimed they had an agreement with his successor to return the party whip after … Read more

Brexit: Talks suspended as EU official tests positive for Covid-19

Brexit trade talks were plunged into disarray this afternoon after a member of Michel Barnier’s team tested positive for coronavirus and top-level negotiations had to be put on hold.  Mr Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, said he and his UK counterpart Lord Frost had ‘decided to suspend the negotiations at our level for a short … Read more

Trump trying to wreck Biden foreign policy by ‘lighting more fires’

Donald Trump has been accused of trying to hamstring Joe Biden before he leaves office by ‘lighting so many foreign policy fires the Democrat won’t be able to put them out.’ The president has ordered thousands of troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq, attacked Chinese tech companies and brokered a colossal arms deal in the … Read more

Boris Johnson facing growing Tory revolt over coronavirus strategy

Boris Johnson is facing a growing Tory revolt over coronavirus rules as senior Conservative backbenchers today demanded he set out a strategy to avoid a cycle of national lockdowns.  Tory MPs in the so-called Covid Recovery Group (CRG) cautiously welcomed the prospect of the Government loosening restrictions over the Christmas period.  But they warned that … Read more

Boris Johnson facing growing Tory revolt over coronavirus strategy

Boris Johnson is facing a growing Tory revolt over coronavirus rules as senior Conservative backbenchers today demanded he set out a strategy to avoid a cycle of national lockdowns.  Tory MPs in the so-called Covid Recovery Group (CRG) cautiously welcomed the prospect of the Government loosening restrictions over the Christmas period.  But they warned that … Read more