Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, 52, becomes first Cabinet minister to receive coronavirus vaccine – revealing he was eligible due to ‘cancer treatment 20 years ago’ The Transport Secretary received the Pfizer jab at University of Hertfordshire Cancer treatment in the late 1990s meant the 52-year-old was contacted by GP He also filmed a video thanking … Read more
Shockwaves were sent through No 10 after Boris Johnson appointed two new aides, one of whom is the ex-girlfriend of Michael Gove. Baroness Simone Finn was appointed as deputy chief of staff and Henry Newman was made a senior adviser of Downing Street. The pair are not only allies of Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove … Read more
Boris Johnson makes his top Brexit adviser Lord Frost a Cabinet minister – giving him Michael Gove’s job overseeing future relations with the EU Lord Frost is to become a minister in the Cabinet Office, Downing St said Comes weeks after PM axed plans to make him the National Security Adviser Frost is ex-ambassador to … Read more
Cabinet ministers have backed the use of vaccine certificates for travellers wanting to head abroad this year. The certificates will verify Covid inoculations and will be developed by the government, following the likes of Greece, Spain, Poland, Iceland and Portugal to commit to similar schemes. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will head up the programme which … Read more
Pressure is mounting on the Chancellor to sanction a £10billion rescue package for families hit by the building safety scandal. Rishi Sunak is being pressed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to come up with a multi-billion-pound deal to repair homes with dangerous cladding. Ministers are considering imposing a levy on construction firms to make them atone … Read more
Boris Johnson confirms he is ‘definitely looking at’ quarantine hotels for UK arrivals to protect against risk of ‘vaccine-busting variants’ amid fears all hotels would be full in 24 hours and as decision is delayed until tomorrow Ministers are expected to make a decision tomorrow on tougher border rules Thought Government could require all arrivals … Read more
Matt Hancock ramps up Cabinet war over border crackdown saying UK needs ‘precautionary’ action against Covid variants that haven’t been detected yet – amid claims PM wants more ‘targeted’ approach PM favours targeted approach rather than making all air passengers quarantine Brazil and South Africa travellers will be met on arrival and escorted to hotels … Read more
Downing Street has insisted it is ‘not the right and proper moment’ to decide if a £20-a-week Universal Credit increase should be kept in place after Boris Johnson told Tory MPs to abstain on a crunch Labour vote tonight. The Government rolled-out the extra cash last year to help families through the coronavirus pandemic but … Read more
Boris Johnson gathered Cabinet today amid fears lockdown could be tightened within days unless coronavirus numbers ease. The PM has been holding a virtual meeting with his senior team as they consider the next move in the crisis wreaking havoc on the country. Ministers have been desperately pleading with Britons to limit their contacts as the … Read more
The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deals with presidential authority in the event of death or removal from office, and was ratified in 1967, in the wake of John F Kennedy’s assassination. What does the 25th Amendment say? It is in four sections, all dealing with the president leaving office during his or her … Read more