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Ministers split over school closures as Boris Johnson eventually sides with doves over hawks

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‘Two Tory MPs submit letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson’ amid disquiet over pace of vaccine roll-out and lockdown as ministers are split over school closures By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent and James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 19:01 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 19:18 GMT, 5 January 2021 Boris Johnson‘s Cabinet … Read more

Cabinet hawks Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson sideline Matt Hancock over lockdown

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Matt Hancock appears to have lost a Cabinet battle over control of the coronavirus restrictions after he was sidelined by the Prime Minister last night. Boris Johnson was flanked by hawkish Chancellor Rishi Sunak as he unveiled new lockdown measures last night that placed millions of people into a stricter regime to control the pandemic. … Read more