Britain rules out a Brexit transition extension but border checks and tariffs will be delayed for six months to help business adjust Michael Gove said the UK will be sticking to the 31 December Brexit deadline However, some areas face delays to help businesses recover from COVID-19 Boris Johnson will discuss trade negotiations virtually with the … Read more
Revealed: Boris Johnson scrapped Cabinet Ministers pandemic team six months before coronavirus hit Britain The PM abolished the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee MPs such as Michael Gove and Matt Hancock were part of the pandemic team The group was scrapped by Mr Johnson just days after he entered No10 last July COVID-19 hit … Read more
The EU has been ‘formally’ told that the UK will complete its final split from the bloc on time in December, Michael Gove said today as he proclaimed: ‘The moment for extension has now passed’. The Cabinet Office Minister made the announcement as Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her Welsh counterpart Mark Drakeford demanded that … Read more
UK abandons plans for full border checks on EU goods after pressure from businesses already suffering from coronavirus impact Government has accepted firms can’t cope with leaving EU and coronavirus Light-touch regime at ports like Dover may be introduced after transition period This would happen under both a deal and no-deal scenario But the EU … Read more
Boris Johnson will today face a 90-minute grilling from the Commons Liaison Committee over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and his top aide’s decision to travel during lockdown. Questions on Dominic Cummings’ trip from London to Durham, along with three other coronavirus topics, will be crammed into a 20-minute slot after intervention from Committee … Read more
Friends and families could be reunited in ‘social bubbles’ of up to ten people by next month under lockdown-easing plans ‘Social bubbles’ could be the next measure introduced to help ease lockdown Britons will be allowed to socialise in groups, of up to 10 people, outside homes This could mean garden parties and barbecues are … Read more
Six Cabinet ministers are thought to have privately told colleagues Dominic Cummings should resign, with 40 Tory MPs calling on Boris Johnson to sack his top aide amid fury over his breach of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Cummings has faced intense criticism over his decision to drive his family 260 miles from London to Durham at … Read more
A Government minister has resigned over Dominic Cummings‘ lockdown trip to Durham, delivering a significant blow to Boris Johnson and Downing Street. Douglas Ross, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced this morning he is quitting the frontbench because he was unconvinced by Mr Cummings’ defence of the 260-mile journey. Mr … Read more
Dominic Cummings‘ trip to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight may have broken the Highway Code, a former police chief has warned. Ex-Greater Manchester Police chief constable Sir Peter Fahy said the PM’s adviser would have been turned back if officers had pulled him over. Mr Cummings has come under fire for his 60-mile round … Read more
Cabinet Minister Michael Gove says HE has driven to test his eyesight after PM’s aide Dominic Cummings claims he drove on a 60-mile round trip to Durham beauty spot with wife and child in the car ‘to check his vision’ Cummings made 60 mile round trip beauty spot with wife Mary and their son He … Read more