Boris Johnson has today appointed a former Treasury official who advised former chancellors George Osborne and Alistair Darling as his new chief of staff after a brutal civil war inside No 10 saw Dominic Cummings leave following a power struggle with Carrie Symonds. The PM has recruited Dan Rosenfield for the key job at Downing Street in the wake of the … Read more
Downing Street today urged Michel Barnier to come to London to resume face-to-face Brexit trade talks amid reports the EU’s chief negotiator had threatened to walk away from discussions. Top-level talks between Mr Barnier and UK counterpart Lord Frost were suspended last week after a member of the EU team tested positive for coronavirus. Negotiations … Read more
Boris Johnson imposed brutal lockdowns on nearly 99 per cent of England today as he unveiled the new Tiers – with Tories raging at ‘authoritarianism’ and threatening to mutiny. Although London and Liverpool were spared the harshest Tier 3 in small glimmers of light, just 700,000 people – one per cent of the population – … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon plans new tougher Christmas lockdown rules in Scotland than England as ‘four nations’ approach to the festive season fractures within 24 hours The Government and devolved administrations have agreed joint Christmas plan First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said staying home should be the ‘default’ position But she said that easing of restrictions is ‘a … Read more
Just 9,854 new infections were recorded in England yesterday, almost half of the number of diagnoses last Tuesday (18,626) Local lockdown tiers announced tomorrow may already be outdated and ‘unjustified’ when England’s national shutdown lapses next week because Covid infections are plummeting across the country, according to one of Britain’s top infectious disease experts. Just … Read more
Manchester braces for return to Tier Three: Mayor Andy Burnham predicts government will plunge region back under toughest Covid curbs when UK-wide lockdown ends on December 2 Andy Burnham said it is ‘more likely than not’ that GM will go into ‘very high’ level Decision will be announced tomorrow over which regions go into which … Read more
Priti Patel vows ‘fundamental reform’ of asylum law tackling deportation delays on ‘human rights’ grounds and making it easier to kick out criminals as she bids to put bully row behind her Priti Patel vowed to introduce ‘fundamental reform’ to Brtain’s asylum system Pledged to make it easier to expel migrants without legitimate right to … Read more
Will the lockdown end next week? Yes. Boris Johnson has confirmed today that the lockdown will end on December 2 – next Wednesday – and it is thought this will come into effect at 00.01am that day. What will replace the lockdown? The lockdown will be replaced by a system of regional restrictions in three … Read more
Tens of millions of pounds of our cash is being ploughed into China‘s vast economy every year – on schemes including opera and rice production. In an unprecedented audit, the Mail has uncovered £81million in aid sent to the world’s second largest economy. It exposes how the UK taxpayer is boosting China’s prosperity despite the … Read more
At least four ISIS jihadi brides are queuing up behind Shamima Begum to return to UK by launching legal action challenging government decision to strip them of British citizenship Shamima Begum’s future to be determined by Supreme Court Judges tomorrow They will decide whether the 21-year-old ISIS bride can return to UK to appeal Begum, who … Read more