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Wed, 17 August 2022

Eleanor Langford and Alain Tolhurst

Boris Johnson Narrowly Survives Confidence Vote In His Leadership By 63 Votes

06 Jun Political parties

Boris Johnson Narrowly Survives Confidence Vote In His Leadership By 63 Votes

Boris Johnson has narrowly won a vote of confidence in his leadership after Tory MPs voted by 211 to 148 to keep him in charge.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Has Been Freed And Will Return To The UK From Iran Today

16 Mar Foreign affairs

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Has Been Freed And Will Return To The UK From Iran Today

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will return to Britain today after being detained in Iran since April 2016, the foreign secretary Liz Truss has confirmed.

Keir Starmer Calls For PM To Sanction Chelsea FC Owner Roman Abramovich

02 Mar Foreign affairs

Keir Starmer Calls For PM To Sanction Chelsea FC Owner Roman Abramovich

Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of acting too slowly on sanctioning Russian oligarchs, highlighting that Roman Abramovich is yet to be sanctioned by the UK.

Terror Threat Level Raised To 'Severe' After COBRA Meeting On Liverpool Hospital Bomb Blast

15 Nov 2021 Home affairs

Terror Threat Level Raised To "Severe" After COBRA Meeting On Liverpool Hospital Bomb Blast

The terror threat level has been raised from 'substantial' to 'severe' following a COBRA committee meeting which discussed the explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Remembrance Sunday.

Boris Johnson Confirms UK Evacuation From Afghanistan Will Continue Despite “Barbaric Terrorist Attack' At Kabul Airport

26 Aug 2021 Foreign affairs

Boris Johnson Confirms UK Evacuation From Afghanistan Will Continue Despite “Barbaric Terrorist Attack" At Kabul Airport

Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK will continue its evacuation operation from Afghanistan despite today’s “barbaric” terror attack.

Tory MPs reprimanded after outcry over Keir Starmer ‘fake news’ tweets, Number 10 says

14 May 2020 Political parties

Tory MPs reprimanded after outcry over Keir Starmer ‘fake news’ tweets, Number 10 says

Downing Street has confirmed that Conservative MPs who shared a doctored video posted by a right-wing account criticising Sir Keir Starmer have been reprimanded by party bosses.

Coronavirus risk up to ‘30 times higher’ if two-metre rule dropped, Government’s chief scientist warns

05 May 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus risk up to ‘30 times higher’ if two-metre rule dropped, Government’s chief scientist warns

The Government’s chief scientific adviser has warned that coronavirus transmission is significantly higher at one metre apart, a day after a Cabinet minister suggested the current two-metre rule could be relaxed.