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Boris Johnson continuously dodges question about resignation Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Prime Minister admitted to MPs on Wednesday that he had "certainly" met with the controversial figure on a "few occasions" in private. In response, Labour's deputy leader branded him a "threat to national security". Related articles Rayner shares picture of empty benches but this is how it really looks BBC forced to issue correction after huge blunder Boris was asked to confirm details of his previous encounters with Mr Lebedev, who is said to have close links with the Kremlin, while attending the Commons Liaison Committee … [Read more...] about Boris admits to meeting sanctioned ex-KGB officer and Russian oligarch without aides

Less than 12 hours after being appointed Chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi was out to offer mutinous Tory MPs the red meat of sweeping tax cuts. His morning media round was dubbed potentially the most expensive in history. By lunchtime he had suffered his first resignation from the Treasury, City minister John Glen, and by late-afternoon he was part of the cabal telling Boris Johnson to go. Even if his tenure in Number 11 is brief, the Treasury changeover sets the scene for the internal battle over how the Tory party should tackle taxes. Zahawi said he is “ determined to do more” on tax cuts and promised to review Rishi Sunak’s plans to raise billions of pounds from a huge hike in corporation tax. “Nothing is off the table,” the former Education Secretary said as he vowed to get “growth going again”. Chris Sanger, EY's head of tax policy, says Sunak’s exit “could be a turning point” given he “held the line against tax reductions in the face of increasing inflation”. The … [Read more...] about Nadhim Zahawi’s fight for tax cuts in the face of brutal economics

Published 9 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic A senior public health official in Hull has said it is "reasonable" for people to wear face coverings again, as the country sees a surge in Covid cases. James Crick, public health consultant for Hull City Council, said the rise, though expected, is concerning. He said he supported the wearing of face coverings in enclosed spaces. Mr Crick said: "Given the rising number of cases, it's absolutely reasonable for people to do so." UK Covid infections are up by about a third, according to the latest weekly Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. Around 2.3m people in the UK had coronavirus in the week ending 24 June, up by 600,000 from the week before. In England, almost 9,000 hospital beds were taken up with Covid patients on 30 June, a doubling of … [Read more...] about Hull public health boss gives face mask advice as Covid cases rise

Boris Johnson: Public trust has been 'corroded' says Lidington Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Sir David Lidington discussed the effect that multiple scandals in Number 10 have had on the British public with journalist Nick Robinson The former Conservative MP explained that the ongoing controversies were drowning out serious policy and what the Government was up to. This week a handful of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior ministers resigned due, and more are expected to do the same. Sir David Lidington discussed whether or not ministers in Government would want Mr Johnson to lead them into the next general election, as his ratings in popularity have … [Read more...] about Boris warned ‘controversy drowns out any serious policy’ as he faces calls to resign

The most famous story about modern presidential campaigning now has a quaint old-world tone. It’s about the showdown between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the first debate of their 1960 campaign, which was also the very first nationally televised general-election debate in the United States. The story is that Kennedy looked great, which is true, and Nixon looked terrible, which is also true—and that this visual difference had an unexpected electoral effect. As Theodore H. White described it in his hugely influential book The Making of the President 1960 , which has set the model for campaign coverage ever since, “sample surveys” after the debate found that people who had only heard Kennedy and Nixon talking, over the radio, thought that the debate had been a tie. But those who saw the two men on television were much more likely to think that Kennedy—handsome, tanned, non-sweaty, poised—had won. Historians who have followed up on this story haven’t found data to back … [Read more...] about When Donald Meets Hillary: Who Will Win the Debates?

By Branwen Jeffreys Published 11 December 2015 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Ofsted is to set up a taskforce of inspectors to seek out unregistered schools that are operating outside the law in England. Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw says there is a serious and growing threat to the safety of children. Inspectors have found three unregistered schools operating in Birmingham in recent weeks. The government says it is taking robust steps against unregistered schools. Analysis : From BBC education editor Branwen Jeffreys Anywhere that offers more than 20 hours a week of teaching is legally obliged to be registered as a school. The three schools inspected by Ofsted had not met this requirement to register. It is likely the children being sent to some of the centres breaching that threshold are registered as home-educated. The … [Read more...] about Illegal unregistered schools face prosecution

Kate Garraway puts on brave face at TRIC Awards Kate Garraway confirmed husband Derek Draper is in hospital (Image: GETTY/ITV) Sign up for FREE for the latest news from the world of showbiz SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Good Morning Britain star, 55, was appearing at the Tric Awards in London when she opened up about his condition today. Derek contracted coronavirus in March 2020 and spent more than a year in hospital. In April last year, the dad-of-two returned to the couple's family home to be with Kate and their children Darcey, 16, and son Billy, 12. His health woes were documented in two candid ITV films, including Finding Derek and the emotional follow-up Caring For Derek. Kate has since addressed her husband's … [Read more...] about Kate Garraway puts on brave face at TRIC Awards as husband Derek is back in hospital

Prince Andrew: Royal expert on Princess Beatrice’s wedding Sign up for FREE royal alerts SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Princess Beatrice put on a brave face while leaving St James's Church in Piccadilly after attending the Fayre of St James Christmas Carol Concert. With Edoardo, known among family and friends as Edo, on her side, the princess smiled at the cameras while walking away, wrapped in a classy dark teal-coloured coat. Related articles Princess Beatrice: How Andrew could DESTROY Beatrice’s wedding dreams Princess Beatrice's fiancee's ex stuns Instagram with new upload The eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson also wore a black mini-dress paired with black tights and … [Read more...] about Princess Beatrice and Edo put on brave face after Prince Andrew removed from public duties

Boris Johnson has said leaving Number 10 would not be the ‘responsible’ thing to do, given the challenges facing the country. The prime minister has been badly wounded by a wave of resignations from senior colleagues and junior ministers calling for him to step down. Reports suggest a delegation of Cabinet ministers – said to include Grant Shapps and Brandon Lewis – are heading to Downing Street to tell him he should quit . Michael Gove is thought to have already done so . Mr Johnson appeared before the Liaison Committee on Thursday, during which he was confronted with one of his own past quotes about leaders who cling to power long after they have lost all authority. Labour MP Darren Jones challenged the PM: ‘”When a regime has been in power for too long, when it has fatally exhausted the patience of the people, and when oblivion finally beckons – I am afraid that across the world you can rely on the leaders of that regime to act solely in the interests of … [Read more...] about Boris says it wouldn’t be ‘responsible’ for him to leave Number 10

“D uck and cover!” a mechanized voice screamed. The ground shook and the window rattled. I rolled from my bed to the floor of my trailer and felt for the armor I’d forgotten in my office. I lay there and sweated and swore. The voice from the loudspeaker urged me to get away from the windows. I was inside a tin can. I crawled to the door. My hand was on the knob when I realized I was naked. The next impact knocked the air conditioner to the floor. I grabbed a light-blue cotton robe and bolted. To hear more feature stories, see our full list or get the Audm iPhone app. I raced along a row of sandbags, one hand holding the robe closed. The duck-and-cover bunkers were 100 feet away. Another series of explosions, and I hit the rocks. I was lying there, panting, when I saw a bright-yellow bunker tucked behind a row of sandbags and palm trees. I was up, running, full out. My robe fell open and flew out behind me. Another hit. I was 20 feet away. Ten. Five. I crashed into the … [Read more...] about What I Wish I’d Known About Sexual Assault in the Military