Boris Johnson drafts in former Treasury aide Dan Rosenfield who worked for George Osborne as new No10 chief of staff after Dominic Cummings ousting Boris Johnson has appointed Dan Rosenfield as his new Downing St chief of staff The move comes after power struggle that saw Dominic Cummings ousted Mr Rosenfield worked in the Treasury … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump ‘is planning to pardon his disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn’ Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russian ambassador He sought to withdraw his plea in January, arguing his rights were violated Trump told confidants he plans to pardon Flynn before leaving office, Axios says President … Read more
Matt Hancock was at the centre of a ‘chumocracy’ cronyism row today after it emerged he gave a job in the Department of Health to a PR consultant and lobbyist who is one of his closest friends from university. The Health Secretary made Gina Coladangelo a part-time non-executive director of the department on a reported £15,000 … Read more
Britain could be back to normal by the spring, a top Government adviser claimed today after Matt Hancock refused to rule out making Covid vaccinations mandatory. Professor Sir John Bell, who advises ministers on tackling the virus, said he believed they would be able to roll out millions of jabs this winter because the NHS … Read more
Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work The tweet in question was shared by Dr Scott Atlas and reads: ‘Masks work? No’ Atlas also shared places where he says ‘cases exploded even with mandates’ Twitter subsequently removed the tweet, saying it violated the platform’s Covid-19 … Read more
A series of coronavirus ‘circuit breakers’ should be pencilled in around the school holidays, a senior Government official said last night. Three weeks ago the Sage group of scientists advising ministers recommended a short lockdown to halt the rise in Covid-19 cases, which the Government chose not to follow. But yesterday the senior government adviser … Read more
Donald Trump’s campaign advisers Jason Miller and Steve Cortes give the latest update on his condition Sunday in claiming the president is eager to get back to campaigning even though his top doctor says he is not yet ‘out of the woods.’ Miller, the campaign’s senior adviser, said he spoke to Trump recently and said … Read more
Covid THIRD wave ‘entirely possible’: Government science adviser warns it’s ‘doubtful’ a vaccine will be ready for mass roll-out in six months and says UK should brace for another surge in infections next year Professor Mark Woolhouse sits on one of Government’s expert Covid-19 panels He said it is ‘doubtful’ a vaccine will be ready … Read more
Ex-TV presenter Allegra Stratton ‘lined up for No10 job’: Mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front White House-style daily press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants … Read more
A customer adviser for Lloyds bank sold customers’ account details to her friend who was a gambling addict. Jaspreet Marwaha, from Birmingham, gave the information of more than 80 accounts to Mohammed Saif Maqsood, from Blackburn, who paid £50 for each set of card details and swiped between £82,000 and £92,000 from them. At one point the … Read more