Labour’s ex-director of governance among 21 suing party for libel over anti-Semitism report leak

Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel over leaked internal report into its handling of anti-Semitism allegations Emilie Oldknow took legal action against party in February to find source of leak  860-page report on Labour’s anti-Semitism complaints was leaked in April 2020  Ms Oldknow and 20 other unnamed individuals filed … Read more

Union Jack-backed Boris Johnson gives first press conference in new £2.6million briefing room

Out with the old and in with the red, white and new! Boris Johnson backed by the Union Jack as he hosts his first press conference in Downing Street’s new £2.6million press briefing room to welcome the latest stage of lockdown lifting Boris Johnson made his first appearance in Downing Street briefing room today came … Read more

Union Jack-backed Boris Johnson gives first press conference in new £2.6million briefing room

Out with the old and in with the red, white and new! Boris Johnson backed by the Union Jack as he hosts his first press conference in Downing Street’s new £2.6million press briefing room to welcome the latest stage of lockdown lifting Boris Johnson made his first appearance in Downing Street briefing room today came … Read more

Covid Lockdown UK: Boris Johnson to unveil new ‘take the next step safely’ slogan on Monday

Boris Johnson will unveil new ‘take the next step safely’ slogan to replace ‘stay at home’ order in first appearance at Downing Street’s new £2.6m press briefing room on Monday Boris Johnson will make his debut appearance in Downing Street briefing room PM will use the new press room in Number Nine Downing Street on … Read more

UK Health Security Agency: Matt Hancock unveils new Covid-fighting body to replace PHE

Matt Hancock today unveiled a new pandemic-fighting body that will replace Public Health England and protect the UK in the face of future disease outbreaks. The Health Secretary said the UK Health Security Agency will begin work next month and its ‘sole job’ will be to ‘plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health’. … Read more

Downing Street insists Boris Johnson ‘greed is good’ boast to 1922 committee was joke about sandwich

Number 10 insists Boris’s ‘greed is good’ boast to 1922 committee wasn’t about UK’s hugely successful vaccine drive – but a jibe at his burly chief whip who was gobbling up a CHEESE SANDWICH as he spoke Boris Johnson made comments during private meeting of the 1922 Committee He said: ‘The reason we have the … Read more

UK Defence Review: Former UK military chiefs express concerns over government plans

Two former British military chiefs today warned China and Russia will not be worried by the UK’s new defence shake-up as they said troop cuts will mean the Armed Forces are ‘less able to deploy to conflicts at scale’.  Lord Richards and Lord Houghton, who both served as chief of the defence staff in the … Read more

UK shoppers could be charged 20p on plastic bottles if deposit scheme returns

Return of the ‘money back bottle’? Shoppers could be handed 20p for every plastic bottle or can they recycle as Government mulls bringing back popular 1960s deposit scheme The Government has long been planning to introduce a deposit return scheme Scheme would see a small deposit added to the cost of drinks in plastic bottles … Read more

Covid UK: Boris Johnson gets AstraZeneca vaccine at St Thomas’s Hospital

Boris Johnson today joined the millions of vaccinated Britons after receiving his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.  The Prime Minister, 56, gave a triumphant thumbs up after having his inoculation at St Thomas’ in central London – the same hospital he was admitted to when struck down with Covid in April last year.  Encouraging … Read more

Gibraltar praised by Matt Hancock as it becomes first nation in world fully vaccinated against Covid

Gibraltar becomes the first nation in the world to fully vaccinate its entire adult population as all 33,000 get jabbed Gibraltar is home to 33,000 people and has had 4,263 cases and 94 deaths  Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed the milestone and praised the island  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo also thanked the UK government for … Read more