Ex-BBC chair Richard Sharp: Wealthier might have to pay bigger licence fee The former Goldman Sachs banker claimed the current licence fee system is ‘regressive’ The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023
Joan Collins says she has ‘no idea’ what women see in Boris Johnson The actor worked with the former prime minister while he was the editor of The Spectator The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023
Rita Ora urges people to ask Boris Johnson about breaching lockdown rules rather than her In 2020, a Johnson spokesperson condemned Ora’s lockdown-breaching party, saying she should be ‘setting an example’ The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023
Ousted former BBC chair Richard Sharp speaks out after resignation The former Goldman Sachs banker left the role after a report found he breached the rules around public appointments Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2023
Richard Sharp speaks out after resignation: BBC chair is a ‘target’ The former Goldman Sachs banker left the role after a report found he breached the rules around public appointments. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023
Boris Johnson slams expansion of Ulez that he created while mayor The former mayor of London says the proposed expansion is ‘insane’ Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2023
Boris attacks ‘odious’ Ulez scheme – but Labour takes poll lead in Uxbridge by-election Unpopularity of charge causing ‘panic in Labour ranks’, claims former PM – despite healthy lead for Starmer’s party The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023
‘It’s game over’: Tory gloom spreads as Sunak fights for his five pledges Frontbenchers fear they have become ‘zombie government’ with polls indicating PM’s priorities remain unclear to public The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2023
By-elections 2023: Where are they and who are the candidates? Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer target two seats in October as former top Tories move on Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2023
No 10 declines to say if PM will attend debate on report rebuking Johnson allies Eight of the former prime minister’s supporters, including Nadine Dorries and Lord Goldsmith, were singled out by the cross-party panel. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023
Bitter clash over 7 Boris Johnson allies who could be punished over Partygate probe On Monday the Commons will be presented with a bombshell report which names seven MPs - including former cabinet members Ms Dorries, Sir Jacob as well as Dame Priti Patel - who applied "pressure" to MPs involved in the probe into the ex-PM Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023
Boris Johnson's eight kids as baby arrives - from secret love child to lookalike son Former PM Boris Johnson has been married three times and has eight children after wife Carrie Johnson gave birth to their third child together, a son called Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023
Keir Starmer defends Ulez expansion and says Khan ‘caught between rock and a hard place’ The Labour leader said the London mayor had a legal obligation to improve air quality and so ‘had to take action’ Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2023
Boris Johnson's seven worst moments as PM - from sickening Partygate to 'woeful fraud' Today marks one year since Boris Johnson resigned as PM, after almost 60 MPs quit government or party posts to express their lack of confidence in his leadership Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023 Sadiq Khan has ‘no choice’ on Ulez expansion, Sir Keir Starmer says The Labour leader said the London mayor had a legal obligation to improve air quality and so ‘had to take action’.
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2023 Rishi’s reckoning: Labour ahead in Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge seat and in Tory stronghold, says poll EXCLUSIVE: Labour has eight-point lead in Boris Johnson’s ex-constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip as parties campaign on cost-of-living, NHS, crime and Ulez
Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023 Tories 'could be reduced to less than 100 seats for first time in 345 year history' A new Calculus poll suggests that any gains made by the PM after Liz Truss's disastrous spell in charge have been wiped out, with Labour recording a 21 point lead as Tories turn on Rishi Sunak
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 Tory MP Caroline Nokes reveals she’s suffered ‘50 creepy incidents’ with male colleagues Women and equalities committee chair urges prime minister to act against ‘horrific’ culture in parliament
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2023 The Guardian view on the Chris Pincher case: the Johnson era is not dead Editorial: The Commons standards committee is right that the former government minister must be suspended for sexual harassment
Daily Mirror · Jul 6, 2023 Sunak faces calls to halt Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey's peerage in 'Block Bailey Bill' The Lib Dems are bringing forward a 'Block Bailey Bill' to prevent Shaun Bailey from taking his seat in the House of Lords after he was awarded entry in Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 UK Conservative lawmaker faces ejection from Parliament for groping strangers at a London club A British parliamentary watchdog says a lawmaker accused of drunkenly groping two men at a private members' club should be suspended from Parliament for eight weeks for “completely unacceptable” conduct
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 UK government loses legal bid to keep Boris Johnson's messages from COVID-19 inquiry A U.K. court has rejected the British government’s request to keep former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries from being made public at an official COVID-19 inquiry
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 Cabinet Office must hand over Johnson messages by Monday after court loss The Government lost a legal bid over the UK Covid-19 Inquiry chairwoman’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks.
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 Sunak government loses court battle to keep Boris’ Covid WhatsApps secret ‘Humiliating defeat’ for government, as High Court rules in favour of Covid inquiry chair
Wales Online · Jul 6, 2023 Cabinet Office loses bid to stop Covid-19 Inquiry releasing Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages The Cabinet Office had issued a legal bid arguing that the inquiry could not order the release of documents that were not relevant. Opposition lawyers said that the department should not be able to decide what is relevant.