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The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson's right to buy shake-up means low earners can now use housing benefits to pay mortgages

Downing Street say the move will help more people get onto the property ladder

Manchester Evening News

Hitting reset: Boris Johnson’s attempts to reboot No 10 image

Headline-grabbing decisions are often made by prime minister when he finds himself in a tight spot

The Guardian - UK

EU protocol stance has ‘hardened’ over UK threat of unilateral action

European capitals have lost trust, says Irish minister – as Keir Starmer accuses PM of ’wrecking ball’ approach

The Independent UK

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UK's Johnson: higher public spending and wages risk fanning inflation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that the surge in inflation meant the government could not simply spend more to support people through the cost-of-living crisis, and to increase wages sharply would risk fuelling further price rises.

Reuters

Johnson warns of ‘wage-price spiral’ if pay packets rise with inflation

The Prime Minister set out plans to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants in a speech as he tried to get his premiership on track.

The Independent UK

Low paid workers will be allowed to use benefits to buy homes

Boris Johnson's plan has raised concerns among housing charities and mortgage lenders

Liverpool Echo

Right to buy put homes in the hands of landlords. Rehashing it will do the same

Rather than revive the policy that lost 40% of council homes to private rentals, Johnson should build more affordable housing, says Peabody housing association chair, Bob Kerslake

The Guardian - UK

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Right to buy explained - what Boris Johnson's plan means for housing association tenants

In an announcement this afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed plans to extend Right to Buy so that most housing association tenants will now be eligible

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson warns of ‘wage-price spiral’ if workers demand higher pay

PM raises spectre of 1970s-style economic crisis that could force dramatic rise in interest rates

The Guardian - UK

PM announces HUGE housing shake up - with right to buy and mortgages for Brits on benefits

Boris Johnson unveiled the plans in a major speech in Blackpool as he tries to get his scandal-hit premiership back on track

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson unveils housing shake up in bid to boost premiership

The Prime Minister used a speech in Blackpool to set out plans to extend the right to buy scheme

Evening Standard

Tory rebellion warning if Northern Ireland Protocol legislation falls short

Boris Johnson has been warned he risks a Tory rebellion if new legislation fails to offer the ‘serious prospect’ of restoring Stormont powersharing.

The Independent UK

Economic instability from Ukraine war will abate over time, UK's Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britain on Thursday there was no quick fix to the instability prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine but that the economic consequences of the war would abate over time.

Reuters

Alastair Campbell pulls no punches over the PM as he is reunited with Lord Prescott and Alan Johnson

Queen's adaptability fares better in the opinion of avowed republican behind Blair and Brown's success

Birmingham Post

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The Independent UK

Average cost of filling up car in UK hits record 100 pounds

The average cost of filling up a typical family car has exceeded 100 pounds, or $125, for the first time in Britain as Russia’s war in Ukraine drives gasoline prices higher

The Independent UK

Rules could be changed to allow another challenge against Boris Johnson, says 1922 committee chair

Sir Graham Brady says one-year grace period ‘likely’ to stay – but opens door to scrapping it

Evening Standard

What is Right to Buy? The Government’s newly extended home ownership scheme explained

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to extend the Right to Buy scheme to housing association tenants.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s benefits for mortgages plan ‘totally detached from reality’

‘We’re left scratching our heads thinking how on earth can this work in practice’

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news: PM confirms return of Right to Buy to boost home ownership

Prime minister unveils new housing plan in Blackpool speech

The Independent UK

What is Right to Buy and what could change under government’s plans?

Downing Street announces extention of Thatcher’s totemic housing policy

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of taking ‘wrecking ball’ to UK-Irish relations

Government has revealed plans to introduce domestic legislation that would override parts of the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland

Evening Standard

Shelter boss slams PM’s housing association right-to-buy plans as ‘gimmick’

Move will put rapidly shrinking supply of social homes at ‘even greater risk’

Wales Online

Welsh Government refuses to support UK funding allocations in Wales in tit-for-tat row

It's part of a long-running saga over who gets to allocate EU funds

The Conversation

Boris Johnson never took full control of the Tory party – uniting it now seems impossible

Boris Johnson is a weakened prime minister after the recent confidence vote by his party’s MPs. The view among many political analysts and academics is that the 211-148 vote in his favour is too damaging, and he is unlikely to turn things around. Some backbenchers expect him to be replaced…

The Independent UK

EU stance on NI Protocol ‘hardened’ in face of UK threat of unilateral action

Irish foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney warned Boris Johnson against tabling legislation that would override aspects of the trade arrangements.

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