The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Former schools catch-up tsar brands Covid response 'pathetic'

‘We did nothing. We gave up’ says Sir Kevan Collins

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024

Black Britons feel hurt by Hester attack on Diane Abbott, says ex-Tory adviser

Samuel Kasumu responds to party donor telling colleagues that looking at Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Tories fear losing half their seats in May local polls as pre-election budget flops

Victories in councils won during Boris Johnson’s ‘vaccine boost’ of 2021 face wipeout, leaving Rishi Sunak’s regime in peril

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

A dark pattern runs through British politics: when the powerful lose control, protesters suffer

Casting your opponents as dangerous extremists is the oldest trick in the book, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

£2bn plan unveiled to bring the Royal Docks back to life

Sadiq Khan believes 36,000 new homes and 55,000 new jobs can be delivered to the home of the new City Hall

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024

Grassroots Tories hit out at budget and say party is ‘burnt toast’

Jeremy Hunt offered ‘nothing for working people’, say Conservative Democratic Organisation members

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson review – can we even be sure he’ll stay fallen?

This horrifying series makes it way through years of splutter-bumbles and shouting at yucca plants and wrecking everything, until even his champions declare him friendless. Still, it’s way too soon for this – isn’t it?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

‘It’s not enough’: voters in Hartlepool unimpressed by budget – and Tories

People in ‘red wall’ town that elected a Conservative MP in 2021 do not expect to feel benefit of budget measures amid cost of living worries

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

I feel for Keir Starmer. I too have suffered the sting of fat-shaming

I hope the leader of the opposition shrugged it off when Peter Mandelson commented on his weight. But I know how words can wound

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

TV tonight: how did Boris Johnson ever become prime minister?

A giddy ride on the Tory politician’s rollercoaster career. Plus, a new cosy crime series with three female sleuths. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024