The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

UK forced to cancel major LGBT+ conference amid conversion therapy row

Boris Johnson has pulled the landmark Safe To Be Me event, due to take place in June, as the government faces a fierce backlash from campaigners for his failure to ban conversion therapy for trans people

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

Government cancels LGBT+ conference after backlash over conversion therapy U-turn

Over 100 LGBT+ organisations and HIV charities pulled out of event

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Johnson speaks directly to Russians about images that have ‘horrified world’

In video posted on social media, PM urges nation to find out truth about alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

UK, U.S., Australia agree to work on hypersonics under defence pact

Britain, the United States and Australia on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on hypersonic weapons and electronic warfare capabilities, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said, following a call between leaders of the new defence alliance.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2022

LGBTQ+ conference cancelled over conversion practices furore

Organisations pulled out of Safe to Be Me after government failed to ban conversion practices for transgender people

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

‘Homes for Ukraine’ is just a slogan – as I found out by trying to welcome a refugee

Britain’s flagship scheme for matching hosts with refugees is another of the government’s inflated promises – and equally empty, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

Boris Johnson's LGBT+ champion quits over conversion therapy ban chaos

Boris Johnson did a chaotic double U-turn this week over long-promised plans to outlaw conversion therapy, where people are forced to change or deny their sexuality

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

Local Tories lash out at Boris Johnson's cut-back bus fund - 'we're at a loss'

One Conservative councillor said they had been 'completely overlooked' while another said 'I expected to get some money, not nothing at all' after around 40 areas missed out

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

Keir Starmer slams PM's 'nonsense' Partygate excuses as he eyes local elections test

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the public won't buy Boris Johnson's 'nonsense' Partygate excuses as fines started to be issued for guests at rule-breaking parties

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

'Boris Johnson was Mayor in the run-up to Grenfell - he should give evidence to the public inquiry'

Matt Wrack, the General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, says the Prime Minister's years in City Hall should be scrutinised

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022