Politics
Boris could be turfed out of Downing Street over bizarre 1829 law
Johnson's newly-revealed Catholicism is causing problems at Downing Street.
Let vaccinated people quit lockdown, Tony Blair urges
Blair also described the NHS app that proves vaccination as “inadequate”.
Johnson’s ‘vaccinate the world’ pledge is ‘too little too late’, MPs warn
Ahead of the G7 meeting in Cornwall this week, the prime minister urged world leaders to “defeat Covid” by vaccinating the world by next year.
Johnson’s foreign aid cuts ‘will leave 100,000 refugees without water’
The government faces a backbench rebellion over the controversial plans.
Labour to force vote on ‘totally insufficient’ school catch-up plan
Catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins walked away from his post on Wednesday, issuing a stinging condemnation of the Government’s £1.4 billion recovery fund.
Dido Harding wants to be the next head of the NHS
“She is seriously considering it but has not reached a final decision,” a source told the Sunday Times.
Johnson tells G7: Vaccinate the world to banish Covid forever
Johnson is calling on his counterparts to “rise to the greatest challenge of the post-war era” by “vaccinating the world by the end of next year”.
Watch: Romanian man leaves UK after 16 years because of ‘aggressive Brexit nationalism’
"I am just another guy, who cares where I am from? I’m just another human being. I feel like part of the UK has just turned aggressive against people like me.”
Major tells PM it’s not ‘morally defensible’ for UK to ease own pressures at expense of world’s poorest
Mr Johnson has been criticised by MPs on all sides for temporarily reducing foreign aid from 0.7% of national income to 0.5% and thereby shelving his 2019 manifesto commitment to maintain spending at the higher rate.