Boris Johnson may have to bring back Covid lockdown rules in autumn, warns Jeremy Hunt

Prime Minister said it was “thanks” to Margaret Thatcher the mines were shut and chuckled as he said it during a two-day visit to Scotland. He claimed that the former PM had given the UK an " early star t" in the shift away from fossil fuels by closing pits.

covid pandemic. The Tory Prime Minister wants to focus on getting as many people across the country vaccinated as possible in order to allow for a full economic recovery.

Tory chancellor has challenged Boris Johnson to end quarantine rules for certain countries amid claims that the UK has tougher measures in place than other European countries, which is affecting jobs. Ahead of a meeting of UK Ministers on Thursday to discuss travel rules for August, the chancellor has said holidaymakers face uncertainty while stricter measures are also having an impact on the economy.

Boris Johnson is expecting a second child with his wife, Carrie Johnson, after she sadly suffered a miscarriage last year. The PM and Carrie Symonds, 33, who wed at Westminster Cathedral at the beginning of the year, welcomed their first child together, Wildfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, in April 2020.

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Boris Johnson claimed he would "no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff" and was reluctant to reintroduce lockdown measures last Autumn because he said those dying from the virus were "essentially all over 80", former advisor Dominic Cummings has claimed in a shocking new interview. Speaking with the BBC, Cummings claimed Johnson wanted to let the virus “wash through the country” rather than disrupt the economy, Cummings told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

Labour leader called on Johnson to release a list of Conservative ministers who had been part of a trial where they would not have to self-isolate if pinged by the Covid app.

brazen it out of self-isolation with the testing get-out.

Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterBoris Johnson has quickly caved to public anger and agreed to self-isolate after having contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid who tested covid positive on the weekend.The Prime Minister faced growing public anger on Sunday morning after officials said Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak would avoid self-isolating like thousands of others because Downing Street is taking part in a pilot daily testing

Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace, rather than ‘pinged’ by the Covid-19 app, after the Health Secretary confirmed on Saturday that he contracted covid-19 despite being double-jabbed.

international development at 0.5 per cent of national income, instead of the 0.7 per cent set down in law. Former Prime Minister Theresa May was among the 26 or so Tory backbenchers who voted against a three-line whip ordering MPs to back the government.

Prime Minister confirmed on Monday that most mandatory restrictions will end next week. At a Downing Street news conference, Johnson acknowledged the pandemic “is not over” and appealed to people to proceed with caution.

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