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Cop26 summit in Glasgow will secure the action needed. Miliband, who was UK Environment Minister at the failed climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009, said getting international agreement required the “extra diplomatic and political heft of the Prime Minister and others”.
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uplift to the benefit which was introduced at the height of the first coronavirus lockdown last year - despite several high-profile party members urging Boris Johnson it must be kept. Numerous charities and anti-poverty campaigners have warned that removing the uplift will plunge hundreds of thousands of people across the UK into poverty.
Spitting Image is set to arrive on BritBox UK later this month.The news that Roger Law’s satirical puppet show would be returning this month came with a new promotional image which includes Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Boris Johnson among its line-up.The Queen, Priti Patel, Daniel Craig, and a coronavirus cell are also confirmed to make appearances in the topical new instalment.All aboard!
The UK government has announced that it will push ahead with plans to require coronavirus vaccine passports as a requirement for entry into nightclubs in England.The scheme was first announced in July, but there had been speculation that it would be dropped following backlash from industry leaders, as well as some MPs.Now, however, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the scheme will go ahead as originally planned.“We set out broadly our intention to require our
Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterBoris Johnson has resumed his summer break which was interrupted by the fall of Kabul but Downing Street has insisted the Prime Minister is “continuing to work”.As the last British troops left Kabul on Sunday, Boris Johnson left London with his family for Somerset in the west of England .Despite being away from Downing Street No 10 officials insisted he was still at work.The Prime Minister’s Official
Johnson to up the number of refugees resettled in the UK while emphasising that Scotland is “committed to playing our part” in an expanded programme. In a letter published while the PM was engaged in an emergency session of the G7 nations, Sturgeon said she required urgent information on how many Afghan civilians, especially women, girls and others in need of refuge, will be protected.
Linda Norgrove Foundation has issued a public appeal for Boris Johnson to get two of its staff members, who are sisters, out of the Taliban-controlled capital. The two women are in hiding in the city with their families and despite cross-party pressure from MPs over the past week the UK Foreign Office has not contacted them for evacuation.
an Blackford MP, the SNP Westminster leader, said that it would be “unacceptable” for parliament to remain in recess for another fortnight, while UK armed forces and personnel were putting their lives on the line at Kabul. Johnson faced a hostile reception from across a packed House of Commons last week when MPs were recalled for a one-off session to debate the deteriorating situation at Kabul airport.
Prime Minister to phone Biden to extend the exit date as former PM Tony Blair said the UK had a “moral obligation” to stay on and complete the evacuation.
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Prime Minister ducked and dived his way through piercing questions from MPs as he waffled his way through an opening statement in a day-long debate on Afghanistan. The Prime Minister had few answers or explanations for the UK’s lack of co-ordinated response to the sudden Taliban takeover at the end of a 20 year war which claimed the lives of 457 British troops and thousands of Afghan civilians.
Commons debate this morning to explain Britain’s role in the unfolding catastrophe in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister will kick off a five hour debate to which MPs have been recalled by announcing the UK will resettle 20,000 vulnerable people.
Prime Minister will hold the meeting this afternoon as a struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country continues. Johnson' s spokesman said the UK will continue the evacuation effort for "as long as we are able to do so and as long as it is safe to do so".
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Boris Johnson has launched a £77. 4m-a-year pot to help the British athletes prepare for the 2024 games in Paris.