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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus is a matter of “serious, serious concern” as scientists have urged him to delay the easing of all measures pencilled in for June 21.
He is expected to announce a delay to lockdown lifting in England of up to four weeks on Monday amid warnings the country is facing a third wave of the virus.
He told Sky News on Saturday:
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Boris Johnson and Prince George watched England’s victory over Germany in suits, while Rishi Sunak shared a photo of himself putting on a three lions shirt. Prince George watched the game at Wembley Stadium with his parentsThe prime minister tweeted a picture of himself cheering on the team with his wife Carrie Symonds as they watched on TV.
appointed as an adviser and non-executive director at the UK Department of Health. Kirsten Oswald MP said today it was essential that an independent investigation be launched to "shine a light on Tory cronyism" - or trust in the UK government will be further eroded.
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Boris Johnson backing Matt Hancock "risks jeopardising vital public health measures", the SNP said today. The party said the Prime Minister's decision to retain the under-fire Health Secretary over his interaction with Gina Coladangelo raised "very serious questions".
Downing Street refused to comment eight times about whether the Tory Minister broke covid laws. Hancock apologised after images emerged earlier today of him kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo who he appointed in his office at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The Queen referred to the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock as a "poor man" during a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In her first in-person weekly audience with Boris in fifteen months on Wednesday, the 95 year old appeared to address Matt's woes and hardships over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Michael Gove to cover public attitude to Brexit, rebuilding after the covid crisis and “attitudes to the UK Union”.The contract is being challenged in court because Public First is run by husband and wife policy team, James Frayne and Rachel Wolf, both of whom previously worked with Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings.Blackford said: “In the middle of a pandemic Tory Ministers secretly directed funds from an emergency Covid contract to carry out polling on the Union.”He asked Johnson to confirm
Scottish independence referendum has been ruled out until after the next general election in May 2024, Michael Gove has said. The Cabinet Office minister announced that Boris Johnson is keen to focus on coronavirus recovery rather than having to deal with another vote.
covid pandemic "for the lifetime of this parliament". Gove, who is responsible for countering the push for indyref2, has went further than any UK Government minister before in stating that it is the wrong time to hold a vote.
A three-month-old baby upstaged everyone on Tuesday's episode of This Morning with an out-of-control mop of hair that had Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield captivated.
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Wales the right to vote. The First Minister is coming under increasing pressure from Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to compensate businesses in the area after Sturgeon announced a travel ban on Friday.
Indyref2 by making Ruth Davidson the leader of the pro-Union campaign.
Dominic Cummings has gone on a revenge mission against the Tory government, releasing Malcolm Tucker-style descriptions of the Prime Minister as a “gaffe machine”.