All news on the topic: Boris Johnson

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Boris Johnson's biggest fan Nadine Dorries to interview him on her new TV show
The shamed former Prime Minister, who was booted out of office last year after a rebellion by his own MPs, will be the first guest on new show Friday Night With Nadine, TalkTV has announced
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Jeremy Hunt says HS2 will go to central London after confused messaging
The Chancellor has said he does not see any "conceivable circumstance" in which HS2 would not end in central London - after reports suggested the plan could be scrapped
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Figures show UK £60bn worse off than G7 average as Hunt lays out growth plan
The dismal analysis came as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave a speech laying out the government's plans for investment and growth
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Boris Johnson earns half a million pounds for book on his chaotic time as PM
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has earned £510,000 as an advance for an upcoming book on his time in power after signing a deal with publisher Harper Collins
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'With our pension age rising we need a French lesson to stop the robbing Tories'
In France people have taken to the streets over plans to raise the state pension age to 64, while we risk a hike to 68 and barely whimper, says Paul Routledge
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Unpaid taxes rose by £5billion in Nadhim Zahawi's three months as chancellor
The Liberal Democrats, who uncovered the figures, accused the Tories of 'allowing eye-watering amounts of taxes to go unpaid while our local health services are left desperately underfunded and overstretched'
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Bill for Boris Johnson's Partygate defence soars to £222k - and could rise more
Today a senior civil servant confirmed that the estimated cost in defending the shamed former Prime Minister had soared by more than £90,000 since 2022
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Tories on verge of breaking pledge to recruit 20,000 police officers by March
Figures released today by the Home Office reveal the government must recruit a massive 3,427 officers by the end of March, amid fears low pay is putting off would-be coppers
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'Happy Valley's Sgt Cawood has values we need in a leader unlike PM we've got'
Sarah Lancashire's character in the hit BBC TV show Happy Valley has all the attributes we need, unlike the man we've got, writes the Mirror's Polly Hudson
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Tory lawbreaking makes UK look 'unreliable' to global allies, warns David Lammy
The Shadow Foreign Secretary said that police fines for both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunk while in No10 - and Tory legislation that aimed to flout international law 'damages our moral authority and political credibility'
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Boris Johnson loan probe into BBC chair to be run by father of Senior No10 aide
William Shawcross, the Commissioner for Public Appointments, will lead a probe into Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chair. But Mr Shawcross’s daughter, Eleanor, is head of No10’s policy unit
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'Rich pals club' where money, power and connections are linked to Tory scandals
The cast list is small but it involves three Prime Ministers, the party’s chairman and two multi-millionaires
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Rishi Sunak urged to 'grow a backbone' and sack Nadhim Zahawi over £5m tax row
Rishi Sunak ordered a probe and admitted there were 'questions that need answering' as the Tory party Chair and former Chancellor hung onto his job for another day
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Boris Johnson to be grilled by MPs over claims he lied over Partygate in weeks
The Privileges Committee, which is investigating claims Boris Johnson misled MPs over lockdown-busting gatherings in No10, is set to begin hearings in March. that will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday
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Tory shame of asylum-seeking children missing from hotel run by Home Office
Darren Lewis is appalled by reports that defenceless kids are being abducted from a Government-run hotel for asylum seekers
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'These careless Tories couldn't care less about Britain'
Nadhim Zahawi admits he didn't care about paying his taxes, says Fleet Street Fox. Tory carelessness costs lives and livelihoods
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BBC boss in Boris Johnson £800k loan row orders 'conflicts of interest' review
Millionaire Sam Blyth, a distant relative of Mr Johnson, allegedly stepped in to acted as a guarantor to up to £800,000 of credit to fund the ex-PM’s his lavish lifestyle when he found himself in financial trouble in 2020
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Sunak orders ethics probe into Zahawi tax row as pressure on Tories mounts
It comes as the the Tory Chairman desperately clings onto his job amid warnings the row over his tax affairs has made his position "untenable"
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'Tory sleaze and cronyism now arguably worse than in last days of John Major'
Tax penalties, police fines, security breaches, bullying and using the RAF as a personal air taxi service - all are engulfing Rishi Sunak's government much like scandals in the late 90s did to John Major's Tories
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Tories in turmoil as Boris Johnson and Zahawi add to seatbelt gaffe Sunak's woes
As the PM reels from his fine over not wearing a seatbelt, Boris Johnson is facing fresh calls for a probe over an £800,000 loan, while Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs are under scrutiny
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Brit ex-NATO chief brands Germany's refusal to send tanks toUkraine 'pathetic'
General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former NATO chief from Britain, accused Olaf Scholz' government of 'ducking its responsibilities
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Boris Johnson makes surprise visit to Ukraine as political issues mount at home
Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Bucha and Borodyanka to the north of Kyiv on Sunday morning, the scenes of some of the worst atrocities committed by Russian forces during the war
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Boris Johnson faces probe calls on claim BBC chair helped him secure £800k loan
Reports emerged last week that the big-spending ex-PM's distant Canadian cousin stepped in to help Boris Johnson fund his lavish lifestyle when he found himself in financial trouble in 2020
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Tories raking in money from private health firms as NHS is on its knees
A number of high ranking and wealthy Conservative party members have links to private health care companies which, in turn, are profiting from the current NHS crisis
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Law to stop bosses keeping workers' tips edges closer after seven year delay
If the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill does become law, companies could face punishment if they do not pass over tips - a move the government has repeatedly promised but failed to deliver