Michael Gove defends funding of ‘rehashed’ levelling-up promises
Labour’s Lisa Nandy said some of the announcements were originally proposed by Gordon Brown.
UK News|Feb 2, 2022
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New James Joyce artefacts and personal letters donated to university
Joyce’s grandson, Stephen James Joyce, and his wife Solange, have donated a collection to the University of Reading.
UK News|Feb 2, 2022
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Public will be told if Johnson is fined over partygate, No 10 says
Downing Street acknowledged there is ‘significant public interest’ in knowing whether Boris Johnson broke the law.
UK News|Feb 1, 2022
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Public may not be told if Johnson fined for partygate Covid rule breaches
Downing Street said it was for Scotland Yard to say whether fines were issued, but police do not routinely identify those hit with fixed penalties.
UK News|Feb 1, 2022
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Raab: Justice must be seen to be done over police partygate probe
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said Boris Johnson ‘believes he acted in good faith at all times’.
UK News|Feb 1, 2022
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Government ‘fully committed’ to National Insurance increase, says No 10
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly been ‘wobbling’ over the idea of raising the tax in April to pay for extra health funding.
UK News|Jan 28, 2022
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National insurance hike to go ahead, says minister amid reports PM is wavering
Boris Johnson is coming under pressure from some Tory MPs to scrap or delay the April tax change.
UK News|Jan 28, 2022
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Johnson says suggestion he intervened in animal airlift is ‘total rhubarb’
Boris Johnson has been accused of lying after leaked emails contradicted his stance of denying his involvement.
UK News|Jan 27, 2022
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Minister disputes evidence suggesting PM ‘authorised’ animal airlift from Kabul
Therese Coffey said Boris Johnson ‘had no role in individual evacuations’.
UK News|Jan 27, 2022
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Holidaymakers rush to book trips as testing scrapped
From February 11, fully vaccinated arrivals will no longer need to take a coronavirus test.
UK News|Jan 25, 2022
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Lisa Smith ‘enveloped herself in the black flag of Islamic State’, court hears
The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of being a member of the terror group and financing terrorism.
UK News|Jan 25, 2022
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Grant Shapps: We’re bringing travel ‘back to the good old days’
The requirement for fully vaccinated arrivals to take a coronavirus test will be dropped from February 11.
UK News|Jan 25, 2022
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PM says ‘we have to pay’ for NHS as he defends national insurance hike
Senior Tory MPs have called for the April tax rise to be scrapped or postponed in the face of growing cost of living pressures.
UK News|Jan 24, 2022
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Minister defends national insurance hike as Tory calls grow for it to be scrapped
Tory MP David Davis said the planned 1.25 percentage point rise in April was ‘economically unwise’.
UK News|Jan 24, 2022
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Tory MP says claim minister was sacked over Muslim faith ‘stinks’
Michael Fabricant sparks anger after he suggests allegations by Nusrat Ghani were linked to moves to oust Boris Johnson.
UK News|Jan 23, 2022
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