Tag: Prime Minister Boris Johnson

78 Percent of UK Businesses Have No Plan to Require Vaccine Certificates, Survey

Seventy-eight percent of businesses in the UK have no plans to check evidence of vaccination, a new study indicates. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Thursday published the results of its survey of more than 1,000 businesses across a variety of sectors and in the UK. When asked whether their business had any plans to require…


Security Concern Rises as PM’s Phone Number Stayed Online for 15 Years

Security concerns have risen after reports came out saying Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s phone number has been publicly available online for 15 years. British news outlets reported that Johnson’s number was on a think tank release in 2006 when he was shadow higher education minister and was never deleted. Lord Peter Ricketts, the former national security…


UK, EU Send Aid to India Following Request for Help to Fight CCP Virus Surge

The United Kingdom and the European Union are sending ventilators, other medical equipment, and medicines to India. The announcements came after the Indian government requested aid to help it fight a massive surge in COVID-19 cases as hospitals across the country turn away patients after running out of medical oxygen and beds. British Health Secretary…


UK’s Johnson Paid for Apartment Refurbishment Himself, Minister Says

LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally covered the cost of refurbishing his Downing Street flat, a minister said, seeking to quash claims by Johnson’s former top adviser that the prime minister had planned to get donors to pay for it secretly. “What I know is the prime minister has personally met the costs of the…


No. 10 Announces Inquiry Into Leak of Texts Between PM and Dyson

No. 10 Downing Street on Thursday announced an inquiry into the leak of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s texts that led to accusations of preferential treatment. According to the BBC, in a text exchange last March, Johnson personally promised Sir James Dyson he would “fix” an issue over the tax status of his employees at Dyson Limited…


UK PM Johnson Promotes Brexit Negotiator Frost to Cabinet Minister

LONDON—Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given David Frost, the man who led Britain’s Brexit negotiations, a job in his top team of ministers to advise on relations with the European Union, the prime minister’s office said on Wednesday. The surprise move puts one of Johnson’s most trusted allies, a eurosceptic former diplomat and champion of…


Anger and Grief as United Kingdom’s COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 100,000

LONDON—As the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the worst public health crisis in a century. When the novel coronavirus, which first emerged in China in 2019, slid silently across the United Kingdom in March, Johnson initially said he was…