All news on the topic: Boris Johnson

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Tories must bring back Boris Johnson or 'die', ally Nadine Dorries declares
The ex-Culture Secretary praised 'rockstar' Boris Johnson - and said the Tories with Rishi Sunak in No10 are 'heading into the long, cold and brutal wasteland of thankless opposition'
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Molotov cocktails left on Tory minister's doorstep in grim threats to MPs
Justice Minister Mike Freer, who wears a stab vest to meet constituents after threats, says his husband is worried about him standing again as an MP in 2024
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Boris Johnson's Olympics plan to get people playing more sport has fallen flat
A devastating report by the Commons spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, says in the three years after Mr Johnson as London mayor put on the 2012 Games participation in sport dropped
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'Sunak's maths talk in first major speech of 2023 is strange and doesn't add up'
Keir Mudie says Rishi Sunak's idea to make pupils study extra maths at school could have been a way for the Prime Minister to distract from the other bits of his first major speech of the New Year
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'Golden goodbyes' for sacked ministers could fund 500,000 breakfast club places
Labour's analysis suggests the eye-watering £720,000 potential bill for severance payments could pay for 4,500 free TV licenses for pensioners
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British officials blew £7k hiring celebrity lookalikes for Queen's birthday bash
The British Embassy bash in Sweden – which took place as the cost of living crisis gripped the UK – featured ‘stars’ such as David Bowie and Baby Spice
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Auto border kiosks trialled by Home Office 'could be fooled with tinted glasses'
The Government is spending £500,000 testing 'Biometric self-enrolment kiosks' for airports and border crossings - but a University testing the machines has warned similar checkpoints could be fooled with tinted glasses
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Boris Johnson admitted 'the race thing's difficult for me', report chair claims
Race commission chairman Lord Sewell claims the former Prime Minister found it difficult to respond to his report because he had a "bad track record" on statements on race - but a spokesman for Mr Johnson said there had been a "misunderstanding"
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Tory target to recruit 20,000 police still thousands short with months to go
The Lib Dems branded the target a 'broken promise' as forces rush to close a gap of nearly 5,000 officers in the final six months of the scheme. The Home Office insists it's all on track
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Sadiq Khan says he'd beat Boris Johnson in a boxing match - 'I could have him!'
The London mayor said Boris Johnson 'used to have a future' and 'I could have him' as he visited a boxing gym in the capital with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley
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Channel 4 privatisation axed in humiliation for Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries
Rishi Sunak's government has confirmed the sale pushed by his predecessor will not go ahead - and Channel 4 will remain in public ownership where it has been for the last 40 years
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Channel 4 privatisation set to be scrapped as Boris Johnson's plan in tatters
The ex-PM had plotted revenge on Channel 4 by selling it off after 40 years of public ownership - but the sale now looks set to be ditched, according to a leaked letter from his Culture Secretary
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'My dog's name gets mixed reactions in the pub - I always say he likes to party'
Mike Pick, from Bristol, says his golden retriever dog Boris gets mixed reactions to his name in the pub - and has the 'same scruffy blonde hair' as the old PM
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Mystic Mag's 2023 predictions include strikes, sleaze, self pity and separation
After last year’s economic and political nightmares, Mystic Mag peers into his crystal ball to predict what further horrors lie in store as Tories lurch from one disaster to the next
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2023 could be Keir Starmer's last year before No10 - 10 hurdles he has to vault
The Labour leader faced three Prime Ministers in 2022 after a year of open warfare in the Conservative Party - and in the coming year he will set out more of his blueprint for No10 as he hopes to maintain momentum
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How Qatar hacked the World Cup: British detectives commissioned cyberattacks on critics of the tournament
Private investigators linked to the City of London are using an India-based computer hacking gang to target British businesses, government officials and journalists.