Boris Johnson ‘planning reforms which would let ministers overrule judicial decisions’
Boris Johnson wants to weaken the power of courts to overrule decisions by ministers through the process of judicial review, according to reports.
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UK NEWS 
November 19, 2021 Boris Johnson declares £1,800 hospitality at Heathrow amid Spanish holiday row
Another detail of Boris Johnson’s largely-free holiday to southern Spain last month has emerged after the prime minister declared £1,800 of hospitality from Heathrow.
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UK NEWS
November 13, 2021 Boris Johnson holiday villa linked to Zac Goldsmith firms accused of tax evasion
The luxury villa where Boris Johnson stayed on holiday last month is linked to Costa del Sol property businesses owned by Zac Goldsmith’s family that engaged in a multimillion-pound tax evasion scheme, according to Spanish courts.
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POLITICS
November 3, 2021 Boris Johnson to back bid to overturn Owen Paterson lobbying inquiry
Boris Johnson will tomorrow back an unprecedented bid to overthrow an independent inquiry that found the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson committed an “egregious” breach of lobbying rules.
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INTERVIEWS
October 15, 2021 Nick Robinson interview with Boris Johnson sparks 560 complaints
The controversial radio broadcast where Boris Johnson was told to ‘stop talking’ by BBC host Nick Robinson sparked hundreds of complaints.
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ECONOMY
October 6, 2021 Boris Johnson fails to rule out fuel duty rise
Boris Johnson has failed to rule out the possibility that fuel duty could rise this year, despite soaring prices already piling pressure on to motorists.
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POLITICS
September 24, 2021 Boris Johnson’s US tour became an accidental success as he and Biden mocked Macron and shared M&Ms
When he was heading out to the US on his RAF plane, Boris Johnson was distinctly pessimistic about the chances of any concrete diplomatic breakthroughs. The Prime Minister and his entourage saw the three-day tour of New York and Washington primarily as a staging post for the upcoming COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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UK NEWS
September 21, 2021 Boris Johnson refuses to rule out Christmas Covid disruption
Boris Johnson has refused to guarantee that he will not have to disrupt Christmas gatherings for a second year running by imposing Covid restrictions, though he insisted it was “very much not the plan”.
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POLITICS
September 20, 2021 Boris Johnson: We will have to do everything we can to stop energy firms failing
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “we’ll have to do everything we can” to prevent energy companies going under as wholesale gas prices surge in the UK.
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POLITICS
September 13, 2021 Boris Johnson is making a mockery of the UK’s presidency of Cop26
More than 20 years ago, a UK foreign secretary declared that in the modern world, foreign and domestic policy are inseparable and that our quality of life at home depended on the health of our global environment. As our climate crisis deepens and worsens, supporting climate action must no longer be a footnote of our foreign policy but […]
