Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak ‘are at loggerheads over three-year funding package for the military’ as coronavirus crisis hammers government finances By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 15:33 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 15:33 GMT, 25 October 2020 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are wrestling over whether to hand the Ministry of … Read more
Pub in locked-down Liverpool is renamed ‘The Three Bellends’ with sign featuring faces of Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Matt Hancock The James Atherton in New Brighton, the Wirral, was renamed overnight Daniel Davies, owner of the bar, changed the name in response to the lockdown Pubs across the area have been forced to close … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Matt Hancock’s failures are no laughing matter By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 07:56 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 07:57 BST, 11 October 2020 Once again a leading supporter of imposing stringent rules on the rest of us has been caught not taking his own position … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
Dominic Cummings sent a less than subtle message to Britain’s generals to accept new technology this morning over his modernisation drive that could revolutionise the Armed Forces. Boris Johnson‘s famously unkempt top aide is currently overseeing a defence spending review that could make sweeping modernisations, including a greater use of drones and increased focus on … Read more
Data specialist recruited to civil service after Dominic Cummings’ call for ‘weirdos and misfits’ is sacked after posting on social media that police should use live rounds against BLM protesters Will O’Shea, 57, data architecture and governance specialist, was sacked in July Data specialist lost job in the Cabinet Office, which he had from April, … Read more
Downing Street plans new digital ID cards for British citizens as Dominic Cummings bids to transform Government’s use of data despite privacy fears People to get online identity that can be used for daily activities like proof of age It comes after issues emerged identifying people during the Covid-19 pandemic Some – such as Tony … Read more
Boris Johnson has joined jobs network LinkedIn – just a week after rubbishing rumours that he would be leaving Downing Street in six months. Announcing his new profile on the professional networking site, the PM said he was using the platform to ‘connect more directly’ with British businesses. The new profile lists the PM’s previous … Read more
Ben Wallace issues grovelling apology for ‘slip-up’ after forgetting social distancing rules and stopping to SHAKE HANDS on way into Cabinet Boris Johnson has gathered his Cabinet for first time since the summer holidays Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stopped to shake hands as he arrived today PM used meeting to set out his desire to … Read more
A former aide to Prince William will today be appointed as Britain’s top civil servant. Whitehall sources last night confirmed that Boris Johnson has picked Simon Case to be the UK’s new Cabinet Secretary. He will replace Sir Mark Sedwill, who announced he was quitting in June after losing a power struggle with the Prime … Read more
Duke of Cambridge’s former aide Simon Case, 41, ‘is set to be installed as new head of the civil service’ tomorrow as Boris Johnson shakes up Whitehall Simon Case is expected to be unveiled as the new Cabinet Secretary tomorrow Mr Case was drafted in to No10 after serving as aide to the Duke of … Read more
The next General Election might be more than four years off and Boris Johnson has dismissed claims he could stand down next year due to ill health – but that has not stopped Tory MPs from engaging in their favourite pastime – leadership speculation. And the consensus is, when the time comes, it is likely … Read more
Dominic Cummings absent from Downing Street after ‘undergoing surgery he delayed in order to win the general election’ PM’s chief of staff, 48, was originally due to have an operation last summer But postponed the procedure twice to work on Brexit and the general election His absence coincided with a torrid period for the Government … Read more