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Boris Johnson has sparked fury by rejecting a sleaze watchdog’s call for his new independent ethics adviser to be given the power to launch investigations into ministerial wrongdoing. And the prime minister indicated that ministers who breach their code of conduct will no longer automatically face the sack - a practice he condemned as “disproportionate”. New terms of reference for the post of independent adviser, published as the Queen’s former...

Boris Johnsons apartment renovations have landed him in the political doghouse CNN 3 hrs ago By Rob Picheta, CNN © Justin Tallis/Pool/AFP/Getty Images The UK Prime Minister is no stranger to backlash from across the political aisle. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a formal investigation into the funding of renovations to his Downing Street apartment, after the countrys political spending watchdog said there are "reasonable grounds" to suspect that an offense ...

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Eight announcements from PMQs as Boris Johnson faces Electoral Commission probe over flat refurb The Prime Minister faced Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on April 28 in the House of Commons 12:41, 28 APR 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get all the latest politics news via email updates Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in ac...

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Matt Hancock to give Downing Street press conference at 5pm - watch live Downing Street tight-lipped over funding of Boris Johnson's flat refurbishment Queen's former private secretary to be Boris Johnson’s new adviser James Dyson: BBC twisted truth over my links to the Tories Is BBC being used as a pawn over Boris Johnson row? Coronavirus latest news: NHS app will become your vaccine passport Subscribe to The Telegraph for a month-long free trial Boris Johnson will have the fin...

CAROLINE Lucas has blasted Boris Johnson over statements made during Prime Minister’s Questions – branding him a “serial liar”. The Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion said "different kinds of measures" are needed in Parliament and said it is "impossible" for the government to hold the Prime Minister to account when he "systematically lies with impunity". Ms Lucas is among a group of MPs concerned Boris Johnson has given misleading statements during Prime Minister’s Questions ...

Show me your evidence, Boris Johnson demands as he fights back over ‘bodies piled high’ Prime Minister tells Labour and SNP to substantiate claims before repeating allegations about lockdown and flat refurbishment 28 April 2021 • 9:11pm Boris Johnson on Wednesday launched a fightback against attacks by unnamed sources, demanding that Labour and the SNP provide evidence before repeating disputed claims about him. The Prime Ministers fury has been sparked by the allegation that he said he ...

URL copied to clipboard The government’s new ministerial ethics adviser, Lord Geidt, is paid by the global arms company BAE Systems, openDemocracy can reveal. As former private secretary to the Queen, the government said Christopher Geidt had a “distinguished record of impartial public service” and would clear up the sleaze scandal engulfing Westminster. But Geidt is also a member of the International Advisory Board for BAE Systems, which has long faced allegations of corruption and b...

By Kirsty Strickland © Supplied by Courier artist You need a healthy degree of self-esteem to be prime minister. Sensible leaders wish for nothing more lofty than to be respected by their allies and opponents alike. In case you haven’t already noticed: Boris Johnson is not a sensible man. Over the course of his long career in media and politics, he has become known for recklessness, inattention and dishonesty. He is adored, but not by the people that matter and not for the reasons he w...