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Popular British politician falls from grace over tax scandal

Rishi Sunak was once considered a potential successor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Now he faces scrutiny over his wealthy wife’s tax status, and over holding an American green card while in office.

The British leader has been faulted for being too slow to aid Ukrainian refugees and impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs.

The prime minister’s slur against Keir Starmer is dominating headlines – but his ministers have often made similarly baseless claims

Report on Downing Street parties deepens crisis for Boris Johnson

This article will be released in full online February 21, 2022. Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the British Labour Party, was subjected to a concerted…

A long-awaited assessment on whether Downing Street flouted lockdown rules declared that there were “failures of leadership and judgment’’ by Mr. Johnson’s government.

How Biden and Boris Johnson reached the same place on virus policy

On the evening of Dec 21, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared from 10 Downing St to tell anxious Britons they could “go ahead with their Christmas plans,” despite a surge in new coronavirus cases. At nearly the same moment, President Joe Biden took to a White House lectern to give Americans a similar green light.

A punishing electoral defeat for his Conservatives and several scandals might burst the ‘Boris bubble’, say experts.