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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Conservative Party politician has been PM since July 2019. He previously held the position of foreign secretary between 2016 and 2018.
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19 Jun 1964
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Former Prime Minister of Britain
last updated:
7 October, 2024
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage holds a sign announcing that the party has more than 200,000 members, during the Reform UK Wiltshire conference at the Civic Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Photo: PA Wire / dpa
Britain

Farage aims to ‘overtake’ Labour as Reform UK membership tops 200,000

Nigel Farage called the growth ‘extraordinary’ after Reform UK unveiled its membership counter late last year.

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Membership of UK’s anti-immigration Reform party overtakes Conservatives

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UK PM Starmer’s chief of staff quits over reports about salary

Britain

BBC cancels interview with Boris Johnson after ‘embarrassing’ mistake

A BBC presenter accidentally sent Johnson the notes prepared for her questions, in a message meant for her team.

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Former British prime minister Boris Johnson was expected to discuss his government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the parties in Downing Street that contributed to the end of his premiership. Photo: AP
China-UK relations

Exclusive | Peter Mandelson on why Britain’s sudden U-turn on China was a big ‘mistake’

The close Starmer adviser says ‘violent’ shifts in diplomatic direction are not realistic or sensible.

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Britain

New UK government cuts billions of pounds of spending to fix ‘unsustainable’ finances

Finance minister Rachel Reeves announces spending cuts of US$7 billion, pencils in further cuts of US$10.4 billion and hints at tax rises.

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Un-purr-turbed: Larry the cat training another UK prime minister in Downing Street

British prime ministers come and go at the premier’s official residence, 10 Downing Street. But the real power remains unchanged – Larry the cat.

Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, is training his sixth prime minister. Photo: AP
Britain

Patel and Badenoch launch UK Conservative Party leadership bids

Priti Patel and Kemi Badenoch join 4 others, including former home secretary James Cleverly, in race to replace Rishi Sunak as party leader.

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Britain

Covid-19 inquiry finds UK ‘ill-prepared’ for pandemic, failed its citizens

The inquiry found an outdated 2011 pandemic strategy for flu wasn’t flexible enough to adapt to a crisis nearly a decade later, and was abandoned almost immediately.

Africa

Rwanda says UK migrant deal did not stipulate return of funds

London paid Kigali US$306 million before new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the deportation scheme ‘dead and buried’.

A facility in Kigali, Rwanda, that was meant to accommodate migrants deported from the UK. File photo: AFP
Britain

Opinion | Don’t expect a Labour government to fix broken Britain

Failed post-Brexit promises, successive scandals and poor economic gambles have allowed populism to threaten Britain’s political system.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Britain

In final days before the UK election, defiant Sunak insists he can stay in power

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted the Conservatives can still win Thursday’s UK election despite multiple polls pointing to a commanding victory by the opposition Labour Party.

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Britain

UK election betting scandal widens as a fourth Tory official reportedly investigated

Chief data officer Nick Mason has taken leave of absence, British media reported, as Gambling Commission investigates alleged betting on election date.

China-UK relations

UK’s MI5 issued Chinese spy alert to distract from PM scandal, court hears

Lawyer Christine Lee is suing MI5 for unspecified damages, arguing the British spy agency had acted unlawfully and unreasonably by branding her a Chinese agent.

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Christine Lee. File photo: British Chinese Project via AFP
Britain

Opinion | With July 4 UK election call, Rishi Sunak has made a losing bet

While the Conservatives should never be underestimated as a political force, the party is badly divided heading into the six-week election campaign. Try as he might, Sunak has been unable to change the UK’s political weather.

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The private reaction of many Conservative MPs was bemusement at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s election announcement in pouring rain outside 10 Downing Street on May 22, a picture that has drawn unfavourable commentary and cheeky headlines. Photo: TNS
Profile

Boris Johnson’s youngest brother on Hong Kong, Covid, China film

Max Johnson, half-brother of former British prime minister Boris Johnson, talks about his UK childhood, Covid-19 frustrations, being a banker in Hong Kong, and a special trip through mainland China.

Britain

Ex-deputy of UK’s Conservatives defects to populist party Reform UK

Lee Anderson was suspended as a Conservative MP in Parliament after he claimed that Islamists had ‘got control’ of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, amid tensions over the Israel-Gaza war.

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Britain

Ex-UK PM Theresa May, brought down by Brexit, to quit as lawmaker

May said on Friday she will not stand for re-election, ending a 27-year career in parliament marked by a tumultuous spell leading the country as it tore itself apart over Brexit.

Britain’s former Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she will stand down as a member of parliament at the next general election, due to take place later this year. Photo: AFP
Britain

‘Obvious it isn’t working’: London mayor says Brexit cost UK over US$178 billion

Sadiq Khan said Britain’s departure from the EU reduced the size of its economy by 6 per cent, basing his statement on a report he commissioned from consultants Cambridge Econometrics.

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Sunak eyes UK election in ‘second half’ of 2024, Starmer tells PM ‘bring it on’

Sunak, whose Conservative Party has been in power since 2010, has until the end of January 2025 to call a much-anticipated general election.

Britain

‘Make Britain great’: right-wing upstarts threaten UK Tories

Reform UK – formerly Brexit Party and whose leader admires Donald Trump – rails against immigration, net zero energy policies, ‘nanny state’ regulations.

Richard Tice, leader of the Reform UK party, delivers a speech in central London on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Britain

UK Covid inquiry: ‘deeply sorry’ Sunak hopes lessons learned from pandemic

The inquiry is examining the UK’s pandemic response and has heard testimony about often chaotic scenes in the government of then-PM Boris Johnson, marked by incompetence, back-stabbing and misogyny.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives evidence at the COVID-19 Inquiry, in London on Monday. Photo: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/Handout via Reuters
Britain

Boris Johnson hits out at ‘version’ of Partygate which prompted his downfall

The former British PM said portrayals of partying in Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic were ‘absolutely absurd’ as he faced a second day of questioning at a public inquiry.

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Johnson sorry for ‘pain and loss’ of UK Covid families, defends pandemic record

The former PM resigned in disgrace after a series of scandals including reports that he had been present at alcohol-fuelled gatherings in Downing Street when most people in the UK were forced to stay at home.

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Britain

Record migration to UK piles pressure on PM Rishi Sunak

Despite the British leader’s vow to reduce arrivals, official figures showed net migration last year hit new levels.

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the opening session of the Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

Boris Johnson ‘bamboozled’ by science, UK Covid-19 inquiry told

Patrick Vallance, Boris Johnson’s chief scientific adviser said that the former UK prime minister struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Boris Johnson’s chief scientific adviser said that the former UK prime minister struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AP
India

‘Jobs will go’: UK rice millers face unclear fate as India free trade deal nears

Currently, the UK imports around 150,000 metric tons, or a quarter of its total rice imports from India, thanks to cost-effective import tariffs.

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Britain

UK opposition leader hit by glitter before key Labour speech

The protester shouted “true democracy is citizen-led” and “politics needs an update” before scattering glitter over Keir Starmer’s head.

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