More than 40 Tory lockdown rebels tonight backed a plan to force Boris Johnson to give Parliament the last say on new coronavirus laws. Ex-ministers, hardcore Brexiteers, party moderates and new Red Wall MPs are among those who are supporting a push by Sir Graham Brady to make ministers accountable to the Commons. MPs vote … Read more
Boris Johnson faces a potential struggle to get Government lockdown measures past the Commons next week. MPs must vote on extending emergency powers put in place to allow ministers to take action to shut down parts or all of England, amid concerns about the scale and scope of new measures unveiled this week. As many … Read more
Furious Tory MPs demanded Boris Johnson sack top aide Dominic Cummings today for breaking the coronavirus travel lockdown, as the first cracks in party unity appeared. Steve Baker, a former Brexit minister and a senior hardline Brexiteer like Mr Cummings, broke cover to demand the advisor be removed, demanding the Prime Minister ‘take back control’ … Read more
Furious Tory MPs demanded Boris Johnson sack top aide Dominic Cummings today for breaking the coronavirus travel lockdown, as the first cracks in party unity appeared. Steve Baker, a former Brexit minister and a senior hardline Brexiteer like Mr Cummings, broke cover to demand the advisor be removed, demanding the Prime Minister ‘take back control’ … Read more
Boris Johnson has blundered by revealing a memo from a senior aide telling him to dodge a coronavirus showdown with the Tory backbench ‘shop steward’. The PM was photographed carrying the private message about 1922 committee chief Sir Graham Brady as he went in to Downing Street yesterday. The mishap came despite a sign having been … Read more
Boris Johnson has blundered by revealing a memo from a senior aide telling him to dodge a coronavirus showdown with the Tory backbench ‘shop steward’. The PM was photographed carrying the private message about 1922 committee chief Sir Graham Brady as he went in to Downing Street yesterday. The mishap came despite a sign having been … Read more