Britain will not ‘blink’ in crunch Brexit talks this week, Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator has declared, in a marked ratcheting up of pressure on Brussels. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Lord Frost warned his EU counterpart Michel Barnier the UK would not become a ‘client state’ …
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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 …
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The Royal Family and Boris Johnson will today join Second World War veterans to mark 75 years since VJ Day. Prince Philip, 99, will be among those paying tribute to the heroes who fell during the campaign in the Far East. The duke was aboard the Royal Navy destroyer HMS …
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Scotland records 48 new cases Scotland has recorded 48 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, as the number of positive tests nears 19,000. It comes after 60 new cases were confirmed on Saturday, however there was no change in the number of people in intensive care (three) or …
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Boris Johnson signalled today that the job furlough scheme that has paid the wages of millions at a cost of billions will not be extended any further. The Prime Minister complained that the scheme, due to run until October, was keeping people in ‘suspended animation’ and would come to a …
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China: MPs demand economic policy change MPs have demanded that Britain reconsider its economic relationship with China. Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: “We run to China to buy goods and to invest, it is time for us now to review every single programme here in the UK and around the free …
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Boris Johnson’s race equality commission was today dismissed as a ‘back of fag packet’ attempt to buy off Black Lives Matter protests. Labour’s David Lammy said the PM was not ‘serious’ about change and slammed him for accusing black people of ‘playing the victim’. The backlash came after Mr Johnson …
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Met Police have imposed a curfew on Black Lives Matter activists who are expected to march in London today amid an increasingly rancorous national debate over the proper place of statues with links to Britain’s colonial past – and despite warnings from Boris Johnson not to break social distancing rules. …
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The Mail on Sunday today calls on our readers to help block any attempt to remove the statue of Sir Winston Churchill from outside the Houses of Parliament. Our petition urges Boris Johnson to make a public pledge that the monument to Britain’s celebrated wartime leader will never be moved …
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The number of people in the UK who have died after testing positive for COVID-19 coronavirus has risen by 260, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 1,019. It’s the biggest daily rise so far in the UK. Yesterday there were 181 new deaths. The latest UK figures were …
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