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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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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer taking part in a Q&A session last month on youth employment and the cost of living. Photo: Reuters
Britain

‘Follow me’: UK’s Starmer launches TikTok account despite security ban

Prime minister’s office insists ‘security mitigations’ are in place as he turns to the popular Chinese-owned app for greater outreach.

Britain

UK ex-PM Johnson hits back at ‘incoherent’ Covid inquiry report

Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

‘Too little, too late’: former UK government slammed for initial Covid response

BBC

Explainer | How scandals at the BBC have rocked its leadership over the years

The BBC is frequently the source of criticism for its coverage and has also been ensnared in scandals that happened off the air.

The late British television and radio host Jimmy Savile in 2008. Photo: AP
Britain

UK deputy PM quits over tax error, prompting cabinet shake-up

Angela Rayner is the eighth – and most senior – ministerial departure from PM Keir Starmer’s team, and the most damaging yet.

Britain

My Take | Don’t blame China’s Jingye for failing to save UK steel industry

There was no communist plot behind British Steel’s collapse. If anything, the government takeover may amount to nationalising Chinese property.

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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.

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

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

Party leader Nigel Farage hailed ‘historic moment’ as membership tally ticked past 131,680 figure declared earlier in year by Conservatives.

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Britain

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

Sue Gray’s resignation came after recent BBC report that her annual salary was US$223,000, about US$3,933 more than the PM’s.

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’s Labour government is seeking consistency in its engagement with China, according to a close aide to Keir Starmer. Photo: Reuters
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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Britain

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.

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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Former UK home secretary Priti Patel. Photo: AFP / Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament
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.

A sign alerts pedestrians that Covid-19 cases are very high in central London in December 2020. Photo: AFP
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’.

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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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’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appearing on the BBC’s ‘Sunday Morning’ show. Photo: BBC via AFP
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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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.

Max Johnson poses for portrait at Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC), Central. Max Johnson is the youngest brother of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He has lived in Hong Kong since 2021. 27MAR24 SCMP / Sun Yeung
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.

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

‘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.

London mayor Sadiq Khan says that Brexit cost the UK US$178 billion. Photo: Reuters
Britain

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.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has indicated that an election could be called by the second half of 2024. Photo: Pool via AP
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.

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.

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