Browsing: Boris Johnson

Wednesday’s front pages.

BBC News says Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have pledged to stay in post despite being fined by police for breaking lockdown rules in Downing Street in June 2020.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be fined by the police for attending parties during lockdown.

Daily Mirror says Boris Johnson faces calls to quit for presiding over “widespread criminality” as police dish out another 30 Partygate fines – bringing the total to 50.

The Independent says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been branded “disgraceful” after he came to the defence of Imran Ahmad Khan.

The Independent says Liz Truss has begun to pull out in front of Rishi Sunak as the bookmakers’ favourite Tory MP to replace Boris Johnson, after a series of revelations about the chancellor and his wife’s tax affairs.

BBC News says Chancellor Rishi Sunak has referred himself to the PM’s independent adviser on ministers’ interests.

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The Independent says the Government has promised to take back control of energy prices through boosts to nuclear, wind, solar and hydrogen in its long-awaited energy strategy.

The Metro says the Government has been forced to cancel a landmark international LGBT+ conference after it was revealed transgender people will be excluded from a conversion therapy ban, it is understood.

The Independent says the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said the national insurance rise comes “at the wrong moment” amid the cost-of-living crisis, as the tax hike for millions for workers kicked in.

The Independent says Cabinet minister Sajid Javid has repeatedly dodged questions of whether Boris Johnson presided over “widespread criminality” in No 10 as the Metropolitan Police continue their partygate probe.

The Guardian says ministers are refusing to disclose any pictures taken by official No 10 photographers of illegal gatherings held inside Downing Street.

The Guardian says civil service chiefs are braced for the behaviour of top Whitehall officials to be severely criticised in the Sue Gray partygate report.

Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON has refused to endorse Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that some Covid rules were “inhumane”.

The Metro says more fines have been handed out to Downing Street staff who partied into the small hours on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral.

The Independent says the PM will this week seek to galvanise a tough response from allies to the crisis in Ukraine as Russia is accused of massacring civilians, with scenes akin to a “horror movie”.

The Guardian says Downing Street staff have been issued with fines by police over a party that took place the night before Prince Philip’s funeral.

BBC News says police have issued fines to some people who attended an event in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral, sources have told the BBC.

The Independent says millions of people from the LGBT community have been “betrayed” and “thrown under the bus” by Boris Johnson.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson faced a renewed threat to his position over the partygate scandal after the police decision to fine 20 people for lockdown breaches.

PartyGate fines show Boris Johnson ‘a proven liar’, says shadow minister The Guardian says Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, says the Met announcement about…

The Independent says Downing Street has refused to say if Boris Johnson will resign if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at No 10 after the police announced it is issuing fines.

The Times says PM has not yet been told whether he will be fined for lockdown-breaching Downing Street parties and is refusing to say whether he accepts that the law has been broken.