Tag: United Kingdom government
UK’s Johnson to meet Hungary’s Orban in Downing Street
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was meeting Hungarian President Viktor Orban on Friday, and faced criticism for inviting the hardline European leader...
UK authorizes use of J&J vaccine as virus cases edge up
LONDON — Regulators on Friday authorized another coronavirus vaccine for use in the U.K. amid concerns about rising COVID-19 cases as a variant of...
Probe clears UK PM in cash for curtains redecorating scandal
LONDON — An investigation has cleared British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of wrongdoing in the scandal over the redecoration of his official Downing Street...
UK health chief defends virus record after Cummings attack
LONDON — Britain’s health minister on Thursday defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic after a former top government aide alleged the government’s botched...
EURO 2020: Fans moving across borders will be complicated
ROME — Quarantine rules, special visas, negative test results. And plenty of advance planning.
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Ex-Johnson aide says UK government failed public over COVID
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief aide said Wednesday that the government “failed” the British people and “fell disastrously short” in...
UK accused of reintroducing virus restrictions on the sly
LONDON — The British government faced criticism Tuesday that it was introducing local lockdowns by stealth after it published new guidelines for eight areas...
Boris Johnson’s former ally Cummings slams UK virus response
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being accused of overseeing a chaotic government whose failure to act quickly against the coronavirus caused...
Report says UK Conservatives seen as insensitive to Muslims
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson helped create an impression that his Conservative Party is “insensitive” to Muslims with a newspaper column comparing veil-wearing...
UK bars Belarus airline after plane forced to land in Minsk
LONDON — Britain on Monday barred Belarus’s national airline and instructed U.K. aircraft to avoid Belarussian airspace after a Ryanair passenger jet was forced...