Boris Johnson

FACTBOX-Can Boris Johnson be forced out, and how is a successor chosen?

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance and health ministers resigned on Tuesday, in what could be the final blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's premiership. Johnson narrowly survived a confidence vote last month,…

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UPDATED: Resignations in protest of UK Prime Minister Johnson so far

LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Eleven British lawmakers have left Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government in less than 24 hours, including finance minister Rishi Sunak, saying the British leader no longer has…

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If UK PM Boris Johnson is ousted, who could replace him?

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance and health ministers resigned in quick succession on Tuesday, in moves that put the future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in peril after a series of scandals…

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UK PM Johnson seeks to stay in power until the mid-2030s

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he aims to remain in power until the middle of the next decade, despite calls for him to quit, which would make him the…

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UK Conservatives lose two by-elections, dealing blow to PM Johnson

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party was defeated in two parliamentary by-elections on Friday, prompting the resignation of the party's chairman and renewing speculation about the future…

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Boris Johnson has minor operation

Boris Johnson has had a successful, “routine” operation on his sinuses this morning, Downing Street has announced, leaving his deputy Dominic Raab in charge. The operation, under general anaesthetic, took…

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Britain must keep up support for Kyiv amid ‘Ukraine fatigue’ – PM Boris Johnson

It is important Britain continues to show it is supporting Ukraine for the long haul, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday, warning of a risk of "Ukraine fatigue" as…

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Poll says Keir Starmer worse choice for PM than Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson makes a better prime minister than Keir Starmer would despite Partygate, the cost of living crisis and the confidence vote in Johnson held by his MPs, according to…

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Authority shaken, PM Johnson pitches new plan for UK economy, housing

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise on Thursday to rejuvenate a flagging economy and make it easier for people to buy homes in his latest reset…

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UK PM Johnson vows to ‘get on with the job’ after surviving confidence vote

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to shore up his position on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to senior ministers after he survived…

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UK PM Johnson to face confidence vote on Monday

LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote by lawmakers in the governing Conservative Party later on Monday, the chairman of the 1922 Committee Graham…

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FACTBOX – How could UK PM Boris Johnson be ousted by unhappy lawmakers?

June 5 (Reuters) - A growing number of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative lawmakers have withdrawn their support for the British leader after a damning official report detailed a series of illegal…

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UK officials expect Johnson leadership challenge this week -Times

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Officials in British prime minister Boris Johnson's ruling Conservative Party expect a challenge to his leadership this week and have pencilled in a vote for Wednesday, the…

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UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure on leadership

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing pressure to step down over a "partygate" scandal that revealed both he and Downing Street officials broke stringent laws that his government…

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UK’s Johnson jeered at Platinum Jubilee service

LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was met with boos and jeers as he arrived at London's St Paul's Cathedral for a Service of Thanksgiving for…

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Boris Johnson’s father Stanley becomes a French citizen

Boris Johnson's father Stanley says he has become a French national, telling a Belgium news website he wanted to keep "a link" with the EU after Brexit. Mr Johnson, whose…

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UPDATED: Britain seeks significant changes to protocol without scrapping it – PM’s spokesman

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Britain wants to make significant changes to the enforcement of the Northern Ireland Protocol in negotiations with the European Union but Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes this…

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Photo Story: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits India

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson performs a greeting near a picture of Mahatma Gandhi during his visit at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, 21 April 2022. Boris Johnson is…

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UK’s Johnson shredded ministerial code with lockdown breaches, constitutional expert says

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thrust Britain into a constitutional crisis by breaking the law he set for pandemic restrictions, effectively "shredding the ministerial code", the country's…

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Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK’s Johnson, Truss, Wallace

(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday that it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace…

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Ukraine President Zelenskiy meets British PM Johnson in Kyiv

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was meeting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian and British officials said. Johnson's visit had begun with a one-on-one meeting with…

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UK’s Johnson says pressure could be applied to Putin’s gold reserves

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Britain and its western allies will increase the economic pressure on Russia and are looking to see if more can be done to prevent President Vladimir Putin…

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Boris Johnson Under Fire For Ukraine, Brexit Comparisons

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself under fire on Sunday, including from his own MPs, after saying that Brexit showed that Britons shared the same "instinct" for freedom as…

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Brexit shows Britons love freedom in same way as Ukrainians, Johnson says

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that Brexit showed British people loved freedom in the same way as Ukrainians fighting Russia's invasion, comments that were branded…

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UK to invest $5.3 billion in shipbuilding

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Britain plans to spend 4 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) on the shipbuilding sector including investment in zero-emission vessels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce plans on Thursday,…

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Britain pledges $100 mln to help keep Ukrainian state running

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Britain will provide $100 million (75.6 million pounds) to Ukraine through the World Bank, seeking to keep core state functions running and mitigate financial pressures caused by…

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UPDATED: Ukraine conflict to last months, if not years -UK deputy PM Raab

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - The conflict in Ukraine is set to last months, if not years, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, adding international allies would need to…

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UK’s Johnson says it’s ‘inconceivable’ that Russia hosts Champions League final

LONDON (Reuters) -Russia should not be allowed to host soccer events such as the Champions League final after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, British…

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UK’s Johnson set to scrap COVID restrictions

LONDON, (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday set out plans to scrap coronavirus restrictions as part of a "living with COVID" strategy that aims to achieve a faster…

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British Prime Minister says West could cut U.S. dollar access for Russian companies

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain would cut off Russian companies' access to U.S. dollars and British pounds if the Kremlin orders an invasion of Ukraine,…

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Should Johnson resign? UK doesn’t need a vacuum right now, minister says

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Britain does not need a vacuum at the heart of government right now due to the gravity of the Ukraine crisis, a junior foreign minister said on…

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Russia plans ‘biggest war in Europe since 1945’, Johnson says

British prime minister Boris Johnson has said evidence suggests Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945” in an interview with the BBC from Munich’s security conference. The…

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UK government looks ‘distinctly shifty’ under Johnson, says former PM Major

LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister John Major accused his fellow Conservative Boris Johnson on Thursday of breaking COVID-19 lockdown laws and said he should resign if…

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FACTBOX – From sleaze scandal to lockdown parties: trying times for UK PM Johnson

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership credentials have been badly tarnished by controversies and missteps in recent months, leading to calls from some of his…

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UK PM Johnson sang ‘I will survive’ to new communications director

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sang Gloria Gaynor's hit song "I Will Survive", according to his new communications director, before discussing his appointment to try to reset his premiership after…

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Carrie Johnson under fire over influence in No 10

British health minister Sajid Javid said on Monday that some criticism of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's wife Carrie in the media was sexist, undignified and unfair. Asked whether remarks about…

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UPDATED: Focus on helping the poor, UK lawmakers say as Johnson speculation grows

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Two senior members of Boris Johnson's Conservative Party urged challengers to the British prime minister to temper their ambitions on Sunday and focus instead on…

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FACTBOX-Which UK Conservative lawmakers have called for confidence vote in PM Johnson?

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting to shore up his authority after five aides quit his administration, including one of his closest advisers who…

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Mired in scandal, British PM Johnson fights to shore up authority

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting on Friday to shore up his authority after a senior aide resigned over his false claim that the…

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UPDATED: Another aide of UK PM Johnson’s policy unit has quit

LONDON (Reuters) - A member of Boris Johnson's policy unit quit on Friday, a day after the director of the division resigned over the recent conduct of the British prime…

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More pressure on UK PM Johnson as more lawmakers call for him to quit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced three new calls to resign from within his own Conservative Party on Wednesday, adding to the steadily growing number demanding he quit over a…

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UK Conservative lawmaker says will call for confidence vote on PM

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Senior Conservative lawmaker Tobias Ellwood said he would submit a letter of no confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, saying so-called 'partygate'…

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UPDATED: UK’s Johnson tries to reset premiership with ‘levelling up’ policies

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Boris Johnson will set out a plan to "level up" Britain on Wednesday as he tries to move on from the scandal of lockdown events…

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UPDATED: UK PM Johnson says he will not resign over alleged parties

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would not resign after a series of alleged lockdown-breaking parties at his Downing Street office and…

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UK police investigating alleged lockdown breaches at PM’s residence

British police will investigate alleged lockdown breaches at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street residence after receiving evidence from an internal government probe into a series of gatherings. Johnson, who in 2019…

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Assailed by scandal, UK’s Johnson fights for his job

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Monday as he faced the publication later this week of an investigation…

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British minister says claims of lawmaker blackmail unlikely to be true

LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday that claims that lawmakers had been intimidated and blackmailed by representatives of the government seemed strange and…

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UK Foreign Secretary Truss says she fully supports PM Johnson

SYDNEY, Jan 21 (Reuters) - UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss voiced on Friday her full support for embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying he was doing a fantastic job and…

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FACTBOX-How could UK PM Johnson be ousted by unhappy lawmakers?

LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing anger among his lawmakers, many of whom believe he is squandering his Conservative Party's successes by self-inflicted…

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FACTBOX-Who could be Britain’s next prime minister if Johnson is ousted?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting a rebellion among his own lawmakers over revelations of lockdown-breaching parties at his official residence, putting his future as leader into question. Below…

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Six in 10 have unfavourable view of UK’s Johnson -poll

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Six in 10 people in Britain now have an unfavourable opinion of Prime Minister Boris Johnson following revelations of parties held at his residence during…

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UK government accused of blackmail to keep PM Johnson in power

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to "blackmail" those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime…

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UK PM Johnson could face second confidence vote as Conservative MPs consider rule change

Conservative MPs are considering a rule change that would mean Boris Johnson could face a second confidence vote later this year, Sky News is reporting. Under the current rules, the…

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UPDATED: UK PM Johnson faces ‘pork pie’ plot to trigger leadership challenge

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Wednesday amid a revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over…

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British PM Johnson wishes he had not attended boozy lockdown gathering

LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wishes he had not attended a "bring your own booze" gathering in Downing Street during Britain's first coronavirus lockdown and…

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UK PM Johnson must address culture that led to lockdown parties – Conservative chairman

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson must address the culture within his government that resulted in multiple staff gatherings at his residence during coronavirus lockdowns, Conservative…

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Lockdown party allegations facing UK PM Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a "bring your own booze" gathering at his official residence during Britain's first coronavirus lockdown, and an internal inquiry is being carried…

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