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British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK’s Boris Johnson faces rocky autumn as Parliament returns

9:09 pm September 1, 2020

London: British lawmakers returned to Parliament on Tuesday after a six-week summer break, with Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic setting the stage for a turbulent fall. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is trying to coax British workers back to their offices to boost the economy, held a meeting of his Cabinet, with all ministers attending in person for the first time since the […]

UK envoy to India Philip Barton promoted as new Foreign Office minister

11:01 pm August 3, 2020

London: Sir Philip Barton, the British High Commissioner to India based in New Delhi, was on Monday promoted as a minister in the newly formed Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The UK Foreign Office said Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had approved the appointment of Barton as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the new ministry, which had been unveiled by the UK PM earlier this year […]

UK's Lords condemns Brexit bill as UK-EU talks stay stalled

Former UK minister and current MP arrested on suspicion of rape

6:29 pm August 2, 2020

London: A former UK minister and sitting Conservative Party lawmaker, who has not been named as he is yet to be charged, is out on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape. According to ‘The Sunday Times’, the allegations of rape against the parliamentarian were made by a former employee who alleges that the […]

UK’s Johnson names brother and Brexiteers to House of Lords

12:00 am August 1, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson named 36 new members to Parliament’s unelected House of Lords on Friday, including his brother, a slew of prominent Brexit supporters and a Russia-born newspaper owner whose father was a KGB agent. The list of new peers also includes Brexit-backing former lawmakers and ex-cricket star Ian Botham, a vocal proponent of leaving the European Union. Former Treasury chiefs Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond, who both […]

COVID-19: 100-pound fine for failure to wear face masks in England shops from Jul 24

8:56 pm July 14, 2020

London: Ending days of speculation, the UK government on Tuesday declared that wearing a face mask or face covering will become mandatory in shops across England from July 24 and a fine of up to 100 pounds would be imposed on those not complying with the rule as the country eases out of the coronavirus lockdown. The enforcement powers […]