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Sunak and Johnson have overseen largest tax rises since Second World War - think tank Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen the largest set of tax rises since the Second World War, according to economic analysis. Sky News - Published on September 28, 2023
Boris Johnson's conduct criticised in review calling for constitutional reform Boris Johnson's chaotic time in office exposed weaknesses in the UK's political system that have damaged public trust and the country's international reputation, a major review has found. Sky News - Published on September 18, 2023
Boris Johnson travels to Ukraine to get honorary degree Boris Johnson has travelled to Ukraine to receive an honorary degree. Sky News - Published on September 9, 2023
Another council calls for Nadine Dorries to stand down as MP A second council in Nadine Dorries' constituency has called for her to resign, nine weeks after the Boris Johnson loyalist said she would stand down as an MP with immediate effect. Sky News - Published on August 21, 2023
Boris Johnson vows to create 'Newtopia' for amphibians threatening his swimming pool plans Boris Johnson has vowed to do "whatever it takes" to protect newts that have threatened his plans to build an outdoor swimming pool at his Oxfordshire country manor. Sky News - Published on August 4, 2023
Great crested newts mean Boris Johnson's plan to build a pool isn't going too swimmingly Boris Johnson may have to water down plans for a new swimming pool after a local population of newts made waves in his application. Sky News - Published on August 1, 2023
Former adviser to Boris Johnson made youngest peer at 30 A former adviser to Boris Johnson has become the youngest member of the House of Lords at the age of 30. Sky News - Published on July 24, 2023
Sir Keir Starmer warns 'policy matters' after ULEZ blamed for by-election loss in Uxbridge Labour's failure to take Boris Johnson's former seat is a reminder that "policy matters", Sir Keir Starmer has said - after the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) by London mayor Sadiq.. Sky News - Published on July 22, 2023
Tech experts retrieve Boris Johnson's pandemic WhatsApps from old phone Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages have now been retrieved from his old phone and will be handed over to the COVID inquiry unredacted, his spokesman has said. Sky News - Published on July 21, 2023
Sunak avoids 3-0 defeat with ironic win in Uxbridge - but one result is deeply concerning for the Tories It is ironic that the by-election result that helped Rishi Sunak avoid a 3-0 defeat should come courtesy of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip voters who elected Boris Johnson. Sky News - Published on July 21, 2023
Boris Johnson's partygate legal fees cost taxpayer £265,000 Boris Johnson's legal defence fees for the probe into his role in the partygate scandal have topped £265,000, new figures have revealed. Sky News - Published on July 20, 2023
Johnson and Truss received £18,660 pay-outs after resigning as PM Boris Johnson and Liz Truss both received £18,660 as severance payments after they stood down as prime minister, annual accounts have shown. Sky News - Published on July 20, 2023
Tories win Boris Johnson's old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip The Conservatives have won Boris Johnson's old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip following a by-election. Sky News - Published on July 19, 2023	Boris Johnson criticised for appointing too many peers Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper chamber. Sky News - Published on July 16, 2023
Johnson calls for NATO timetable for Ukraine to join alliance Boris Johnson has called for NATO to set out a clear timetable for Ukraine to join the alliance - and claimed some member nations still want to negotiate a peace deal with Vladimir Putin. Sky News - Published on July 14, 2023	Potential breakthrough in attempts to recover WhatsApp messages from Boris Johnson's old phone A breakthrough may have been made in attempts to unlock Boris Johnson's old mobile phone. Sky News - Published on July 13, 2023
Boris Johnson 'forgot password' of old phone wanted by COVID inquiry Boris Johnson has been unable to handover WhatsApp messages from his old mobile phone to the COVID inquiry because he has forgotten the password to it, according to reports. Sky News - Published on July 13, 2023	Deadline to hand Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages to COVID inquiry 'has been missed' The COVID inquiry is reportedly yet to receive WhatsApp messages that were sent and received by Boris Johnson before May 2021 after a key deadline was missed. Sky News - Published on July 13, 2023
Dorries faces questions over claims she sent 'forceful communications' to civil servants after peerages snub Boris Johnson ally Nadine Dorries is facing a potential investigation over alleged "communications" she made to civil servants regarding her thwarted peerage. Sky News - Published on July 12, 2023	Carrie and Boris Johnson announce birth of third child Carrie Johnson has announced the birth of her third child. Sky News - Published on July 11, 2023
MPs approve report saying Boris Johnson's allies tried to undermine partygate probe MPs have approved a report criticising the conduct of Boris Johnson's allies after he was found to have lied to parliament over partygate. Sky News - Published on July 10, 2023	Boris Johnson hits out at 'bone-headed' ULEZ - despite setting up the scheme while he was London mayor Boris Johnson has used his latest column in the Daily Mail to attack Sadiq Khan's "bone-headed" ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ) - despite coming up with idea while he was London mayor himself. Sky News - Published on July 7, 2023
Govt loses legal battle over Boris Johnson's COVID Whatsapp messages The Cabinet Office has lost its bid to withhold Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks from the COVID-19 Inquiry following a legal battle. Sky News - Published on July 6, 2023	Would today's Twitter policies have affected Boris Johnson's downfall? It was a year ago today that Boris Johnson's government began to collapse, in real time, on Twitter. Sky News - Published on July 5, 2023
Labour split as Uxbridge by-election candidate speaks out against London mayor's ULEZ expansion Labour's candidate in the Uxbridge by-election has spoken out against the expansion of London Mayor Sadiq Khan's ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ) amid fears it could hamper the party's chances in Boris.. Sky News - Published on July 4, 2023	Tory minister named in Johnson partygate interference report quits A Tory minister named in a privileges committee report for interfering in Boris Johnson's partygate probe has resigned from government. Sky News - Published on June 30, 2023
Cabinet Office in court over giving Johnson's WhatsApps and diaries to COVID inquiry The government will be in court today as it fights an order from the COVID inquiry to handover unredacted messages from Boris Johnson. Sky News - Published on June 30, 2023	Boris Johnson committed 'clear and unambiguous' rule breach by taking columnist job Boris Johnson committed a "clear and unambiguous" breach of the rules on post-ministerial jobs after taking up a role as a columnist at the Daily Mail, a watchdog has ruled. Sky News - Published on June 27, 2023
'Montrosity': Hospital in Boris Johnson's old seat is 'worst I've ever seen', shadow health sec says Boris Johnson's former constituency is home to the "worst hospital I have ever seen", shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has claimed. Sky News - Published on June 26, 2023	Rishi Sunak is taking same 'militaristic line' as Boris Johnson, Russian ambassador to UK warns Rishi Sunak is taking the same "militaristic line" as Boris Johnson and should be doing more to help bring about peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv, Russia's ambassador to the UK has told Sky News. Sky News - Published on June 21, 2023
Economy woes will see Tories do battle over tax cuts as election time looms This has not been a good week for Rishi Sunak. Accused of weakness for not backing the report into Boris Johnson, he now appears to be failing on the economic priorities which Tories had hoped would be.. Sky News - Published on June 21, 2023	Lib Dems ask committee to consider 'withdrawal' of Boris Johnson's honours list The Liberal Democrats have written to the government's Forfeiture Committee seeking to have Boris Johnson's honours list withdrawn. Sky News - Published on June 20, 2023
Labour forces final humiliation on Johnson as Sunak looks weak and feeble To the very end, Boris Johnson and his dwindling band of supporters - and Rishi Sunak and the Tory high command - were outwitted by the Labour Party in the parliamentary battle over partygate. Sky News - Published on June 19, 2023	Johnson denied special access to parliament as MPs endorse report which said he lied Boris Johnson has been stripped of special access to parliament after MPs endorsed the privileges committee's report that he lied about parties in Downing Street during the COVID pandemic. Sky News - Published on June 19, 2023
Starmer says Johnson should be banned from parliament over partygate Sir Keir Starmer has said Boris Johnson should be banned from parliament over the partygate scandal, as he challenged the prime minister to "show leadership" on the matter. Sky News - Published on June 19, 2023	MPs to decide Johnson's fate following damning partygate report - as PM 'expected to skip' debate MPs will today decide whether to sanction Boris Johnson after the privileges committee found he repeatedly misled the House of Commons. Sky News - Published on June 18, 2023
Johnson 'calling off the dogs' from attacking privileges committee report Boris Johnson has dramatically made a double retreat from all-out verbal war with Rishi Sunak over the damning report which concluded he lied to MPs over partygate. Sky News - Published on June 16, 2023	Boris Johnson in 'clear breach' of rules after Daily Mail job announced Boris Johnson has committed an "clear breach" of the rules surrounding jobs outside parliament after only informing a key watchdog of his new Daily Mail column half an hour before it was publicly.. Sky News - Published on June 16, 2023
PM told to 'stand up to Boris Johnson' and force him to pay back partygate legal fees Rishi Sunak has been told to "stand up to Boris Johnson" and force him to pay back the tax payer cash spent on his partygate legal fees. Sky News - Published on June 16, 2023	Sunak facing potentially acrimonious vote on Johnson partygate report Rishi Sunak is facing a potentially acrimonious vote on the Boris Johnson partygate report at the start of next week. Sky News - Published on June 15, 2023
Johnson verdict is a hammer blow to Sunak's hopes of maintaining a fragile peace in the Tory civil war In the end, it was excoriating, damning and unanimous: Boris Johnson was found not only to have deliberately misled the House of Commons over events in Number 10 during COVID lockdowns, but had.. Sky News - Published on June 15, 2023	Boris Johnson has been damned but he may have more grenades to throw The privileges committee has reported – and its conclusions exceed even the more damning expectations. Sky News - Published on June 15, 2023
The key findings of privileges committee report that sealed Boris Johnson's fate After months of investigation, the report into whether Boris Johnson lied to parliament over Partygate has finally been published. Sky News - Published on June 15, 2023	Johnson continues to cry foul - but it's the relatives of COVID victims that'll be nauseated by his protests Boris Johnson has done everything he possibly could to discredit the Privileges Committee's report on claims that he lied to MPs over partygate. But so far he has met fierce resistance. Sky News - Published on June 14, 2023
Boris Johnson accused of using 'distraction tactic' on eve of report into partygate Boris Johnson has been accused of using a "distraction tactic" after calling for an MP on the Privileges Committee to resign over allegations of lockdown rule-breaking. Sky News - Published on June 14, 2023	Boris Johnson makes last-minute representations to privileges committee Boris Johnson has made eleventh-hour representations to the privileges committee before it publishes a report which is expected to find that he deliberately misled parliament. Sky News - Published on June 13, 2023
Nadine Dorries says 'sinister forces' were behind House of Lords snub Nadine Dorries has suggested "sinister forces" were behind the decision not to include her on Boris Johnson's controversial resignation honours list amid an increasingly bitter war of words with the.. Sky News - Published on June 13, 2023	Sunak scraps second round of Johnson's flagship towns fund Rishi Sunak has cancelled plans to hold a second round of Boris Johnson's £3.6bn towns fund in a move that could anger Tory MPs. Sky News - Published on June 13, 2023
'Ill be back' vows Boris Johnson as ex-prime minister formally resigns as MP A defiant Boris Johnson vowed "I'll be back" as he called on the Tories to deliver on Brexit and the promises of the 2019 manifesto. Sky News - Published on June 12, 2023	By-election dates announced for Boris Johnson and Nigel Adams' constituencies after they quit as MPs The by-election for Boris Johnson's Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat has been set for 20 July. Sky News - Published on June 12, 2023