Latest news, fact checks, commentary and analysis about Boris Johnson, the former UK Prime Minister, leader of the Conservative Party and MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
The UK has resettled more people than other European countries through resettlement schemes, but that doesn’t include hundreds of thousands of people also seeking asylum. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The number of people in employment is down since the pre-pandemic peak, while the number of employees (not counting the self-employed) is up. Read
The release of Sue Gray’s report has led to a renewed focus on comments made by the PM in December. Read
Health
The Prime Minister claimed during PMQs that the UK is now capable of producing 80% of its own PPE. Read
Health
Around 90% of Covid ICU admissions have not received a booster, but only about 61% are not vaccinated at all. Read
The Prime Minister denied ever making the comment during the first PMQs of the year. Read
A Facebook post includes a made up quote from Boris Johnson’s mum saying she hoped he never went into politics. Read
Multiple Facebook posts suggest, incorrectly, that Boris Johnson may not have received his Covid booster vaccine. Read
The Prime Minister told a BBC journalist that 127 HGV drivers had applied for short-term visas. But the government’s bizarrely refused to explain how that figure is calculated. Read
Dawn Butler was removed from the Commons for claiming that the Prime Minister lied. Read
