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Will no one think about poor Boris? Former PM smirks and sighs through Covid inquiry

Grilled over policies regarding children and young people, Johnson remains the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson Admits UK Planned Mass School Closures at Start of Covid Crisis

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits the UK government considered large-scale school closures at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic but faces conflicting evidence on when-and-how planning occurred.

International Business Times UK

Fact check: Newspaper front page is manipulated version of two-year-old issue

The front page has been edited to show Sir Keir Starmer being accused of lying, rather than Boris Johnson.

Evening Standard

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Boris Johnson rejects claim his government did not prepare for pandemic school closures

Former PM tells Covid inquiry that children were ‘paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’

The Guardian - UK

JPMorgan Chase unveils new 60-story headquarters, reshaping New York City's skyline

JPMorgan Chase is unveiling its new 60-story headquarters in New York City

The Independent UK

Frustrated Boris Johnson loses his cool at Covid inquiry: ‘You try!’

Boris Johnson appeared to get annoyed when giving evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday (21 October), telling the panel his job “wasn’t easy”.

The Independent UK

‘Homicidal’ Johnson considered sacking Williamson over 2020 exam results fiasco

The Department for Education was forced into a U-turn after its algorithm intended to prevent grade inflation saw 40% of predicted results downgraded.

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Boris Johnson admits his government’s Covid rules went ‘too far’ for children

The former prime minister said closing schools during the pandemic was a ‘nightmare’ scenario

The Independent UK

Johnson insists there had been planning for Covid school closures

The former prime minister is giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry as it happened: children paid ‘huge price’ to protect rest of society in pandemic, says Johnson

Former prime minister grilled over pandemic’s impact on young people and says he wishes ‘another solution’ could have been found over school closures

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson quizzed at Covid-19 inquiry over pandemic's impact on children

The former Prime Minister is giving evidence on the impact of his decisions on children and education during the pandemic

Evening Standard

Reform’s newest MP Danny Kruger: ‘On a personal level I deeply regret rejecting the Tory party’

INTERVIEW: Danny Kruger became Nigel Farage’s biggest scalp after the shadow minister defected to Reform. Alex Ross visited the East Wiltshire MP at his office to find out why he left the Tories – and what the future holds for Reform

The Independent UK

‘Super Dom’ Cummings cunningly waits five years to reveal national security lapses

Only a genius like Boris Johnson’s former right-hand man would have had the wisdom to keep stumm until now

The Guardian - UK

London developers told: Affordable homes target cut won't last forever

Percentage of new homes in capital required to be affordable will be cut from 35% to 20% - but only for a limited period

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - AU

Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules

News Corp’s broadsheet was one of very few publications to agree to restrict reporting to authorised material before it changed its mind. Plus: a super blooper

TechRadar

Secret information and classified UK government servers potentially accessed by Chinese hackers for over a decade

Chief Adviser to the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson made some wild accusations recently, prompting swift replies.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson gushes over using ChatGPT while writing books: ‘I love that it calls me clever’

‘I see great promise in this technology because we’re all simple. We’re human,’ says former prime minister

The Guardian - UK

MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence

Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’

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The Guardian - UK

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office denies Cummings' claim government systems were compromised by China

The former No 10 adviser said highly sensitive intelligence material was breached during Boris Johnson’s time in office

Evening Standard

‘Levelling Up’ was ‘hollow slogan’, says minister in new Pride in Place pitch

Miatta Fahnbulleh and David Simmonds traded blows as they discussed the Government’s up-to-£5 billion 10-year Pride in Place programme.

Evening Standard

Cummings claims China obtained ‘extremely secret’ government data

Dominic Cummings said he would be willing to share what he knew with MPs if they were to hold an inquiry.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson needs to take responsibility for immigration spike, says former right-hand man

Danny Kruger says Reform policy will target migrants who came to the UK under the ‘Boriswave’

The Independent UK

Rattled Johnson blames everyone but himself for ‘Boriswave’ of migrants

He attacks Rishi Sunak and David Cameron – but refuses to say the name of ‘Boriswave’ accuser Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK

Looking for signs of life in centre-right politics in Britain

Letters: Responding to articles about the Conservative party conference, David Redshaw suspects there may be life in Thatcherism yet. Plus letters from Des Senior, William Wallace, Les Bright, Katy Jennison and Peter Brooker

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