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Building back worse

The UK urgently needs a dynamic, entrepreneurial mission-setting state to confront the triple crisis of Covid-19, rising inequality, and climate change

UK PM Boris Johnson marks lockdown anniversary with cautious message

Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the "great spirit" shown by Britain in tackling the pandemic and struck a cautious note of optimism about the lifting of restrictions

Covid-19: UK PM Boris Johnson receives first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalised last year with a severe bout of Covid-19, has received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the virus

UK PM Johnson likely to visit Chennai during upcoming India visit in April

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during his upcoming India visit in April, is also expected to travel to Chennai. Johnson will be arriving in India on April 26

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

Johnson, 56, received his vaccine at the same hospital where almost a year ago he was put in an intensive care unit and given oxygen via a tube in his nose after he contracted the virus

UK PM Boris Johnson to receive jab of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced getting inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday

UK PM Johnson says Indian government not behind Covid vaccine supply delay

Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a delay in the supply of COVID-19 vaccine from the SII in India to Britain was due to technical issues and not because of any intervention by the Indian government

Boris Johnson to get AstraZeneca jab as UK expands vaccines to over-50s

Johnson on Wednesday indicated that the best safety endorsement he can think of for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is to confirm that he would be receiving the jab

Shared climate vision on visit agenda with friend PM Modi: Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson said the UK and India's shared vision for a sustainable future will be among the issues on the agenda for talks with friend Narendra Modi during his visit to New Delhi next month

Boris Johnson to visit India in April as UK aims to counter China: Report

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India in April to boost UK opportunities in the region and to create a democratic counterweight to China, Reuters reported

Covid-19: Schools, colleges reopen in first step of UK's lockdown easing

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the national effort that has gone into fighting against coronavirus as schools and colleges opened on Monday

Criticised on pay, UK's Johnson expresses gratitude to health workers

Johnson, who himself was treated in hospital last year when he became severely ill with Covid-19, has come under fire for failing to meet his promise to look after health workers

Sunak to promise 'whatever it takes' in UK's new Covid-19 budget plan

Sunak has so far spent almost 300 billion pounds ($419 billion) on emergency support measures and tax cuts

UK extends furlough scheme by five months, gives more help to self-employed

Britain will extend its huge job-protecting furlough programme by five months until the end of Sept and expand parallel support for the self-employed, finance minister is due to announce

Boris Johnson warns climate change threatens world security

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned world leaders that climate change is a threat to security of all nations

Boris Johnson very optimistic' about June 21 Covid lockdown end

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that he is very optimistic about meeting a June 21 timeline for most legally imposed coronavirus lockdown restrictions

EasyJet ticket sales surge as UK PM unveils plan for air travel return

EasyJet ticket sales more than quadrupled in the hours after Johnson said Monday that international trips may restart as soon as May 17

Boris Johnson lays out 4-step cautious' roadmap for easing UK lockdown

Johnson on Monday tabled a four-step cautious roadmap in Parliament for the country to be eased out of its strict stay-at-home lockdown

UK PM sets out cautious approach to easing England's Covid-19 lockdown

"The threat remains substantial", Johnson told parliament, saying it was crucial the roadmap was cautious but irreversible

All UK adults to get Covid-19 vaccine jab by July 31: Boris Johnson

More than 17 million people have been given a jab since the UK's Covid-19 vaccine rollout began in December 2020, the BBC reported on Saturday