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Dominic Cummings acted like he was prime minister, UK COVID inquiry hears
LONDON — Unelected Boris Johnson aide Dominic Cummings acted like he was the prime minister “in…
Dominic Cummings said UK officials ‘should be shot’ over bungled COVID response
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Boris Johnson’s former…
UK’s Michael Gove floats idea COVID ‘man made’ as he defends pandemic response
LONDON — There is a “significant body of judgment” that believes coronavirus “was man made,” top…
COVID inquiry: UK’s top official Simon Case ‘excused’ from appearing this year
LONDON — Simon Case, Britain’s most senior civil servant, won’t be giving his long-awaited evidence to…
Is Westminster ready for the return of Donald Trump?
With opinion polls showing Donald Trump beating President Joe Biden in key battleground states a year…
UK migration soars to record high despite Tory Brexit promises
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Net migration to…
5 Tory crowd-pleasers in the autumn statement — and what they actually cost
LONDON — Jeremy Hunt dusted off some old Conservative favorites Wednesday as he mixed personal and…
British state ‘surprisingly bad’ at responding to COVID-19, inquiry hears
LONDON — The British government failed to take the coronavirus pandemic as seriously as a terror…
How Labour fell in love with Partygate investigator Sue Gray
LONDON — Britain’s Labour Party has a new idol and they can’t stop talking about her.…