Seamus Jennings on Boris Johnson and the language of lobbying – cartoon
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People in England could get Covid passports for foreign travel by 17 May | Coronavirus
Millions of people in England could be provided with so-called Covid passports by 17 May to let them take holidays abroad this summer and potentially avoid quarantine when they reach their destination, the Guardian has learned. The documents – likely to be different to domestic Covid certificates, which the government is working on separately – … Read more
Home Office breaches own rules deporting Vietnamese migrants | Immigration and asylum
Almost half of the Vietnamese migrants forcibly removed from the UK on a Home Office charter flight are understood to have been put on the plane in breach of the department’s own rules, the Guardian has learned. Twenty-seven Vietnamese nationals were removed on Wednesday on the flight, which took off from Birmingham. It is believed … Read more
The year the metro mayors took centre stage | Mayoral elections
There was a telling moment on the local election campaign trail in Gloucester this week when Boris Johnson was asked if he knew who the West of England mayor was. Waffle ensued. Johnson – who once said that as the first prime minister since Clement Attlee to have been a mayor, he knew the “the … Read more
Boris Johnson urges leaders to ‘get serious’ at climate summit | Climate change
With just over six months to go until vital UN climate talks, Boris Johnson has urged world leaders at a virtual White House summit to step up with plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions this decade. “It’s vital for all of us to show that this is not all about some expensive politically correct green … Read more