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Boris Johnson: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.

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Boris Johnson tries out green gadgets at investment summit [Video]

Boris Johnson tries out green gadgets at investment summit

Boris Johnson has been trying his hand at upcoming green technologies at the Global Investment Summit's 'Innovation Zone'. The prime minister was shown a robot that can build houses, a tiny target for..

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PM jokes of goat sacrifice to Greek god to boost wind power [Video]

PM jokes of goat sacrifice to Greek god to boost wind power

Boris Johnson has joked that the UK may have to sacrifice a goat to a mythical god to boost wind power production in his bid to reach net zero carbon emissions. Speaking with Microsoft co-founder..

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'The market is going green', Boris Johnson tells investors [Video]

'The market is going green', Boris Johnson tells investors

Boris Johnson has urged business executives to invest in the UK's efforts to develop cleaner technology, telling them: "The market is going green". Speaking at the Global Investment Summit in..

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Boris Johnson arrives at Global Investment Summit [Video]

Boris Johnson arrives at Global Investment Summit

Boris Johnson and his Cabinet have arrived at London's Science Museum for the Global Investment Summit, where the prime minister is set to announce £9.7 billion of new overseas investment in the UK...

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PM leads procession for Amess remembrance service [Video]

PM leads procession for Amess remembrance service

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has led a procession of around 800 MPs and peers as they filed into St Margaret's Church in Westminster Abbey to remember their murdered colleague, Sir David Amess. Report..

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Southend residents welcome city status announcement [Video]

Southend residents welcome city status announcement

Residents of Southend welcome the decision to grant city status to their town shortly after the announcement was made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons. It follows the fatal..

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Prime minister confirms Southend will become a city [Video]

Prime minister confirms Southend will become a city

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that the Queen has agreed Southend will be granted city status following the murder of MP Sir David Amess. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at..

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Prime minister: We've lost a dear friend and colleague [Video]

Prime minister: We've lost a dear friend and colleague

Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens tributes in the House of Commons to Sir David Amess, saying "we've lost a dear friend and colleague, and Julia and her children have lost a loving husband and devoted..

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Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer lay flowers for David Amess [Video]

Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer lay flowers for David Amess

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer visit Leigh-on-Sea, where Sir David Amess was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery. Report by Burnsla. Like us on Facebook at..

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PM: ‘All our hearts are full of shock and sadness’ [Video]

PM: ‘All our hearts are full of shock and sadness’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says “all our hearts are full of shock and sadness” following the death of his fellow MP and Conservative Party colleague Sir David Amess. Report by Jonesia. Like us on..

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Sir David Amess asks Boris Johnson to help reduce 'senseless' knife crime murders at PMQs [Video]

Sir David Amess asks Boris Johnson to help reduce 'senseless' knife crime murders at PMQs

The Tory veteran, 69, who has died after being repeatedly stabbed at a constituents' meeting, asked the Prime Minister to commit to reducing knife crime on March 3 this year, after one of his own..

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PM: ‘Do you know what they call bounty in French?’ [Video]

PM: ‘Do you know what they call bounty in French?’

Boris Johnson talks to children about how the smell of coconut birdfeed on a pinecone reminds him of the Bounty chocolate bar. The prime minister and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi were visiting..

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PM makes climate promise to schoolchildren [Video]

PM makes climate promise to schoolchildren

Boris Johnson joined schoolchildren in writing down promises to better care for the environment. The prime minister and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi visited Westbury on Trym CofE Academy as part..

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Starmer calls on PM to apologise for pandemic handling [Video]

Starmer calls on PM to apologise for pandemic handling

Labour leader Keir Starmer has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to apologise for the government's handling of the Covid pandemic. He described the cross-party parliamentary report into the..

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Greenpeace protest outside Downing Street to urge UK PM to block huge new oilfield [Video]

Greenpeace protest outside Downing Street to urge UK PM to block huge new oilfield

Greenpeace activists put up an oil-splattered statue of Boris Johnson outside Downing Street on Monday, urging the prime minister to block the proposed development of a huge new oilfield off the..

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Zahawi: PM has the right to not focus on energy bill crisis [Video]

Zahawi: PM has the right to not focus on energy bill crisis

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi defends the lack of reference to the current energy bill crisis facing many homes in the UK in Boris Johnson's Conservative Party Conference. He also claims bringing..

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Labour: More about beavers than bills in Johnson speech [Video]

Labour: More about beavers than bills in Johnson speech

Shadow Child Poverty Secretary Wes Streeting says there was "more about beavers" than people's bills in Boris Johnson's speech to the Conservative Party Conference. He argues the rumoured increase in..

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Boris Johnson promises 'high wage, high skill' and 'low tax economy' [Video]

Boris Johnson promises 'high wage, high skill' and 'low tax economy'

Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, England, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his vision for “leveling up” the UK economy.

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Johnson announces 'levelling-up premium' for education [Video]

Johnson announces 'levelling-up premium' for education

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a new "levelling-up premium" of up to £3,000 to send best teachers to the areas of the country most in need. Report by Edwardst. Like us on Facebook at..

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Johnson: Attacks on Churchill risk 'know-nothing iconoclasm' [Video]

Johnson: Attacks on Churchill risk 'know-nothing iconoclasm'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson lashes out at those seeking to re-examine the memory of Winston Churchill as risking a "know-nothing" iconoclasm. He compares their attempts to a celebrity attempting to..

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Johnson: Brexit was vote for a low-tax economy [Video]

Johnson: Brexit was vote for a low-tax economy

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the answer to "current stresses and strains" is to encourage a high-wage, high-skilled, high-productivity, "low-tax" economy. He claims that this was the change the..

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Conservative mission is to promote opportunity says Johnson [Video]

Conservative mission is to promote opportunity says Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Conservative party's mission is to "promote opportunity" in their strategy of "levelling-up". He bemoans the waste of "talent, genius, flair, imagination,..

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Johnson describes 'tide of anxiety' facing the NHS [Video]

Johnson describes 'tide of anxiety' facing the NHS

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the NHS is facing a "tide of anxiety" as a result of the backlog of cases created by the pandemic. Highlighting the importance of the health service, he describes..

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Johnson arrives ahead of speech at Tory Party Conference [Video]

Johnson arrives ahead of speech at Tory Party Conference

Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester ahead of his speech, accompanied by his wife Carrie Johnson. Report by Edwardst. Like us on Facebook at..

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Johnson catches lift back to hotel while on morning jog [Video]

Johnson catches lift back to hotel while on morning jog

Prime Minister Boris Johnson catches a lift back to his hotel before jogging into the foyer having been out for his morning run. Report by Edwardst. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn..

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Southend to become a city, PM announces as he leads tributes to Sir David Amess

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Friendly Fires hit out at Tories for using their song at Boris Johnson's conference speech

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Boris Johnson to launch attack on former Tory PMs in promise to tackle big issues

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Just 127 of 300 visas for tanker drivers to come to UK have been granted, Johnson admits

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