Prime Minister overrules his advisers to hand peerage to ex-Tory treasurer

Boris Johnson in crony storm: Prime Minister overrules his advisers to hand peerage to ex-Tory treasurer who was embroiled in donations-for-access scandal The Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to ennoble City tycoon Peter Cruddas House of Lords Appointments Commission recommended he be turned down  It was claimed he offered access to then PM David Cameron … Read more

England cricketer Darren Gough turned down an offer from David Cameron to become an MP

Revealed: England cricketer Darren Gough turned down an offer from David Cameron to become an MP then received ‘bad messages’ from people convinced he was joining the Tories David Cameron asked ex-England cricketer Darren Gough to become an MP Gough revealed then PM made the offer in his home town of Barnsley in 2011 Athlete said he … Read more

Boris Johnson appoints Dan Rosenfield as new No10 chief of staff

Boris Johnson drafts in former Treasury aide Dan Rosenfield who worked for George Osborne as new No10 chief of staff after Dominic Cummings ousting Boris Johnson has appointed Dan Rosenfield as his new Downing St chief of staff  The move comes after power struggle that saw Dominic Cummings ousted Mr Rosenfield worked in the Treasury … Read more

Ex-PMs including Blair, Brown and Cameron told Boris Johnson to make test and trace his ‘priority’

Boris Johnson was urged to make a fully functioning test and trace system his Government’s ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in the summer in an extra-ordinary intervention by his predecessors in Number 10. Former chancellor George Osborne has revealed that Conservatives David Cameron and Sir John Major and the Labour former prime ministers Gordon Brown and … Read more

Blair, Brown and Cameron told Boris Johnson test and trace crucial

Boris Johnson was urged to make a fully functioning test and trace system his Government‘s ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in the summer in an extra-ordinary intervention by his predecessors in Number 10. Former chancellor George Osborne has revealed that Conservatives David Cameron and Sir John Major and the Labour former prime ministers Gordon Brown and … Read more

School meals: Government has ‘moral obligation’ says food tsar

Henry Dimbleby, the Government’s food tsar, said ministers need to do more to tackle food poverty Boris Johnson’s own food tsar yesterday accused him of ‘not doing enough’ to prevent children going hungry – as he urged Downing Street to spend £1.2 billion tackling the problem. Henry Dimbleby, the co-founder of the Leon restaurant, demanded … Read more

George Osborne savages Boris Johnson over his ‘optimism’ and tells him to be ‘realistic’ about Covid

Ex-chancellor George Osborne savages old ‘frenemy’ Boris Johnson over his ‘optimism’ and urges him to emulate his hero Winston Churchill and be ‘realistic’ about the long-term impact of coronavirus Former chancellor said ‘real leadership is about being realistic’ in BBC podcast Said that Churchill was honest that fight against Nazis would take a long time … Read more

George Osborne touted as potential candidate BBC chairman

George Osborne is the latest name to be linked to the next BBC chairman role, according to reports. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, who earlier this year missed out on a position as chairman of the Royal Opera House, is being urged to apply for the role, according to The Daily Telegraph. It comes after … Read more

The bitter jealousies between the three ex-Bullingdon boys who ran Britain

Tensions were running high between the three men sharing a cheese fondue at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2013.  United in leading the governing Tory Party and yet utterly divided by their ambition, Prime Minister David Cameron, Chancellor George Osborne and London Mayor Boris Johnson had exhibited their childlike rivalries at a … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Keira Knightley says her daughter is ‘obsessed’ with The Beatles 

Beatlemania didn’t go out with the Sixties. Keira Knightley has revealed her daughter, Delilah, has become ‘obsessed’ with The Beatles at the tender age of five — and is besotted with 78-year-old Sir Paul McCartney. ‘It is really obsessive,’ says the Atonement star, who is married to rocker James Righton. ‘She knows all of the four … Read more