Boris Johnson has apologised and a senior aide has quit over footage showing Number 10 advisers joking about a Downing Street Christmas party during the coronavirus lockdown. The Prime Minister has ...

Allegra Stratton speaking outside her home in north London where she announced that she has resigned as an adviser to Boris Johnson. (Photo: Jonathan Brady - PA Images via Getty Images) At a press ...

Last night a video from December 2020 surfaced showing Allegra Stratton - then the prime minister’s press secretary - giving a mock TV briefing in which she jokes about “a Downing Street Christmas ...

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Keir Starmer can’t catch a break. Today’s UK-US announcements are chunkier than usual for a state visit, but it’s unlikely he’s given much credit for them. I remember when I was in government and we ...

Boris Johnson has said it is a “sad day” for Allegra Stratton after his former aide resigned in the aftermath of a video emerging of her joking about a Downing Street party during lockdown. At a press ...

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