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The UK government is drawing up plans to restrict state-backed companies from overseas countries such as China investing in Brit firms. The UK has aggressively courted inward investment throughout the last decade but attitudes appear to be hardening towards the Middle Kingdom and there are reports of cooling relations…

Dominating headlines in the UK this bank holiday weekend was the revelation that Dominic Cummings, chief advisor to PM Boris Johnson, had taken a 260-mile trip while his wife was displaying coronavirus symptoms. Fellow politicians and journalists, as well as much of the public, were incensed by what appeared to be an…

EXCLUSIVE: The UK government has given the green light for high-end TV and film productions to resume shooting as soon as employers have put in place coronavirus safety measures, Deadline understands. British prime minister Boris Johnson told the nation on Sunday that people who can't work from home should return to…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government could look to reopen the hospitality industry by July as he set out a “roadmap” for easing coronavirus restrictions, including asking people to return to work if they can’t perform their jobs at home. In a 14-minute TV address on Sunday evening local time…

Boris Johnson has returned to work as UK prime minister, two weeks after being discharged from hospital where he was treated in intensive care for coronavirus. Britain’s leader made a short address to the nation on the steps of 10 Downing Street on Monday to mark his return to office. He argued that the UK is…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Easter Sunday as he continues his recovery from coronavirus. Downing Street confirmed his release from hospital in a brief statement, adding that he will continue to convalesce at Chequers, the PM’s country retreat. He is not yet returning to work…

3RD UPDATE, 12:42 PM: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care but remains hospitalized as he battles COVID-19. A spokesman said the 55-year-old is in “extremely good spirits:” Johnson he had tested positive for coronavirus on March 27 and was admitted to St. Thomas' Hospital in…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital in London on Sunday evening after suffering with coronavirus for 10 days. Johnson will be assessed by medics in what is being described as a “precautionary step” by 10 Downing Street, according to widespread reports. He is expected to kept in…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has become one of the country’s most high profile figures to contract the coronavirus. Johnson confirmed the news in a tweet, saying he had developed mild symptoms, including a temperature and a persistent cough, and on the advice of the country’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty had…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s sober national address on coronavirus is set to become one of the most-watched moments in UK television history. Johnson’s message to the country, in which he introduced a three-week lockdown to help stymie the spread of COVID-19, was broadcast at 8.30 PM across BBC One, ITV…

The UK has been put on lockdown for at least three weeks to combat the coronavirus outbreak, with police being given the power to fine people who break new emergency social rules. In an unprecedented TV address to the nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people must remain in their homes and can only leave in…

British cinemas and theatres have been told they must close on Friday night as the UK takes another step closer to lockdown following the outbreak of coronavirus. Prime minister Boris Johnson announced the measures at his daily press conference, asking entertainment venues to “close tonight, as soon as they reasonably…