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Calls from the UK political spectrum have come for Gavin Williamson to be sacked from the cabinet. The reason cited is Gavin Williamson's alleged abusive texts to Wendy Morton (MP), who was Chief Whip during Liz Truss's leadership. The…

<!-- -->Grant Shapps was appointed interior minister by UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. (File)London: Grant Shapps was on Wednesday appointed interior minister by embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss after she suffered the second high…

Grant Shapps today claimed that he helped stop a Christmas lockdown by doing his own Covid research and presenting his results at crucial Cabinet meetings.The Transport Secretary claimed his calculations presented a different trajectory to…

A new law is being discussed by the UK’s Transport Department where cyclists who kill pedestrians will be awarded tougher sentences, UK-based news agencies reported. The law proposed by UK transport secretary Grant Shapps will close a…

LONDON: Rush-hour commuters in the UK faced chaos on Tuesday as railway workers began the network's biggest strike in more than three decades, with a cost-of-living crisis threatening wider industrial action. Last-ditch talks to avert the…

LONDON: The UK government will lift all its remaining Covid-19 pandemic related international travel restrictions from this Friday, including the requirement for travellers to fill in a compulsory passenger locator form prior to entering…

Britain's daily Covid cases fell for the first time in a month today and hospitalisations dropped in Omicron hotspot London as Government ministers claimed NHS pressure will be 'short-lived'. Department of Health figures show there were…

Public health chiefs and Royal Mail bosses have today announced plans to double the amount of lateral flow and PCR test deliveries in a bid to tackle the Covid test supply crisis.Just hours after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps blamed…

LONDON: The UK's health authorities have confirmed that a new and “most significant” variant of COVID-19 is officially under investigation in the country as the government on Friday added six countries to its travel ban red list from…

Grant Shapps has ruled out another Covid lockdown over Christmas as cases hit a three-month high.The Transport Secretary said there will 'be no issues' with seeing loved ones around the festive period this year.No10 introduced tough…