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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA  (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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Boris Johnson announces end to covid restrictions in England by end of February

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Boris Johnson has announced a shock plan to end all covid self-isolation laws in England in just two weeks time.At the beginning of Prime Minister’s Questions the Tory leader brought cheers from his backbenchers with plans to end self-isolation for people who test positive for coronavirus “a full month earlier” than planned.

As he faced renewed criticism over his Jimmy Savile slur against Labour’s Keir Starmer, Johnson sought a further distraction from partygate controversies and his fitness to govern with the announcement.

The rules on self-isolation will remain in place in Scotland and other devolved administrations which are in charge of health policy.Nicola Sturgeon yesterday hailed a “return to normality” after Omicron infection levels continued to fall.

But she said that baseline measures like vaccine passports and the requirement to wear face coverings in certain settings and in secondary schools will remain in force for now.The First Minister said Scotland was “through the worst” of the current wave and promised a new strategy for managing covid “less restrictively” on February 22nd.Johnson told MPs he would present the UK Government’s “Living With Covid” strategy when the Commons returns from its recess a day earlier, on February 21.He said: “It is my intention to return on the first day after the half-term recess to present our strategy for living with Covid,”“Provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions – including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive – a full month early.” To sign up to the Daily Record Politics newsletter, click here.

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