Boris Johnson news – live: PM refuses to resign and says he’d rather be ‘dead in a ditch’ than seek Brexit delay
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson refused to resign in the wake of his own brother’s decision to quit the government over an “unresolvable tension” between the national interest and family ties. Jo Johnson also announced his intention to stand down at the next election.
After a meandering speech in West Yorkshire, the prime minister was asked if he would follow his younger sibling out of the doors of parliament but said: “My job is to get us out on 31 October and that is what we’re going to do.”
And things went from bad to worse for the prime minister, as one man politely asked him to “please leave my town”, while another heckled him in front of TV cameras in Morley.
It all comes after the PM suffered a crushing double defeat in the Commons as MPs pushed through a bill to block a no-deal Brexit and voted down his plan to hold a snap general election.
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This from the off-duty police officer who was stabbed during the London Bridge terror attack...
Here is the moment Boris Johnson said he would rather be "dead in a ditch" than delay Brexit.
This is unfortunate both for the police cadet involved and the prime minister.
Here is our full breaking news story on Mr Johnson's eye-catching comments about delaying Brexit:
Money promised by the government to help the country meet its 2050 net-zero target is just 0.1 per cent of what is required, environmental experts have warned, writes Phoebe Weston.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was awarded £30m extra in the latest spending round to “accelerate progress” on decarbonisation projects next year.
However, Mike Childs, head of policy at Friends of the Earth, said the amount “completely undermines” the UK’s commitment to cut greenhouse gases to zero overall by 2050.
He described it as little more than a “few financial crumbs”.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the British Medical Council (BMA) chairman, has called Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg "irresponsible" for his comments about an NHS doctor.
He said: "Jacob Rees-Mogg's latest insult about Dr David Nicholl is utterly disgraceful and totally irresponsible.
"Highly experienced doctors like David Nicholl who decide to speak out about risks to life and patient care, should be supported and listened to, not attacked and derided by those who hold positions of responsibility.
"This unwarranted attack is particularly galling as Mr Rees-Mogg belongs to the same Government that called upon Dr Nicholl's' expertise to help draft medical opinion for Operation Yellowhammer and who also wrote the mitigations for the event of a no-deal."
The prime minister is copping criticism for his use of police officers as a backdrop to his speech earlier.
Northern Ireland minister Nick Hurd has become the latest Tory MP to announce he will step down at the next general election.
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