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YouGov Poll: Johnson and Sunak

should resign over Covid fines

MOST Britons believe Boris
Johnson and Rishi Sunak should
resign after being handed fines
for breaking Covid laws, accord-
ing to a new poll.
YouGov found 57 per cent of re-
spondents thought both the UK
prime minister and his chancellor
should quit after being handed a
Tory MP guilty of sexually penalty as part of a police inves-
tigation into parties in Downing
assaulting boy in 2008 Street and Whitehall during Cov-
id restrictions.
The Metropolitan Police said on
THE A Conservative MP has fused sexuality. Tuesday it would be handing out saying they had both “repeatedly Johnson’s 56th birthday.
been found guilty of sexually as- Khan, then 34, said he was try- 30 more fines in connection with lied to the British public” as well Speaking to broadcasters at
saulting a 15-year-old boy at a ing to be “kind” and “helpful” but Operation Hillman, bringing the as breaking the law. Chequers, Mr Johnson said it
house in Staffordshire in 2008. the teenager became upset and total number issued to more than According to a snap YouGov “did not occur” to him the gath-
Imran Ahmad Khan was con- “bolted” when the topic of por- 50. On the same day, Mr John- poll, more than half of the Brit- ering might be breaching Covid
victed at Southwark Crown Court. nography was raised. son, his wife Carrie Johnson and ish public believe the pair should rules and offered a “full apology”.
The court heard the MP for The MP, who has been suspend- Mr Sunak were confirmed as hav- leave government too. Scotland Yard, according to a
Wakefield in West Yorkshire ed by the Conservative Party, was ing been contacted by police and The prime minister, his wife statement published by No 10,
forced the boy to drink gin and found guilty by a jury after five told to expect a fine. and Mr Sunak all apologised on said Mr Johnson had been fined
tonic at a party before dragging hours of deliberations. The move prompted calls for Tuesday as they confirmed they due to taking part of “a gathering
the teenager upstairs, pushing The judge, Mr Justice Baker, the prime minister and chancellor had paid police fines over a par- of two or more people indoors”,
him onto a bed and then asking will sentence Khan at a later date. to resign, with the Labour leader ty held in June 2020 to mark Mr which was banned at the time.
him to watch pornography before Releasing Khan on bail, he told
the attack. him: “You have been convicted by
The victim, now 29, told a jury a jury of this offence of sexual as- DIY waste recycling fees could be scrapped
he felt “scared, vulnerable, numb, sault and you will have to be sen-
shocked and surprised” after tenced in due course.
Khan touched his feet and legs. “I make it clear that all sentenc- FEES for disposing of DIY banned charges on local resi-
He said the MP came within “a ing options, including immediate waste at council recycling cen- dents disposing of household
hair’s breadth” of his privates as custody, are being considered by tres in England could be banned rubbish at household waste cen-
he tried to sleep in a top bunkbed. the court.” under government plans, in an tres. Guidance made clear this
The 48-year-old, who is gay and Khan was thrown out of the attempt to tackle fly-tipping. includes DIY household waste.
Muslim, denied sexual assault Conservative Party after South- Around a third of local author- But some local authorities are
and claimed he only touched the wark Crown Court delivered its ities charge up to £10 an item still able to charge for certain
Catholic teenager’s elbow when verdict on Monday but he has for disposing of paving slabs, types of DIY material, under
he “became extremely upset” af- said he will appeal against his plasterboard, bricks and other rules designed for construction
ter a conversation about his con- conviction. materials. waste. Environment minister
More than one million fly-tip- Jo Churchill said: "I want to
ping incidents were recorded in make sure that recycling and
Student loan interest rate to 2021, costing local authorities tained in a technical consulta- the correct disposal of rubbish
is free, accessible and easy for
almost £400m.
tion by the Department for En-
Ministers say they want to vironment, Food & Rural Affairs householders. No one should
hit 12% in England make it easier for people to dis- that could lead to current legis- be tempted to fly tip or turn to
pose of waste. lation being amended. waste criminals and rogue oper-
STUDENTS and graduates in Many working towards their de- The proposed changes are con- In 2015, the government ators."
England will pay up to 12% inter- grees don't realise interest is being
est on their loans this autumn, ac- charged during their studies until
cording to the Institute for Fiscal they get their first statement the
Studies (IFS). year after leaving university. UK and EU sanction those ‘aiding and
The rate will dip in March 2023, After graduation they pay up
when a cap on the interest will to RPI+3% but that depends on abetting’ Putin in Ukraine
kick in. earnings, so that is the maximum
The IFS says a rollercoaster of which is paid by the highest-paid
interest rates lies ahead, but the graduates. THE UK and EU have imposed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s and abet Putin’s war. We will not
long-term impact on repayments The RPI figure confirmed on sanctions on 178 Russian sepa- Republics, with Liz Truss saying rest in our mission to stop Pu-
ratists in the Donbas region who that the shelling of a railway sta-
will not be large. For students Wednesday sets the interest rate backed the illegal invasion of tion in Kramatorsk had spurred tin’s war machine in its tracks.”
starting degree courses from for the coming academic year, Ukraine – vowing to crack down the west into action. The foreign secretary also said
2023, the rate will be fixed at a which means it will leap from on those “aiding and abetting” Foreign secretary said: “In the that the latest UK sanctions
lower level. 4.5% this year to 12% from Sep- Vladimir Putin’s war machine. wake of horrific rocket attacks package would extend the im-
The interest rate on the loan for tember 2022. Boris Johnson’s government on civilians in eastern Ukraine, port ban on Russian goods.
those currently at university in This is the highest rate seen also announced a series of new we are today sanctioning those “From tomorrow, we are ban-
England is calculated by adding since tuition fees for university sanctions targeting Russian oli- who prop up the illegal breaka- ning the import of Russian iron
3% to the retail price index (RPI) students in England were raised garchs’ family members, associ- way regions and are complicit in
measure of inflation. to £9,000 in 2012. The IFS says on ates and employees – including atrocities against the Ukrainian and steel, as well as the export
This is based on the changes in a current estimates that means in- Putin’s own assistant. people.” of quantum technologies and
range of costs over time, including terest is likely to fall back to about Britain joined Brussels in tar- Ms Truss added: “We will con- advanced materials that Putin
housing. 7% in March 2023. geting those behind the so-called tinue to target all those who aid sorely needs,” she said.