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In an interview this morning during his school visit in Kent Boris Johnson insisted that the government was not abandoning its policy of engaging with China. Speaking ahead of the statement in the Commons this afternoon from Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, in which Raab is expected to announce the suspension of the extradition treaty with Hong Kong, Johnson said:
There is a balance here.
I’m not going to be pushed into a position of becoming a knee-jerk Sinophobe on every issue, somebody who is automatically anti-China. But we do have serious concerns.
You have got to have a calibrated response and we are going to be tough on some things but also going to continue to engage.
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Marks & Spencer is cutting 950 jobs at its head office and stores in the latest blow to UK high street retailers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, my colleagues Jasper Jolly and Sarah Butler report.
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Continue reading…UK secures agreement for 30m doses of drug being developed by BioNTech and Pfizer and a deal in principle for 60m doses of one by ValnevaNHS denied PPE at height of Covid-19 as supplier prioritised ChinaTest and trace failures risk exponential case growth in EnglandSenior doctors warn second wave could ‘devastate’ NHSGlobal coronavirus updates – live 12.29pm BSTIn an interview this morning during his school visit in Kent Boris Johnson insisted that the government was not abandoning its policy of engaging with China. Speaking ahead of the statement in the Commons this afternoon from Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, in which Raab is expected to announce the suspension of the extradition treaty with Hong Kong, Johnson said:There is a balance here.I’m not going to be pushed into a position of becoming a knee-jerk Sinophobe on every issue, somebody who is automatically anti-China. But we do have serious concerns.You have got to have a calibrated response and we are going to be tough on some things but also going to continue to engage. 12.15pm BSTMarks & Spencer is cutting 950 jobs at its head office and stores in the latest blow to UK high street retailers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, my colleagues Jasper Jolly and Sarah Butler report. Related: Marks & Spencer to cut 950 jobs in latest Covid-19 blow to high street Continue reading…