Looks like Boris will be doing some reading as he gears up to have a lot more spare time on his hands. The former PM was seen off from his last-ever Cabinet meeting with a set of first-edition Winston Churchill books and a round of applause on Tuesday.
It’s the PM’s last team meeting as MPs will soon be on summer recess until he has to leave
They also presented him with a signed group photo of the team posing together in the gardens at 10 Downing Street earlier in the morning.He said the strategy had become ‘unfashionable’ – a sly dig at the Tories vying to replace him, who have all suggested green policies should take a back seat while the cost of living crisis develops.
‘If we’re going to protect our planet and if we’re going to do the right thing to tackle global warming, it’s essential that we set that lead.’ Mr Johnson also said he was ‘proud’ of his government’s record on Covid, saying the decision to lift restrictions a year ago in England had been vindicated by the lowest unemployment rates in 50 years.Pictures from the Cabinet meeting room suggest ministers were in high spirits as they heard tributes to their departing boss.
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