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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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Last-minute bid to end 'illegal discrimination' against disabled people in Covid law

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A last-minute bid has been launched to try and force Boris Johnson to reverse measures in the Coronavirus act which made it legal for councils to downgrade the support they gave to disabled people - including those in case homes Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has written to Mr Johnson demanding he reverses the changes which treat disabled people as "expendable in the crisis", and which lawyers have said are a breach of international law.

It comes as MPs debate on the six-month review of the Coronavirus Act on Wednesday - where Mr Johnson faces a showdown vote with many of his own backbenchers planning to rebel over what they see as the excessive attack on people's civil liberties caused by the Covid-19 regulations.

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