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‘We must live without fear’: Is this a Rishi Sunak dig at Boris Johnson over lockdown? Westminster insiders question why PM wasn’t there for economic update and chose to pose in a police car instead Chancellor unveiled the successor to the furlough scheme in Commons at noon But at the time PM was 70 miles … Read more
‘We must live without fear’: Was Rishi Sunak’s parting comment a dig at cautious Boris Johnson? Westminster insiders question why PM was posing in a police car instead of at Chancellor’s side in Commons Chancellor unveiled the successor to the furlough scheme in Commons at noon But at the time PM was 70 miles away … Read more
More than 40 Tory lockdown rebels tonight backed a plan to force Boris Johnson to give Parliament the last say on new coronavirus laws. Ex-ministers, hardcore Brexiteers, party moderates and new Red Wall MPs are among those who are supporting a push by Sir Graham Brady to take power away from ministers. MPs vote next … Read more
Boris Johnson faces a potential struggle to get Government lockdown measures past the Commons next week. MPs must vote on extending emergency powers put in place to allow ministers to take action to shut down parts or all of England, amid concerns about the scale and scope of new measures unveiled this week. As many … Read more
Supermarkets including Tesco, Aldi and Morrisons have reintroduced a limit on the number of items customers can buy over fears of a repeat of the stockpiling panic seen in stores at the start of the pandemic. Bosses at Morrisons have introduced curbs on toilet roll and hand gel with shortages already being reported in stores … Read more
Morrison’s has become the first supermarket to reintroduce a limit on the number of items customers can buy over fears of a repeat of the stockpiling panic seen in stores at the start of the pandemic. Bosses have introduced curbs on loo roll and hand gel with shortages already being reported in stores up and … Read more
Test and Trace is still getting worse, as official figures today revealed the number of people getting their swab result back in 24 hours has dropped again. Fewer than one in three people who have an ‘in-person’ Covid-19 test get told they are either negative or positive within 24 hours — meaning the rate has halved … Read more
Tubes and trains were once again packed this morning as commuters continue to head into the office in their droves – 36 hours after Boris Johnson told Britons to get back to working from home. Thousands of passengers boarded public transport to get back to desks for the second consecutive morning since the Prime Minister’s … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled his new Winter Economy Plan with a wage subsidy scheme to replace furlough as its centrepiece as he moved to try to stave off massive job losses over the winter. The wage subsidy scheme will see the Government top up the pay of people who can only work part-time in … Read more
Boris Johnson was briefed by the architect behind Sweden’s anti-lockdown strategy before he announced a raft of new restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, it was revealed today. Both the Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak heard from Professor Anders Tegnell, after they sought advice from academics outside the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies … Read more