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George Osborne wanted to give David Beckham a peerage and make him sports minister, it has been revealed. The then-Chancellor discussed the idea with David Cameron in Downing Street on the day of a major Cabinet reshuffle in 2013. But it was rejected because of fears a ministerial post requiring the former England football captain having … Read more
Just 9,854 new infections were recorded in England yesterday, almost half of the number of diagnoses last Tuesday (18,626) Local lockdown tiers announced tomorrow may already be outdated and ‘unjustified’ when England’s national shutdown lapses next week because Covid infections are plummeting across the country, according to one of Britain’s top infectious disease experts. Just … Read more
Rishi Sunak has released new carefully posed pictures as he ran through his lines ahead of tomorrow’s Spending Review announcement. The Chancellor was wearing his favoured grey hoodie as he worked through documents in his red box in his flat above 11 Downing Street. Other catalogue model-style snaps, released by the Treasury today, show him … Read more
Eminent statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter suggested Number 10 ‘frightened’ the public into complying with lockdown rules Number 10 cherry-picked ‘spurious’ coronavirus data to justify England’s second lockdown and may have intended to frightened the public, according to one of Britain’s top experts. Eminent statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter said ministers had ‘broken pretty much every code of … Read more
Will the lockdown end next week? Yes. Boris Johnson has confirmed today that the lockdown will end on December 2 – next Wednesday – and it is thought this will come into effect at 00.01am that day. What will replace the lockdown? The lockdown will be replaced by a system of regional restrictions in three … Read more
Will the lockdown end next week? Yes. Boris Johnson has confirmed today that the lockdown will end on December 2 – next Wednesday – and it is thought this will come into effect at 00.01am that day. What will replace the lockdown? The lockdown will be replaced by a system of regional restrictions in three … Read more
Chris Whitty urged caution tonight as he warned that there is still a ‘long haul’ to get back to normal after Oxford unveiled its ‘vaccine for the world.’ England’s chief medical officer said the results from his Alma mater did not mean that ‘the virus will disappear’ as he kept uncharacteristically quiet throughout much of … Read more
NHS volunteers who signed up during the coronavirus crisis could be kept on the books and ‘called up’ during future public health or staffing crises. An NHS reserve, similar to the one used by the military and the police in case of emergencies, may be set up under plans being considered by Number 10. More than … Read more
NHS volunteers who signed up during the coronavirus crisis could be kept on the books and ‘called up’ during future public health or staffing crises. An NHS reserve, similar to the one used by the military and the police in case of emergencies, may be set up under plans being considered by Number 10. More than … Read more
Rishi Sunak is readying billions of pounds more for infrastructure, the NHS and defence in what looks like a final splurge as the coronavirus crisis hammers the public finances. The Chancellor will use the spending review on Wednesday to push ahead with huge investment on schools, hospitals, colleges and prisons to meet Tory election pledges. … Read more