DOMINIC LAWSON: Boris Johnson ducks paying his own bills. No wonder he doesn’t worry about yours 

To be Chancellor of the Exchequer is never a barrel of laughs. Even less so now when — largely as a result of the economics of the coronavirus pandemic — output has plummeted and public debt is soaring. So it is a tribute to Rishi Sunak’s remarkable ease under pressure that he was able yesterday … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: Boris Johnson ducks paying his own bills. No wonder he doesn’t worry about yours 

To be Chancellor of the Exchequer is never a barrel of laughs. Even less so now when — largely as a result of the economics of the coronavirus pandemic — output has plummeted and public debt is soaring. So it is a tribute to Rishi Sunak’s remarkable ease under pressure that he was able yesterday … Read more

New ‘chumocracy’ row as Matt Hancock hands job as a close adviser to lobbyist friend from university

Matt Hancock was at the centre of a ‘chumocracy’ cronyism row today after it emerged he gave a  job in the Department of Health to a PR consultant and lobbyist who is one of his closest friends from university. The Health Secretary made Gina Coladangelo a part-time non-executive director of the department on a reported £15,000 … Read more

Families could be allowed to meet for up to a week in December

Families could be allowed to meet for up to a week over Christmas as part of a nationwide relaxation of coronavirus rules, reports claimed last night.  Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday told a Downing Street briefing it was still too early to say what contact people will be able to have with their loved ones … Read more

What they DON’T tell you about Covid and how the facts can be twisted to strike fear in our hearts

With the nation’s health at stake, it was revealed this week that GCHQ has embedded a team in Downing Street to provide Boris Johnson with real-time updates to combat the ‘emerging and changing threat’ posed by Covid-19. The intelligence analysts will sift through vast amounts of data to ensure the Prime Minister has the most … Read more

What they DON’T tell you about Covid and how the facts can be twisted to strike fear in our hearts

With the nation’s health at stake, it was revealed this week that GCHQ has embedded a team in Downing Street to provide Boris Johnson with real-time updates to combat the ‘emerging and changing threat’ posed by Covid-19. The intelligence analysts will sift through vast amounts of data to ensure the Prime Minister has the most … Read more

‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: top scientist ends press conference answers like a truck driver 

‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: deputy chief medical officer appears at No10 briefing from self-isolation due to a ‘household contact’- before bizarrely ending his answers to questions like a truck driver The deputy chief medical officer appeared on television from home  Told viewers: I’m actually self-isolating due to a household contact’  Did a decent impression … Read more

‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: top scientist ends press conference answers like a truck driver 

‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: deputy chief medical officer appears at No10 briefing from self-isolation due to a ‘household contact’- before bizarrely ending his answers to questions like a truck driver The deputy chief medical officer appeared on television from home  Told viewers: I’m actually self-isolating due to a household contact’  Did a decent impression … Read more

Coronavirus England: ‘Lockdown rules should STAY after 2 December’

Most draconian coronavirus curbs must stay in place when England comes out of its national shutdown next month or it will result in another Covid-19 ‘rebound’, ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson has warned. The Imperial College London scientist, who resigned from SAGE in May after being caught breaking lockdown rules, said infections were plateauing thanks to … Read more

Coronavirus UK: ALL should be tested monthly, says Jeremy Hunt

Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt All Britons should be tested for coronavirus once a month and those who get a negative result must receive a ‘freedom pass’, Jeremy Hunt has said. The former health secretary has called on ministers to come up with ‘proper incentives’ for people to get tested, self-isolate and receive a vaccine. … Read more