Priti Patel

Oxford University bosses slam their ‘ridiculous’ students after they ‘no-platformed’ Amber Rudd

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Oxford University bosses slam their ‘ridiculous’ students after they ‘no-platformed’ former Home Secretary Amber Rudd – but admit they were powerless to stop them Students cancelled a speech last minute by former Home Secretary Amber Rudd The university’s vice-chancellor intervened to publicly criticise the protest stunt But denouncement of cancellation only published after Government pressure By … Read more

Cabinet split: Hawks warn UK faces irreparable damage while doves favour extending the measures

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Cabinet splits over coronavirus lockdown: Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns Britain faces irreparable damage if restrictions aren’t lifted soon – while Health Secretary Matt Hancock favours extending the measures to protect NHS workers Cabinet is split between hawks who want to lift lockdown in a few weeks and doves who want to delay until late May … Read more

Priti Patel insists she has been working ‘virtually every single day’ on fight against coronavirus

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Home Secretary Priti Patel has insisted she has been working ‘virtually every single day’ in the battle against coronavirus after appearing at today’s government press conference for the first time since the outbreak began.  The conferences have been running since March 16 and have seen numerous senior ministers drafted in to update the nation on … Read more

Ex-Home secretary David Blunkett blasts ‘Sermon on the Mount’ daily briefings

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Ex-Home secretary David Blunkett blasts ‘Sermon on the Mount’ daily coronavirus briefings by ministers The Labour life peer made the comments in interview on the Today programme  He said that people are now being ‘hectored’ during the coronavirus pandemic In the interview he also discussed the police reaction to the lockdown in place  Learn more … Read more

Ex-Home secretary David Blunkett blasts ‘Sermon on the Mount’ daily briefings

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Ex-Home secretary David Blunkett blasts ‘Sermon on the Mount’ daily coronavirus briefings by ministers The Labour life peer made the comments in interview on the Today programme  He said that people are now being ‘hectored’ during the coronavirus pandemic In the interview he also discussed the police reaction to the lockdown in place  Learn more … Read more

Police chief’s U-turn on shopping trolley search

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Police chief’s U-turn on shopping trolley search as Priti Patel slaps down calls for officers to check what goods people are buying from stores during lockdown Chief Constable Nick Adderley warned that police could soon increase powers  National Police Chiefs Council has since released a statement dismissing claims Controversial remarks were met with slapdown from … Read more

Police chief’s U-turn on shopping trolley search

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Police chief’s U-turn on shopping trolley search as Priti Patel slaps down calls for officers to check what goods people are buying from stores during lockdown Chief Constable Nick Adderley warned that police could soon increase powers  National Police Chiefs Council has since released a statement dismissing claims Controversial remarks were met with slapdown from … Read more

No10 under pressure to explain Priti Patel’s absence from coronavirus press conferences

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Downing Street is under growing pressure to explain the continued absence of Priti Patel from the government’s daily coronavirus press conferences.  They have been running since March 16 and have seen numerous senior ministers drafted in to update the nation on the latest in the fight against the deadly disease.  But the Home Secretary is … Read more

Are there hidden dangers in the Zoom boom?

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Along with millions of people around the world, Boris Johnson likes to Zoom.  On Tuesday our Covid-19 stricken, self-isolating Prime Minister posted a photograph on Twitter showing a cabinet meeting he had conducted remotely, using Zoom, the video conferencing application. There on his desktop computer screen were all the senior members of his government — … Read more

Are there hidden dangers in the Zoom boom?

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Along with millions of people around the world, Boris Johnson likes to Zoom.  On Tuesday our Covid-19 stricken, self-isolating Prime Minister posted a photograph on Twitter showing a cabinet meeting he had conducted remotely, using Zoom, the video conferencing application. There on his desktop computer screen were all the senior members of his government — … Read more