In this way, he hopes to minimise the loss of life among the most vulnerable and others that will now happen.
It may be necessary, given the Coronavirus, and could even work. But Britain has a long, long record of state spending failing to turbo-charge growth.
As the old saying doesn’t quite put it, scientists advise, but Ministers decide – on moving to mitigation or anything else.
“We will take a digital-first approach to accessing primary care and outpatient appointments wherever clinically and practically possible.”
A home-focused industrial policy hardly saved China from this epidemic. And openness and markets ensure diversity of supply – particularly in medicine and food.
At the least, we can expect reduced growth worldwide – and a more expansionary Budget next month.
Let’s use ever-increasing intelligence – and stop the flow of dirty money out of poor countries.
Nothing I have written should be taken as a suggestion that we drop our guard or stop taking precautions. But, assuming we do that, there is no reason to panic. Cheer up.
We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.
Over a third of patients who attend A&E do so for non-urgent, minor injuries. They are unable to get GP appointments.
Ministers have been asked to push the Government’s priorities – tackling crime, funding the NHS, “levelling up”. How can these be effected without faster growth?
Inclisiran was the reason for one of the first phone calls I made when appointed to my present role last year.
We have the mandate and the majority. Let’s make 2020 a year of progress and work now to set up a decade we can all be proud of.
What has been the Conservative Party ‘s response at Westminster to this situation? Incredibly, it has been to offer Wales even more devolution.
The 200,000 hotel rooms run by the main hotel chains alone in the UK provide sufficient additional capacity to draw upon both locally and nationally.