Local Labour and Conservative MPs unite to oppose Manchester restrictions “Boris Johnson was on Thursday locked in a high stakes stand-off with local leaders in the north of the England after they refused to accept tough new coronavirus restrictions. The prime minister has said he is ready to force areas into onerous lockdown measures, amid […]
Pincer move on Johnson 1) Labour presses for a national shutdown and more restrictions… “Keir Starmer knew he would shatter any semblance of political consensus in the UK over the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic when he called a press conference in London on Tuesday evening. Britain’s leader of the opposition had for months broadly […]
Labour calls for ‘circuit-breaker’ full coronavirus lockdown… “Opposition leader Keir Starmer has long emphasized his party’s role as a “constructive opposition” but the gloves are coming off. The Labour leader on Tuesday called for a two- to three-week national lockdown in England and accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of ignoring his own government’s scientific advice, as […]
New lockdowns 1) Johnson calls on the North to ‘step up’ in virus fight “Boris Johnson urged council leaders across the north last night to step up and agree draconian lockdown measures after Liverpool’s regional mayor accepted tough restrictions. The city, and some of the surrounding area, will be on the highest coronavirus alert from […]
Coronavirus 1) Johnson will unveil tough new regional lockdowns today… “Boris Johnson is expected to place Liverpool under tough coronavirus rules today as he announces a new tiered local lockdown system amid fraying relations with leaders in the north. The prime minister will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee to finalise new interventions to curb […]
Town halls ‘to be given control of local war on virus’ “Mayors will be given more control over the coronavirus test-and-trace system as ministers try to secure their support for tough new local lockdown rules due to be announced tomorrow. In an admission that the national system is failing, ministers will empower town hall bosses […]
Johnson will set out new tough ‘Tier Three’ Covid restrictions in announcement on Monday “Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a Commons statement on Monday setting out new coronavirus outbreak restrictions as reports claim true figure of infections doubled in a week to 45,000 a day, it has emerged tonight. Mr Johnson will use the occasion […]
Hancock says UK has reached ‘perilous moment’ in pandemic “Health secretary Matt Hancock warned the UK had reached a “perilous moment” in the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting the NHS may struggle to continue providing routine services unless Britons work together to suppress Covid-19. A total of 17,540 new cases of coronavirus were recorded on Thursday and […]
1) New lockdowns loom “Boris Johnson on Wednesday confronted the fact that his attempt to control coronavirus through a series of local lockdowns had failed across large parts of England. New restrictions were now inevitable: the only question was how far would they go? … In the House of Commons, the prime minister tacitly accepted […]
Johnson’s new Jerusalem: tax cuts and help for homebuyers “Boris Johnson has promised to build a “new Jerusalem” out of the wreckage of the Covid crisis and said that returning to the status quo isn’t good enough. The prime minister pledged to create the conditions for the private sector to flourish and said that relying […]
I will make this country the Saudi Arabia of green energy, Johnson vows “Boris Johnson is to announce £160 million of investment in ports and factories as he pledges that offshore wind will produce enough electricity to power every home in a decade. Promising to make Britain the “Saudi Arabia of wind”, the prime minister […]
Coronavirus 1) 16,000 cases had been unreported due to technical error “Tens of thousands of Britons have been ‘put at risk’ by a computer glitch that meant thousands of new cases were missed from the government’s coronavirus infection figures and were delayed in being passed on to NHS Track and Trace, according to reports. Public […]
Trump gives video message to say he is “much better” as he takes experimental drugs “Donald Trump is entrusting his recovery from Covid-19 to an experimental drug amid claims that his “vital signs” were impaired by the virus and his recovery hangs in the balance. There were conflicting messages about the president’s condition last night. […]
Coronavirus 1) Trump “resting comfortably” after being taken to hospital “The White House has insisted that Donald Trump was taken to hospital on Friday as a “precaution” after the US President was infected with coronavirus. Mr Trump, who along with wife Melania has tested positive for Covid-19, was flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical […]
New ‘three-tier’ coronavirus alert system from curfews to full lockdown on the way to ‘simplify’ the rules “Boris Johnson has ordered health chiefs to simplify complex local lockdown rules within days after widespread confusion. Echoing his streamlining of social mixing regulations into a simpler “rule of six” the PM wants to implement a new tier […]