Carry on as we are and another 27,000 will die from Covid-19, warns former government chief scientific adviser Sir David King as he tells pub landlords to stop serving indoors Sir David King said current approach means 27,000 more deaths by April ‘likely’ He said the Government’s goal should be to get down to zero … Read more
Theresa May launched a furious attack on Boris Johnson and his top team today for choosing a close political aide as the UK’s national security adviser. The former prime minister tore into her successor’s decision to hand the job to David Frost, his Brexit negotiator, branding him ‘a political appointee with no proven expertise’. Mr … Read more
Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost will take over as national security adviser from September, Boris Johnson confirmed today. Sir Mark Sedwill, who currently acts as NSA and Cabinet Secretary, announced he will step down from both roles later this year after more than 30 years in Government service. His exit follows reports of tensions … Read more
Investment firm led by dealmaker that shelled out thousands to meet Prime Minister weighing up £100m sale of pensions advisory company it owns By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 An investment firm led by a dealmaker that has shelled out thousands … Read more
Sage adviser suggests elderly people could wear ribbons to indicate they are social distancing with lockdown measures set to ease further Elderly people may wear ribbons to indicate they are social distancing in future Professor Calum Semple suggested such measures as lockdown rules are eased Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears set to cut two-metre distance … Read more
Barack Obama’s national security adviser blasted the Trump administration as ‘racist to its core’ and said that electing Joe Biden as president was vital in order to ‘remove Donald Trump and consign those who supported him in the Senate to the trash heap of history.’ Susan Rice, who has been mentioned in recent weeks as … Read more
BBC in fresh ‘bias’ row after its impartiality adviser brought in to examine how journalists use social media ‘was partisan online’ Former director of global news at BBC drafted in to review its impartiality Richard Sambrook was hired to look at the way journalists use of social media New ‘bias’ row emerged after it was … Read more
Riots could break out across the UK this summer as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic take hold, a scientific adviser to the government has warned. Professor Clifford Stott — a member of Number 10’s SAGE panel — said that urgent efforts are needed by police forces to quell any potential unrest in the local … Read more
Britain’s infrastructure tsar has urged Ministers to ramp up investment in roads, railways, windfarms and broadband to dig the country out of one of the deepest recessions in history. Sir John Armitt has said the Government can afford to increase infrastructure spending significantly – even as it borrows eye-watering sums to keep the economy going. … Read more
Around one in six people have sought paid for or free financial help since the coronavirus outbreak but the vast majority are going it alone, new research shows. Some 4 per cent have consulted a financial adviser for the first time during the pandemic, a period marked by volatile markets and mounting job losses, and … Read more