Coronavirus exit strategy ‘in limbo as Boris Johnson recovers’

Ministers are failing to take decisions on the lockdown ‘exit strategy’ because Boris Johnson is off work, Keir Starmer has claimed. The Labour leader said the government had not acted ‘quickly enough’ throughout the crisis as he insisted it need to show the public how normal life might start to return.  He accused Foreign Secretary … Read more

Former WHO executive reveals four-step ‘exit strategy’ to ease UK out of lockdown

A former WHO executive and Number 10 advisor has today revealed his four-step strategy to ease Britain out of its draconian coronavirus lockdown. Professor Karol Sikora, ex-director of the UN body’s cancer unit and former member of the Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Group on cancer, said the first step would be to let small … Read more

Could exit plan start in ten days? Hopes rise for an end to the lockdown

Ministers could be given the green light to start planning an exit from the lockdown within ten days, the Chief Medical Officer suggested last night.  Chris Whitty said Government experts hoped to have enough evidence about the transmission of the coronavirus by that point to ‘judge how we can go into the next phase’.  The … Read more

Labour urges Government to publish exit strategy this week

Sir Keir Starmer urges government to publish their lockdown exit strategy this week – but insists his Labour party will back extending restrictions when they are reviewed on Thursday Labour leader said ministers should publish lockdown exit strategy this week  Sir Keir Starmer said his party would back extension of restrictions on Thursday But he … Read more