Could a regional ‘circuit breaker’ STILL happen at half-term? Claims Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove back a broad crackdown in badly-affected ‘urban areas’ over school half-term Gove and Cummings said to be pushing for two-week closure from October 26 Would affect only parts of England with the worst coronavirus levels But faces opposition from Chancellor Rishi … Read more
Beleaguered Boris Johnson was pictured with his shirt cuffs buttoned-up the wrong way ahead of yesterday’s bruising battle with Sir Keir Starmer in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister’s wardrobe gaffe was spotted in a picture taken before yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions. As the Prime Minister waved to the cameras while leaving 10 Downing Street to … Read more
Manchester and Lancashire could be put under Tier 3 lockdown after the Government’s ‘Gold command’ taskforce scientists signed off on the harsh measures The Mayor of Greater Manchester has threatened to take legal action against the Government as the Prime Minister prepares to put his region into the strictest level of local coronavirus lockdown along … Read more
Rishi Sunak has warned a ‘blunt’ circuit-breaker national lockdown could cause ‘permanent damage,’ to UK jobs and firms. There are growing calls, particularly from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, for a two-week circuit breaker to be implemented as a means of slowing the Covid-19 infection rate. Manchester and Lancashire could well join Liverpool under Tier … Read more
For a man with his head stuck in a vice, wedged between the wails of bankrupt business owners and the raging howls of the science community, Boris Johnson delivered a highly competent performance at PMQs yesterday. Words not uttered often in this column, admittedly. But he was stolid and authoritative. Class clown gets serious. Team … Read more
Manchester and Lancashire could be put under Tier 3 lockdown after the Government’s ‘Gold command’ taskforce scientists signed off on the harsh measures Manchester and Lancashire could be put under Tier 3 lockdown after the Government’s ‘Gold command’ taskforce scientists signed off on the harsh measures. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to review the proposals … Read more
Boris Johnson stepped back from immediately placing the capital into the second Very High risk group as he outlined the nation’s new triple-tiered lockdown system this afternoon Manchester and Lancashire could be put under Tier 3 lockdown after the Government’s ‘Gold command’ taskforce scientists signed off on the harsh measures. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set … Read more
Britain’s daily Covid-19 cases have jumped 40 per cent in a week as health officials today announced 19,724 more infections and 137 new deaths. Department of Health figures show 14,162 cases and 70 deaths were recorded last Wednesday, as well as 17,234 cases and a four-month high of 143 fatalities yesterday. For comparison, more than 100,000 … Read more
Keir Starmer blasts inflation-busting pay rise for MPs taking their salary to more than £85,000 saying ‘this year of all years’ the money should go to key workers instead Labour leader said politicians should not receive what is likely to be 4.1% raise Increase would take MPs’ salaries to around £85,000, up by around £3,300 … Read more
When is Sir Keir Starmer going to grow a pair? ‘The shine is starting to come off,’ a Shadow Minister complains. ‘It’s all very well showing you’re competent. But there are times when you need to roll up your sleeves and attack.’ Labour’s leader is not attacking, but pirouetting. On the Rule of Six. On … Read more