Boris Johnson faces Tory revolt over ‘dictator’ tactics as backlash grows over his plans for a new coronavirus clampdown Matt Hancock faced a string of hostile questions as he updated Parliament on the Government’s efforts to tackle the virus pandemic Sir Graham Brady : ‘The British people are not used to being treated like children.’ Senior Tories … Read more
Boris Johnson will unveil a major crackdown on normal life today in a bid to halt a second wave of coronavirus. He will drop his ‘back to work’ drive, announce restrictions on socialising and impose a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants from Thursday. Pubs and other venues will be allowed to serve seated customers … Read more
Boris Johnson will unveil a major crackdown on normal life today in a bid to halt a second wave of coronavirus. He will drop his ‘back to work’ drive, announce restrictions on socialising and impose a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants from Thursday. Pubs and other venues will be allowed to serve seated customers … Read more
1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had signed a deal with pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi Pasteur If the vaccine proves successful, the UK could begin to vaccinate priority groups, such as frontline health and social care workers and those at increased risk from coronavirus, as early … Read more
Matt Hancock admits Christmas wont be normal as he confirms vaccine roll out is unlikely before early 2021 Health Secretary spoke to Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning Said ‘as close to normal as possible’ was the best Christmas available this year Warned even that would be dependent on new rules being followed now … Read more
New care homes testing disgrace: Coronavirus screening results take up to 15 days to come back… and swabs are even thrown away because couriers fail to collect them Care homes are waiting up to 15 days for Covid test results, the Daily Mail reveal Results should be processed within 24 hours but the system is … Read more
Health secretary Matt Hancock promised 1.4million care workers lapel badges to honour their efforts in tackling Corona… but they STILL haven’t been delivered five months on The green Care badges would get same recognition and benefits as NHS staff Just 90,000 of them have been dispatched – the rest are gathering dust in boxes Care Badge … Read more
Matt Hancock has denied the Government failed to plan for a surge in demand for coronavirus tests, and claimed the spike at up to four times capacity was ‘very, very hard to predict’. Batting off criticism, he blamed the public of applying for tests when they didn’t have symptoms and accused Britons in self-isolation of … Read more
Vulnerable people living in care homes are ‘dying of loneliness,’ as they’re deprived from seeing families due to lockdown, while delays in testing have exposed ‘huge staff shortages,’ in the sector, it has been claimed. Baroness Ros Altmann, a former Minister of State for pensions, welcomed Matt Hancock‘s announcement yesterday that care home residents would … Read more
Blaming young people for spike in Covid-19 cases may encourage them to give up on social distancing and trigger a wave of cases, psychologists warn in letter to Matt Hancock More than 50 signatories have called on ministers to ‘reframe’ their statements They said blaming young people is ‘unproductive’ and will ‘make matters worse’ Boris … Read more