Labour shadow minister Rosena Allin-Khan sparks fury with ‘fake tweet’ featuring a picture of a nurse in SPAIN as she attacks Matt Hancock over PPE ‘cronyism’ contracts while NHS medics had to wear bin bags during shortages By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 17:40 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 17:52 GMT, 25 … Read more
Are vaccine passports imperative if this country is ever going to return to normality? Or do they represent another unacceptable infringement of our liberties, as well as being deeply impractical? The Government until recently has leant towards the second view. Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccines minister, dismissed vaccine passports earlier this month as ‘discriminatory’. Only 10 … Read more
Gavin Williamson has claimed there are no coronavirus vaccine supply issues, despite Britain’s roll-out suffering its worst slump in a month. The Education Secretary insisted today there was ‘no problem’ with deliveries of doses and said ‘there will always be some days’ when uptake dips lower. Figures show just 150,000 Covid vaccines jabs were dished … Read more
Matt Hancock today claimed the new cases of coronavirus ‘variants of concern’ are falling despite a Public Health England update showing they higher than last week. The Health Secretary said confirmed cases of these mutated versions of the virus are ‘fallen quite sharply’ and that only 12 were discovered last week, boasting ‘the measures we … Read more
Matt Hancock today claimed the new cases of coronavirus ‘variants of concern’ are falling despite a Public Health England update showing they higher than last week. The Health Secretary said confirmed cases of these mutated versions of the virus are ‘fallen quite sharply’ and that only 12 were discovered last week, boasting ‘the measures we … Read more
Matt Hancock today warned that the Covid vaccine rollout will suffer a dip this week — but there will be a bump in March to compensate for the lag. The Health Secretary said a delay in the supply schedule will result in less jabs being dished out. But both AstraZeneca and Pfizer — manufacturers of … Read more
Matt Hancock today slapped down Professor Neil Ferguson after he suggested the government’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown could be speeded up if things go well. The Health Secretary insisted there is no question of the timetable for easing restrictions being upgraded despite the unusually optimistic view from the leading epidemiologist. The spat came amid growing … Read more
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, pictured in Downing Street earlier this month, wants a meeting with Facebook this week Downing Street blasted Facebook today over its continued blockade of Australian news websites, with a threat to take on the social media giant in the UK. No10 today said Britain would be ‘robust in defending free speech … Read more
Today, Boris Johnson will take the first step on a ‘cautious – but irreversible’ journey towards bringing the country out of lockdown as he sets out his roadmap for the next few months. Cautious because of what happened in December last year when a short period of loosening caused a huge spike in cases; irreversible … Read more
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden ‘to confront Facebook this week’ over blocking news in Australia as Matt Hancock backs making social media giants pay for publishing links to stories Matt Hancock said he is a ‘great admirer’ of Canada and Australia in interview Both are trying to make the social media giant pay publishers for sharing … Read more