Keir Starmer tore into Dominic Raab over coronavirus testing and PPE blunders today as he made his debut as Labour leader at the first ‘virtual’ PMQs. Standing in for Boris Johnson in the Commons, the Foreign Secretary defended the painful progress towards the target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. … Read more
Care Minister Helen Whately was savaged during a series of brutal interviews this morning as she struggled to provide answers to key questions on the supply of PPE, deaths of frontline workers and testing errors. Ms Whately suffered four car crash grillings after she was sent out to bat for the government by Downing Street. … Read more
An RAF transport plane carrying personal protective equipment (PPE) from Turkey has finally arrived in the UK at RAF Brize Norton. The shipment had been due to arrive Sunday and was supposed to have been carrying 84 tonnes of vital PPE including 400,000 gowns. But it was this morning reported that the aircraft the shipment … Read more
An RAF transport plane flying in desperately needed PPE has finally left Turkey after it was previously meant to arrive on Sunday. Pictured on the tarmac at Istanbul airport early this morning, the RAF transport plane is being loaded up with vital equipment desperately needed by frontline healthcare workers in the UK. The Atlas A400, which the … Read more
He’s off his trolley! Shopper takes PPE to a new level by browsing supermarket shelves in a full-body latex gimp suit as he picks up essentials for an elderly friend The shopper in Colchester, Essex was browsing for essentials in the local Tesco The self-declared ‘Gimp Man of Essex’ was dressed head-to-toe in the black … Read more
A senior civil servant has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after claiming ministers took a ‘political decision’ to deliberately snub an EU scheme to buy PPE. Sir Simon McDonald told MPs it had been a ‘political decision’ by the Government not to take part in Brussels-orchestrated efforts to bulk-buy protective equipment because ‘We left … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s ministers deliberately snubbed EU efforts to buy equipment to help the fight against coronavirus – despite claiming it had been an accident, a senior civil servant revealed today. Sir Simon McDonald told MPs it had been a ‘political decision’ by the Government not to take part in Brussels-orchestrated efforts to bulk-buy protective equipment. … Read more
Pictured for the first time empty and stuck on the tarmac in Istanbul airport, this is the RAF transport plane that remains grounded in Turkey while it waits to collect 84 tons of desperately-needed PPE supplies. The Atlas A400 remains unloaded, sources have told MailOnline, with the vital life-saving equipment nowhere to be seen at the … Read more
Piers Morgan slammed a government minister today over his failure to ensure NHS staff treating coronavirus patients have the protective equipment they need. The Good Morning Britain presenter criticised Local Government Minister Simon Clarke over his ‘shameful’ handling of the problem during the pandemic. Morgan said Mr Clarke ‘didn’t have a clue’ how many healthcare … Read more
Ministers face fresh fury today as a vital shipment of coronavirus protective kit from Turkey looks set to be delayed again – with some hospitals resorting to washing medical gowns for reuse. Downing Street has been trying to play down expectations over the arrival of 84 tonnes of life-saving supplies, which failed to turn up … Read more