Struggling test and trace programme now forced to bring in super-management consultants from KPMG to try and get back on track Government is preparing to draft in a new team to bolster the £10billion scheme Consultants are expected to start within 72 hours and remain for six months It comes as Boris Johnson sounded Covid … Read more
Before our 30 volunteers started on the Fast800 programme, they recorded their weight and their waist measurements. As well as losing 39 st 8 lb between them, they lost an impressive 9 ft 8 in from their waistlines. Here, six of those who took part reveal how they did it. CUT OUT CRISPS Clare Pass, … Read more
Former Today programme editor slams ‘entitled’ young BBC staff who ‘expect to have their view of the world on air’ after new director-general said ‘bias has no place’ at the broadcaster Sarah Sands suggested workers at the BBC cannot understand right-wing views The journalist said impartiality is still key for the BBC, but ‘respect is … Read more
Covid has affected everyone, but one group of workers has been especially hit. They can no longer do what they have done for generations, if not centuries. And yet their plight has attracted surprisingly little attention, let alone concern. They are members of the Royal Family. Their job is mostly to rush around the country … Read more
Diane Abbott leads calls for government to scrap ‘toxic, counter-productive’ Prevent counter-terrorism programme Labour’s Diane Abbott said the terror Prevent programme is ‘counter-productive’ Zarah Sultana said people were reported for reading text books for their degrees Prevent aims to stop people becoming terrorists or by supporting terrorism Ms Abbott said the government should be seeking … Read more
Government’s ‘reckless, rushed-out’ test and trace programme breaks data protection law, rights group says Department of Health admitted it did not carry out privacy impact assessment This has led campaigners to claim test and trace programme breaks data laws The government insists that there is no evidence of data being used unlawfully By Danyal Hussain … Read more
Ministers are preparing to roll out the ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’, the Health Secretary promised today. Matt Hancock claimed Number 10 had procured enough jabs to vaccinate a record-breaking number of Britons on the NHS this winter. Experts have warned that a flu outbreak in the colder months could wreak havoc on the NHS, … Read more
BBC Radio 4’s PM programme editor will move to the Today show from September, replacing current editor Sarah Sands. Bafta and International Emmy award-winning editor Ms Griffiths has more than 25 years’ journalistic experience, having previously led teams at Newsround and the World at One. She previously worked for the Today programme for nine years. … Read more
Boris Johnson will today promise a ‘New Deal’ to rebuild Britain. As a major English city is plunged back into a local lockdown, the Prime Minister will pledge to ‘build, build, build’, bringing forward a massive programme of public works. He will say Britain can ‘not just bounce back, but bounce forward – stronger and better … Read more
The Today programme – BBC Radio 4’s flagship show – has demoted its editor position to a ‘toothless’ new ‘executive’ role with less power to set the news agenda. BBC bosses are also planning to cut the number of live political interviews on the programme as part of the corporation’s plan to save £80 million. … Read more