The end of ‘Stay Home’? Government ‘prepares to ditch’ its hard-hitting lockdown PR strategy to move on to second phase of coronavirus response Number 10 is working with Australian strategist who helped Tories crush Labour Response’s phase one saw stark warnings issued in newspapers and online Featured NHS workers wearing masks and warned anyone could … Read more
Dominic Raab today blasted ‘irresponsible’ critics for demanding the UK government set out how it will ease the nation’s coronavirus lockdown. Tory donors, Cabinet ministers and Sir Keir Starmer have all told Boris Johnson he must publish his strategy for loosening restrictions as the Prime Minister prepares to return to work tomorrow. But Mr Raab … Read more
Gavin Williamson tonight dismissed calls to spell out an ‘exit strategy’ from coronavirus lockdown – despite claims ministers want schools to reopen after May 11. The Education Secretary defied a growing clamour for clarity, insisting he could not ‘give a date’ for pupils to get back to the classroom. The comments came amid the first … Read more
Ministers are underestimating the public by refusing to discuss exit strategies for ending the coronavirus lockdown, senior Tory MPs have warned. The Government has set out what needs to happen before it will consider lifting the measures, but there has been no detail on how the easing of restrictions will take place. Tory backbenchers and … Read more
Ministers are failing to take decisions on the lockdown ‘exit strategy’ because Boris Johnson is off work, Keir Starmer has claimed. The Labour leader said the government had not acted ‘quickly enough’ throughout the crisis as he insisted it need to show the public how normal life might start to return. He accused Foreign Secretary … Read more
A former WHO executive and Number 10 advisor has today revealed his four-step strategy to ease Britain out of its draconian coronavirus lockdown. Professor Karol Sikora, ex-director of the UN body’s cancer unit and former member of the Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Group on cancer, said the first step would be to let small … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer urges government to publish their lockdown exit strategy this week – but insists his Labour party will back extending restrictions when they are reviewed on Thursday Labour leader said ministers should publish lockdown exit strategy this week Sir Keir Starmer said his party would back extension of restrictions on Thursday But he … Read more