Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned social distancing measures put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic could extend into 2021. Sturgeon said a return to “the normal life that people knew” was “not on the cards in the near future” during the Scottish government’s daily press briefing in Edinburgh. The first minister published […]
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Boris Johnson’s government has resumed Brexit talks with the European Union after several rounds of meetings had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish government has called for a two year extension to the transition period as the clock ticks ever closer to the official December 31 deadline, when the transition period […]
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The NHS medical director has made a very public and impassioned plea for frontline workers to be given protective equipment, amid reports NHS staff are considering refusing to work without adequate PPE as stocks dwindle. Prof Stephen Powis warned the government, during today’s (April 18) Downing Street coronavirus daily briefing, that sufficient PPE must be […]
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Hundreds of migrant workers from Eastern Europe are being flown to the UK to pick and sort farm produce that would otherwise rot in the fields. The first of several planes carrying foreign farm food pickers landed at an empty Stansted airport, north of London, yesterday (April 16). Around 180 Romanian workers – wearing protective […]
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The United Kingdom has deferred a plan to install clean air zones in some areas in the cities following the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus. Called Clean air zones (CAZ), the projects were supposed to be installed this year in Birmingham, Leeds and Bath, to bar the dirtiest vehicles from urban centres by charges. […]
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The number of deaths recorded in England and Wales has hit a record high amidst warnings Britain’s GDP could shrink by 35% while unemployment may double to 3.4 million in the next two months. The dire forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) says the economy faces its biggest quarterly decline in at least […]
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Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Atlantic has provoked a backlash after asking the government for a £500 million bailout to help his airline through the economic impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The plea for financial support, made by the Virgin boss from his privately owned Caribbean island, has been condemned by […]
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The Prime Minister has been transferred to a ward at St Thomas’ Hospital following three nights treatment in an intensive care unit for coronavirus symptoms. “This is good news. I hope it is the beginnings of a speedy recovery”, tweeted Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer, who also announced the appointments to his Shadow Cabinet […]
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A cross-party group of more than 60 MPs has called on the government to honour foreign nationals working in the NHS by giving them ‘leave to remain’ status. Home secretary Priti Patel has been urged by the MPs to say “those who have put their lives at risk for our country are welcome to live […]
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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care and has received oxygen support as he battles against Covid-19. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has stepped in to temporarily take over Johnson’s duties and lead the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. Cabinet secretary Michael Gove said the PM was “receiving the very, very best care […]
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