‘New Deal’ spending spree to boost Britain’s recovery “Boris Johnson will promise today to lead Britain out of the coronavirus crisis with an economic recovery plan as bold as Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal. The prime minister is announcing a £5 billion programme of accelerated capital spending on hospitals, roads, rail, prisons, courts, schools and […]
UK’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill resigns… “The UK’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill has resigned from his three-pronged role as cabinet secretary, national security adviser and head of the civil service. Sedwill announced his resignation today and will step down from his role in September, after 30 years in the civil service. […]
Johnson 1) Build, build, build. He trails his big domestic policy speech. “In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, the Prime Minister promises a building blitz of hospitals, schools, housing developments and ‘shovel-ready’ road and rail infrastructure projects, while an ‘opportunity guarantee’ will aim to save the jobs of workers who have lost […]
Sunak signals he’s ‘not about to cut VAT’ as incomes are in ‘good shape’ “The Chancellor has played down reports he is set to cut VAT, saying the economic challenge posed by coronavirus is a matter of “psychology” rather than “income”. Rishi Sunak insisted household finances were in “reasonably good shape” thanks to the Government’s furlough […]
Sunseekers risk new coronavirus spike as beaches crammed “Britain’s most senior doctor has said that coronavirus will flare up again if people do not enjoy summer more responsibly after official figures suggested that cases had stopped falling. The warning came as huge crowds gathered on beaches, largely ignoring social distancing, with police declaring a major […]
‘Blue Wall’ MPs put on standby for major speech on ‘rebuilding Britain’ Tory MPs have been put on standby for a major launch of Boris Johnson’s ambitious plan for rebuilding Britain in the coming weeks. Party whips have told backbenchers to prepare for a big push highlighting the Prime Minister’s blueprint for modernising the country’s […]
Coronavirus 1) Johnson announces that lockdown will be lifted on July 4th “Boris Johnson hailed the beginning of the end of Britain’s “national hibernation” on Tuesday as he announced the biggest return of freedoms since lockdown began. The Prime Minister said families and friends will be able to mingle indoors and even go on holiday […]
Johnson expected to ease lockdown measures “Boris Johnson will on Tuesday reject misgivings from some leading scientists and press ahead with a plan to cut England’s contentious two-metre social-distancing rule, as he adds cinemas, galleries and museums to the list of premises able to reopen on July 4. Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers will also […]
Lockdown exit 1) ‘One metre-plus’ to be new social distancing rule “Boris Johnson is poised to announce a new “one metre plus” rule for all venues, including shops, restaurants, schools, offices, and parks, in an overhaul designed to unlock swathes of the economy. The move, which would take effect from July 4, is understood to […]
Three stabbed to death in knife attack “Horror struck the home counties on Saturday night after three people were stabbed to death and two others were left in a critical condition following a frenzied broad daylight attack at a park in Reading town centre. Sources told The Sunday Telegraph it was understood a suspect arrested […]
End of lockdown in sight… “Boris Johnson is preparing to end the “big national lockdown” with a raft of announcements to reopen England in the next fortnight after the official threat rating from coronavirus was reduced for the first time. The government’s scientific advisers have given the go-ahead for the two-metre social distancing rule to […]
Coronavirus app failure ‘leaves tracing plan in disarray’ “A smartphone app to track the spread of Covid-19 may never be released, ministers admitted yesterday, as they abandoned a three-month attempt to create their own version of the technology. Matt Hancock, the health secretary, announced that the government was scrapping its coronavirus contact-tracing app to focus on […]
Get all children back to school, doctors tell Johnson “More than 1,600 paediatricians have called on Boris Johnson to reopen schools or risk “scarring the life chances” of a generation of children. In an open letter to the prime minister they said that vulnerable children were suffering while schools remained shut during the lockdown. The letter, signed […]
Dexamethasone declared first drug to save lives of coronavirus patients “The world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to save lives is being given to NHS patients after a “huge breakthrough” by British scientists. Dexamethasone, a decades-old steroid that costs about 50p per day, was found to reduce Covid-19 deaths by up to one third for the sickest […]
Coronavirus 1) Number of workers on payroll falls by 600,000 “The number of workers on UK payrolls dived more than 600,000 between March and May, official figures suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of job vacancies in May had also fallen to a record low. The figures reflect the impact of […]