Robert Buckland blames new lockdown on people failing to self-isolate

Robert Buckland today blamed the new coronavirus lockdown on people failing to self-isolate when they have been told to as Tory MPs signalled they will not back national restrictions again.  The Justice Secretary said a refusal to stick to quarantine rules after testing positive or coming into close contact with someone who has was ‘one … Read more

Robert Buckland blames new lockdown on people failing to self-isolate

Robert Buckland today blamed the new coronavirus lockdown on people failing to self-isolate when they have been told to as Tory MPs signalled they will not back national restrictions again.  The Justice Secretary said a refusal to stick to quarantine rules after testing positive or coming into close contact with someone who has was ‘one … Read more

Travel bosses urge Dominic Raab to lift the travel ban on ‘low-risk’ foreign holidays

Travel bosses urge Dominic Raab to lift the travel ban on ‘low-risk’ foreign holidays when the second lockdown comes to an end Travel bosses urged Dominic Raab to lift the blanket ban on ‘non-essential travel’ They have asked the Foreign Secretary to allow holidays that pose a ‘low-risk’   All outbound international travel banned apart from … Read more

Travel bosses urge Dominic Raab to lift the travel ban on ‘low-risk’ foreign holidays

Travel bosses urge Dominic Raab to lift the travel ban on ‘low-risk’ foreign holidays when the second lockdown comes to an end Travel bosses urged Dominic Raab to lift the blanket ban on ‘non-essential travel’ They have asked the Foreign Secretary to allow holidays that pose a ‘low-risk’   All outbound international travel banned apart from … Read more

Rishi Sunak to set out lockdown business support today

Rishi Sunak will set out Government’s business support for second national lockdown TODAY as the Chancellor warns the new shutdown will have ‘significant additional impacts’ on the economy and society Rishi Sunak is to deliver a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon Chancellor to set out Government’s support for firms during second lockdown … Read more

SIMON WALTERS:Cold-blooded revenge of a woman scorned…

Of all the low points in Theresa May’s three tortured years in Downing Street, few were more humiliating than the moment Boris Johnson walked out of her Cabinet. She had summoned senior ministers to the Prime Minister’s official country residence, Chequers, in July 2018 to get them to support her Brexit deal with the EU.  … Read more

SIMON WALTERS:Cold-blooded revenge of a woman scorned…

Of all the low points in Theresa May’s three tortured years in Downing Street, few were more humiliating than the moment Boris Johnson walked out of her Cabinet. She had summoned senior ministers to the Prime Minister’s official country residence, Chequers, in July 2018 to get them to support her Brexit deal with the EU.  … Read more

MPs APPROVE national lockdown by 516 to 38 despite major Tory revolt

MPs tonight agreed to Boris Johnson’s brutal national lockdown despite the Prime Minister suffering a major Tory revolt – with Theresa May accusing the Government of mangling figures to force the policy through as she refused to vote for the measures. The extreme restrictions were approved by a margin of 516 to 38 in the Commons, … Read more

Boris could HALVE self-isolation for those who test positive for Covid to seven days ‘this week’

Boris Johnson could HALVE the self-isolation period for those who test positive for coronavirus to seven days ‘this week’ after PM declares ‘big push’ to get Britons to comply with the quarantine rules Ministers will reduce period to between 10 and seven days as soon as this week Polling suggests that people will do as … Read more

NHS is treating 22 hospitals’ worth of coronavirus patients – but ICU is no busier than normal

Sir Simon Stevens – NHS England’s chief executive – said the move to level four was in response to the ‘serious situation ahead’ The NHS will move back to its highest alert level from midnight tonight in anticipation of a wave of coronavirus hospital admissions in the coming weeks.  Sir Simon Stevens – NHS England’s chief … Read more