Rishi Sunak will splash the Covid cash again today vowing to use ‘full fiscal firepower’ to help the recovery – with furlough set to last until October. In a crucial Budget that could set the country’s path for years to come, the Chancellor will go big by extending the £53billion scheme for an extra five … Read more
Rishi Sunak will splash the Covid cash again today vowing to use ‘full fiscal firepower’ to help the recovery – with furlough set to last until October. In a crucial Budget that could set the country’s path for years to come, the Chancellor will go big by extending the £53billion scheme for an extra five … Read more
What are the sticking points in Brexit talks? FISHING The UK has insisted that it will take back control of its coastal waters from the end of the transition period. But the EU was demanding its fleets maintain previous levels of access – with Emmanuel Macron under particular pressure from the French fishing industry. … Read more
What are the sticking points in Brexit talks? FISHING The UK has insisted that it will take back control of its coastal waters from the end of the transition period. But the EU was demanding its fleets maintain previous levels of access – with Emmanuel Macron under particular pressure from the French fishing industry. … Read more
Stylists have offered Boris Johnson some tips on his hair ahead of crunch dinner talks in Brussels tonight. Freelance celebrity hairstylist James Johnson and the CEO of Pall Mall Barbers Richard Marshall questioned whether his barnet was done at home. TV viewers also hit out at the ‘scruffy’ politician who looked ‘like he’d been on … Read more
Boris Johnson warned ‘no PM’ would accept EU demands to obey its rules as he braces for a make-or-break dinner with Ursula von der Leyen tonight. Taking his regular Commons questions session ahead of the crunch talks, Mr Johnson insisted that a ‘good deal is still there to be done’ despite the increasingly bitter standoff. But … Read more
Boris Johnson will confront Ursula von der Leyen with ‘political realities’ at a crunch dinner tonight in a last-ditch bid to salvage a Brexit trade deal. The PM is preparing for a make-or-break moment with the EU commission president, amid warnings from both sides that a collapse in talks is now the most likely outcome. … Read more
How will government decide what Tiers areas are put into? Boris Johnson has said the government will be ‘common-sensical’ about putting areas in Tiers, and his ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics that will be used to make the decision. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups; Case detection rates in the … Read more
How will government decide what Tiers areas are put into? The government’s ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics that will be used to decide what Tiers areas fall into. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups; Case detection rates in the over 60s; The rate at which cases are rising or falling; … Read more
Crunch talks about how Covid restrictions will be lifted so Britons can see their loved ones this Christmas are continuing today as Boris Johnson warned that tough coronavirus curbs will last at least until Easter despite another stunning vaccine breakthrough yesterday. The Prime Minister is trying to do a deal with the devolved leaders of Wales, Scotland … Read more