‘Children will NEVER be forced to take a Covid test,’ says England’s deputy chief medical officer

England’s deputy chief medical officer has assured parents that pupils will never be forced to take a Covid-19 test amid concerns that some refused to let their children be checked. Hundreds of primary and secondary schools reopened today for the first time since January, when rising infection rates prompted England’s third national lockdown. All secondary … Read more

‘Children will NEVER be forced to take a Covid test,’ says England’s deputy chief medical officer

England’s deputy chief medical officer has assured parents that pupils will never be forced to take a Covid-19 test amid concerns that some refused to let their children be checked. Hundreds of primary and secondary schools reopened today for the first time since January, when rising infection rates prompted England’s third national lockdown. All secondary … Read more

Scottish Tories go ahead with vote of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon’s deputy

The Scottish Tories are set to go ahead with a vote of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon’s deputy this week as the Alex Salmond row rages. Conservatives are pressing on with the bid for Holyrood to censure John Swinney over the Scottish Government’s refusal to hand over full legal advice in the case. It relates … Read more

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner charged taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner charged the taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods among £2,100 Apple gadgets she claimed on expenses to help her WFH in pandemic Angela Rayner claimed a pair of £249 personalised Apple AirPods on expenses  Also claimed £1,619 iPad, £99 case, £199 keyboard, £131 pencil, £70 office chair MPs claimed … Read more

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner charged taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner charged the taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods among £2,100 Apple gadgets she claimed on expenses to help her WFH in pandemic Angela Rayner claimed a pair of £249 personalised Apple AirPods on expenses  Also claimed £1,619 iPad, £99 case, £199 keyboard, £131 pencil, £70 office chair MPs claimed … Read more

Chaotic council meeting which sees chairman and deputy thrown out takes internet by storm

Parish council planning and environment committee meetings are usually quite a dull and sleepy affair. But for the people of Handforth in Cheshire, one such event turned into an explosive trail of insults, power grabs and chaos as councillors lost control of what was meant to be a very simple agenda. Footage of the absurd meeting … Read more

Chaotic council meeting which sees chairman and deputy thrown out takes internet by storm

Parish council planning and environment committee meetings are usually quite a dull and sleepy affair. But for the people of Handforth in Cheshire, one such event turned into an explosive trail of insults, power grabs and chaos as councillors lost control of what was meant to be a very simple agenda. Footage of the absurd meeting … Read more

New 12-week jab policy will save MANY lives, says deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam

Last week, the UK became the first country in the world to authorise the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and this week we’ll be the first to start using it to inoculate people against Covid-19 – having already given more than a million people an initial first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Deploying this second vaccine is another … Read more

New 12-week jab policy will save MANY lives, says deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam

Last week, the UK became the first country in the world to authorise the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and this week we’ll be the first to start using it to inoculate people against Covid-19 – having already given more than a million people an initial first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Deploying this second vaccine is another … Read more

Dido Harding’s deputy in Test & Trace ‘lost it’ during months of chaos

Dido Harding’s deputy in Test & Trace ‘lost it’ during months of chaos and was forced to seek help from psychiatrist colleague Sarah-Jane Marsh acted as director of testing at Test & Trace until six weeks ago  She was forced to seek help from NHS psychiatrist colleague after ‘losing it’   Test & Trace cost £22billion … Read more