Keir Starmer demands rethink on 10pm pubs curfew when lockdown ends

Sir Keir Starmer today demanded a rethink on the 10pm pubs curfew after the blanket lockdown ends in England, insisting it had not worked’.  The Labour leader raised the prospect that he could withdraw support for the controversial policy – leaving Boris Johnson at the mercy of a major Tory rebellion. The hospitality industry, along … Read more

Keir Starmer demands rethink on 10pm pubs curfew when lockdown ends

Sir Keir Starmer today demanded a rethink on the 10pm pubs curfew after the blanket lockdown ends in England, insisting it had not worked’.  The Labour leader raised the prospect that he could withdraw support for the controversial policy – leaving Boris Johnson at the mercy of a major Tory rebellion. The hospitality industry, along … Read more

Tories demand lockdown ends early amid claims PM fears he was ‘bounced’

Tories are urging an end the blanket lockdown before December 2 amid claims Boris Johnson believes he was bounced into the extreme curbs. Senior MPs said the PM should not keep the restrictions in place for the full month just to ‘maximise the pain’, amid early signs that the surge is already levelling out.   Mr Johnson … Read more

‘So excited to see actual people’: Welsh cry freedom as 17-day ‘firebreak’ ends today

Freedom was embraced by Welsh families today as the country came out of its 17-day firebreak coronavirus lockdown – but newly reopened businesses warned the English they were not welcome for now. The restrictions were finally lifted after the government imposed the strict shutdown last months against a backdrop of rocketing Covid-19 cases. It prompted … Read more

‘So excited to see actual people’: Welsh cry freedom as 17-day ‘firebreak’ ends today

Freedom was embraced by Welsh families today as the country came out of its 17-day firebreak coronavirus lockdown – but newly reopened businesses warned the English they were not welcome for now. The restrictions were finally lifted after the government imposed the strict shutdown last months against a backdrop of rocketing Covid-19 cases. It prompted … Read more

Google ends Screenwise Meter’s audience measurement app

Without any major announcement, Google has ended the time of its audience measurement app, Screenwise Meter as well as its rewards program. Users of the program who are set to receive incentives for letting the app record their web browsing habits are told to delete the app from the devices and claim their rewards within … Read more

Wales will get a ‘basic set of national restrictions’ after 17-day firebreak lockdown ends

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford boasts ‘life will resume’ with schools, gyms, shops and churchs back open on November 9 thanks to his 17-day ‘firebreak’ lockdown… four days after England starts its draconian squeeze People would be urged to work remotely but life would largely be able to resume  Yet he warned of a return … Read more

Wales will get a ‘basic set of national restrictions’ after 17-day firebreak lockdown ends

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford boasts ‘life will resume’ with schools, gyms, shops and churchs back open on November 9 thanks to his 17-day ‘firebreak’ lockdown… four days after England starts its draconian squeeze People would be urged to work remotely but life would largely be able to resume  Yet he warned of a return … Read more

More than TWO MILLION workers STILL on furlough by mid October, as support scheme ends this weekend 

Nearly one in every 13 workers in the UK may have been on furlough as of mid-October, just weeks before the Government support scheme comes to an end this weekend. Figures from the Office of National Statistics showed 7.5% of the workforce was receiving support from the Government between October 5 and 18, which would … Read more

Get set for the Halloween horror show as furlough ends

Ever since the coronavirus crippled the UK, hundreds of billions of pounds of aid have been on offer to those worst affected. But now some of that support will be pulled on Halloween.  The generous furlough scheme will end, and mortgage and loan holidays will be taken off the table — along with interest-free overdrafts.  … Read more