Matt Hancock suggests ‘no excuse’ for people not to return to their desks

Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggests there is ‘no excuse’ for people not to return to their desks – claiming ‘relatively low’ number have caught coronavirus at work – as he rules out forcing staff to wear face masks Matt Hancock says UK not planning to follow France’s lead on wearing of masks Masks or face … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Banks must stop using the pandemic as an excuse

At the beginning of this crisis I wrote, ‘If banks fail us now, they will never be forgiven.’ We bailed them out in 2008. It was their turn to save us. Yet nearly five months on, there are queues lining the streets because branch hours have been slashed, customers are being refused help at the … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Brussels is using Covid-19 as an excuse to put off Brexit

Brexit! So you thought it had happened? Not exactly. Britain may have left the EU, but its crucial future trading relations with the bloc are still being discussed, and in an unproductive and acrimonious way. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has popped up in a Sunday newspaper warning Boris Johnson that he must keep … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Coronavirus no excuse for axeing banks

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Coronavirus lockdown must not be an excuse for axeing bank branches By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 2 May 2020 Lockdown’s damaging impact on the UK economy has yet to be confirmed in hard numbers, but if you believe the experts, … Read more