Robert Jenrick reveals plans to slash red tape and hand automatic approval to hospitals and schools

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick reveals plans to slash red tape and hand automatic approval to new hospitals and schools in radical shake-up of ‘complex and slow’ planning laws ‘Once-in-a-generation’ reform will give automatic planning approval to homes Land will be split into three types with some areas earmarked for ‘growth’ Reforms form the backbone of … Read more

Over 50s could face stay at home order in ‘nuclear plans’ drawn up by Boris Johnson

A large number of overs 50s could be given orders to stay at home as part of Boris Johnson’s ‘nuclear plans’ to avoid another national lockdown. In a more ‘segmented approach’ to dealing with future lockdowns, people aged between 50 and 70 would be given personalised risk ratings – taking into accounts factors like their … Read more

Over 50s could face stay at home order in ‘nuclear plans’ drawn up by Boris Johnson

A large number of overs 50s could be given orders to stay at home as part of Boris Johnson’s ‘nuclear plans’ to avoid another national lockdown. In a more ‘segmented approach’ to dealing with future lockdowns, people aged between 50 and 70 would be given personalised risk ratings – taking into accounts factors like their … Read more

Councils in infection hotspots launch action plans in bid to stop surge in COVID cases

Council chiefs in infection hotspots around England are launching action plans in a bid to stop a surge in coronavirus cases and prevent more local lockdowns. Eden in Cumbria, Sandwell in the Midlands, Northampton, Peterborough, Rotherham and Wakefield were yesterday revealed as six places which are on the government’s coronavirus ‘watch-list’, but have yet to … Read more

Councils in infection hotspots launch action plans in bid to stop surge in COVID cases

Council chiefs in infection hotspots around England are launching action plans in a bid to stop a surge in coronavirus cases and prevent more local lockdowns. Eden in Cumbria, Sandwell in the Midlands, Northampton, Peterborough, Rotherham and Wakefield were yesterday revealed as six places which are on the government’s coronavirus ‘watch-list’, but have yet to … Read more

Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children

Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children from Syria to return them to the UK as wards of court and bring them up in care A small number of British children are being held in Syria after the fall of ISIS  The Government wants the children returned to the UK … Read more

Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children

Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children from Syria to return them to the UK as wards of court and bring them up in care A small number of British children are being held in Syria after the fall of ISIS  The Government wants the children returned to the UK … Read more

Britons urged to get checked whenever they feel unwell amid plans to make testing more accessible

Britons are being urged to book a virus test whenever they feel unwell under plans to alter the nation’s mindset on testing. Baroness Harding, chairman of the test and trace programme, has promised to make testing more accessible to the public with the rollout of 200 new walk-in centres. She has pledged that the Government … Read more

A QUARTER of Britons say Spain quarantine has made them rethink their holiday plans

EXCLUSIVE: A QUARTER of Britons say the introduction of coronavirus quarantine for Spain has made them rethink their holiday plans and a THIRD are now less likely to go abroad this summer Some 25 per cent said they were considering changes in light of the decision  More than a third said they were now less … Read more

You’ll have to BOOK an A&E appointment this winter: NHS told plans for patients to ‘call first’

Patients will be asked to book an A&E appointment by calling 111 this winter, NHS bosses have been told.  The plans, revealed in a board meeting for NHS England and NHS Improvement yesterday, are set to be put in place before December.  But hospitals will not turn away patients who turn up without calling ahead … Read more