Coronavirus UK: SAGE says there’ll be ‘substantial degree of death’ post-lockdown

The UK will still have to live with ‘substantial’ levels of Covid deaths after lockdowns come to an end because the virus won’t go away, one of the Government’s scientific advisers said today. Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious disease expert based at University College London and a member of SAGE, said he believes ‘we’ve been … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: At this rate, there’ll be nowhere left for our savings except under the mattressĀ 

Free banking (for those in credit) is not the birth-right of every Briton, but we treasure it as if it were. So can you imagine the fury if it ended? Even more so, if, when it happened, the Government said to the public: sorry, but it’s nothing to do with us. Yet this now seems … Read more

UK car production falls 95% in May and there’ll not be a scrappage scheme

Around 5,300 cars were produced by UK factories in May compared to 116,000 in the same month a year ago, latest industry figures have confirmed. Motor manufacturing fell by 95.4 per cent last month, with vehicle plants ‘severely held back by social distancing requirements and reduced demand’, said trade body, Society of Motor Manufacturers and … Read more