"I'm not going to get drawn into what the chancellor is going to be doing, but there are a whole range of issues, a whole range of mitigations that we're looking at and I will always be on the side of business making that representation at the highest level of government." … [Read more...] about Ellesmere Port: Kwarteng says government is working to save Vauxhall car plant
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Boris Johnson will hold No10 press conference at 5pm today as up to 70 furious Tories demand ‘road map’ for lifting lockdown from March – amid fears he is ready to keep Covid restrictions in place until the SUMMER
There are early signs in Government data that number of people dying each day in London has turned a corner and started to decline in mid-January, with the daily average declining from 169 to 163 and falling for four days in a row between January 10 and 14 … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson will hold No10 press conference at 5pm today as up to 70 furious Tories demand ‘road map’ for lifting lockdown from March – amid fears he is ready to keep Covid restrictions in place until the SUMMER
Czechs question Germany’s cross-border COVID claims
Frantisek Navrkal, a member of the Czech Parliament for the Usti region from the opposition Pirate Party told DW the tightened restrictions were reasonable, given that "the Czech government is failing so badly to deal with the pandemic." He also hopes that the requirement could finally provide some concrete data on whether or not Czechs are carrying the virus into Germany. … [Read more...] about Czechs question Germany’s cross-border COVID claims
England’s Covid test and trace relying on inexperienced and poorly trained staff
Dr David Strain, a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School and the co-chair of the medical academic staff committee of the British Medical Association (BMA), said there was “a probability” that less qualified staff following a script would miss the subtle signs of coronavirus that healthcare professionals would pick up. … [Read more...] about England’s Covid test and trace relying on inexperienced and poorly trained staff
Foreign NHS workers could be denied Covid vaccine in England
A senior source at the NHS trust said the instruction was disproportionately likely to affect foreign nurses and people from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background who had not registered with a GP. “We’re basically being told to turn away ethnic minorities and foreigners, who are fundamental to delivery of healthcare in this country,” the source said. … [Read more...] about Foreign NHS workers could be denied Covid vaccine in England
