'The reason that a one-off payment is a bad policy is because whilst we're talking about six million families being affected, those families will change throughout the year – some will go back into work, some will come out – we've had at times in the pandemic 200,000 new claimants coming onto the system in a single month. … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson compares Labour ‘trolls’ to Trump supporters ‘inciting hatred’ as he accuses them of ‘intimidating and threatening’ Tory MPs over free school meals and Universal Credit votes
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Tory rebels demand Boris Johnson publish a ‘clear road map’ to begin easing the national lockdown from March 8 and warn there ‘cannot be any more excuses’
'That's why this week, we need a draft plan for the progressive lifting of restrictions from March 8 so that the public, businesses and scientists can use it as the basis for a sensible debate, as the Prime Minister suggested on Friday. … [Read more...] about Tory rebels demand Boris Johnson publish a ‘clear road map’ to begin easing the national lockdown from March 8 and warn there ‘cannot be any more excuses’
Airlines ‘urgently’ need government help to survive prolonged travel curbs, industry bosses warn, after Boris Johnson closed all air corridors
'They are likely to level off in a week - 10 days maybe - at a peak which is probably going to be bigger than the first wave peak of 1,000-a-day, but then should decline due the reductions in cases that we are seeing and, of course, the vaccine programme,' he told BBC Radio 4's The World At One. … [Read more...] about Airlines ‘urgently’ need government help to survive prolonged travel curbs, industry bosses warn, after Boris Johnson closed all air corridors
Boris Johnson plots workers’ rights ‘wrecking ball’ – all the times he said they were safe
3 February 2020: Boris Johnson moans of the “absurd caricature of Britain as a nation bent on the slash and burn of workers’ rights”. He slams the idea that we were “saved from Dickensian squalor” by EU rules and says the UK goes further. … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson plots workers’ rights ‘wrecking ball’ – all the times he said they were safe
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen take charge as Brexit talks reach end-game
Coronavirus latest news: Donald Trump begins treatment amid reports of breathing difficulty Boris Johnson vows to put 'Generation Buy' on the housing ladder 'Red Wall' war chest offered to northern MPs Boris Johnson facing new backbench rebellions over Covid Juliet Samuel: Priti Patel's loopy migration idea isn't quite as cruel or unusual as it looks Boris Johnson and Tory party conference latest news Subscribe to The Telegraph Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen will hold direct conversations "on a regular basis" in the hope of reaching a compromise on trade talks as the clock ticks down. … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen take charge as Brexit talks reach end-game