The sex embargo that’s been in place in England due to lockdown is set to conclude this weekend, but only for some couples. Boris Johnson announced that two separate households in England will be permitted to unite together in a support bubble in some cases and that from one minute past midnight this Saturday, twoContinue reading “Lockdown Sex Prohibition In England Concludes This Weekend”
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Priti Patel Could Face Axe As Home Secretary
Priti Patel is among three Cabinet ministers predicted to lose their positions for not backing Dominic Cummings. No 10 ordered ministers to tweet backing for Boris Johnson’s top aide as the public erupted with indignity over his flouting of lockdown but the Home Secretary, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and International Trade boss Liz Truss disregardedContinue reading “Priti Patel Could Face Axe As Home Secretary”
Top Scientists Issue Severe Warnings
We finally know more about Boris Johnson’s coronavirus response after important scientific documents were exposed to the country with more than a dozen papers being published that show precisely how the government’s scientific advice during the pandemic unfolded. The documents from SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) show Boris Johnson eventually imposed the lockdown afterContinue reading “Top Scientists Issue Severe Warnings”
There’s No Magic Wand
Britain’s health minister said that he would like to wave a magic want to get huge quantities of personal protective equipment for health workers fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak but that there was a global deficit. Matt Hancock defended plans for NHS staff to reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) because he doesn’t have a magicContinue reading “There’s No Magic Wand”
Coronavirus: The EU Ventilator System Mix Up
The government said that there was a communications mix-up which meant that they missed the deadline to join an EU scheme to get more ventilators for the coronavirus crisis. Ministers were further accused of putting Brexit before public well-being when Downing Street said that the United Kingdom had chosen to pursue its own scheme, butContinue reading “Coronavirus: The EU Ventilator System Mix Up”
Coronavirus: Weak Zero-Hour Workers Are Led Into Choosing Between Isolation And Food
MPs are demanding an emergency law to stop thousands of zero-hour and part-time workers being left poverty-stricken by Coronavirus as Unions and Labour sounded the alarm over the government’s sick pay laws amid concerns huge numbers of people in the United Kingdom may need to self isolate as a precaution. Statutory Sick Pay doesn’t coverContinue reading “Coronavirus: Weak Zero-Hour Workers Are Led Into Choosing Between Isolation And Food”
Jeremy Corbyn Meets Families Who Were Hit By Floods
Jeremy Corbyn visited flood-hit families while Boris Johnson proceeded to evade demands to see for himself the destruction unleashed by Storm Dennis. The Prime Minister was also still resisting requests to trigger a COBRA meeting to organise attempts to assist householders battered by the destruction. The Labour leader toured flood-damaged homes in Rhydyfelin near PontypriddContinue reading “Jeremy Corbyn Meets Families Who Were Hit By Floods”
Priti Patel Left Officials Trembling
Merciless Priti Patel left officials trembling with her demanding behaviour as a Minister, and the Home Secretary has been accused of attempting to expel a senior civil servant, as her department was plunged into a tumultuous bullying row. The Home Secretary reportedly demanded the removal of her permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam, who’s said toContinue reading “Priti Patel Left Officials Trembling”
Rebecca Long-Bailey Has Said She Won’t Compromise
Rebecca Long-Bailey has recommitted herself to Labour’s promise to discard Universal Credit, stating she will not compromise on axing the six in one benefit. The left-wing leadership hopeful repeated Jeremy Corbyn’s strategy of ditching the Tory reform following years of objections and delays and replacing it with a new policy. All three leading competitors forContinue reading “Rebecca Long-Bailey Has Said She Won’t Compromise”
Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Living Without A Fridge In Britain
A charity alleged that hundreds of thousands of people in the United Kingdom are living without a fridge and it exposed the shocking figure to highlight what it described as millions living in poverty without necessary white goods. The charity commissioned a study of 2,017 people earning less than £35,000 in December 2018 by privateContinue reading “Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Living Without A Fridge In Britain”