Keener than a terrier on two breakfasts, Jeremy Hunt got stuck into Matt Hancock: HENRY DEEDES watches another confrontation between the Health Secretary and his predecessor By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 23:56 GMT, 24 November 2020 Borg v McEnroe; Prost v Senna. Coe vs Ovett. … Read more
How will government decide what Tiers areas are put into? Boris Johnson has said the government will be ‘common-sensical’ about putting areas in Tiers, and his ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics that will be used to make the decision. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups; Case detection rates in the … Read more
How will government decide what Tiers areas are put into? Boris Johnson has said the government will be ‘common-sensical’ about putting areas in Tiers, and his ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics that will be used to make the decision. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups; Case detection rates in the … Read more
East Sussex, Herefordshire and Milton Keynes were the local authorities in England that suffered the biggest spikes in coronavirus cases during the most recent week, making them among the most likely to enter Tier Three rules when Boris Johnson announces England’s new local lockdowns on Thursday. Public Health England statistics show infection rates — the … Read more
How will government decide what Tiers areas are put into? Boris Johnson has said the government will be ‘common-sensical’ about putting areas in Tiers, and his ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics that will be used to make the decision. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups; Case detection rates in the … Read more
Britain today recorded 40 per cent fewer coronavirus cases than a week ago in another sign that England’s lockdown is working, as 11,299 more positive tests were declared — but deaths are at a six-month high. Today’s infections marked a fall of 43.6 per cent on the 20,051 recorded last Tuesday and a drop of 27 … Read more
Will the lockdown end next week? Yes. Boris Johnson has confirmed today that the lockdown will end on December 2 – next Wednesday – and it is thought this will come into effect at 00.01am that day. What will replace the lockdown? The lockdown will be replaced by a system of regional restrictions in three … Read more
Ministers could change the law to cut Britain’s foreign aid budget as part of sweeping economic reforms. The current rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP was enshrined in law by the Coalition government in 2015, but the current administration wants to cut it to 0.5 per cent. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to outline … Read more
Will the lockdown end next week? Yes. Boris Johnson has confirmed today that the lockdown will end on December 2 – next Wednesday – and it is thought this will come into effect at 00.01am that day. What will replace the lockdown? The lockdown will be replaced by a system of regional restrictions in three … Read more
East Sussex, Herefordshire and Milton Keynes were the local authorities in England that suffered the biggest spike in coronavirus cases during the most recent week, official data has revealed. Public Health England statistics show infection rates — the number of new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people — shot up by at least 50 per cent … Read more