Dido Harding admits her under-performing NHS Test and Trace operation needs to take a ‘big leap forward’ to help the country get through the second lockdown but tells the CBI: ‘We will crack this’ Tory peer admitted the operation needed to get faster and better at using data She found time to take part in … Read more
AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES The pair admitted what one MP called the ‘avalanche of data’ they presented in Saturday’s briefing may have been too much to handle for the public. Sir Patrick said: ‘I would always like to get things simpler than they were and clearer … Read more
Fears England may have jumped the gun with a second national lockdown grew today after top scientists claimed the R rate has already dropped to the crucial level of one and that Covid-19 cases are actually ‘flatlining’. King’s College London academics, who have been tracking the size of the coronavirus outbreak since the summer, argued … Read more
Spitting Image awaits! Boy, 7, delights GMB viewers with ‘brilliant’ Nicola Sturgeon impression after dressing up as First Minister for Halloween – while his brother mimics Boris Johnson Brothers Jacob and Lucas Ferguson appeared on Good Morning Britain today Seven-year-old Jacob delighted First Minister after dressing as her on Halloween Viewers were delighted at the impersonations and hailed … Read more
NHS hospitals in England appear quieter than usual for this time of year even though they are treating more than 9,000 patients with coronavirus. A leaked document claims 84 per cent of all hospital beds were occupied across the country yesterday, which is lower than the 92 per cent recorded during autumn last year. Prime … Read more
Boris Johnson could HALVE the self-isolation period for those who test positive for coronavirus to seven days ‘this week’ after PM declares ‘big push’ to get Britons to comply with the quarantine rules Ministers will reduce period to between 10 and seven days as soon as this week Polling suggests that people will do as … Read more
The Scottish Tory leader has warned that Boris Johnson is fuelling support for independence and must ‘reflect’ on his performance during the pandemic. Douglas Ross said the PM was a worse communicator than Nicola Sturgeon, amid mounting concern about the separatist drive north of the border. The bruising comments came as the Scottish Conservatives move … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing demands to release the estimate of the economic hit from coronavirus lockdown as ministers desperately scramble to defuse a Tory revolt before a crunch vote tomorrow. The PM told his Cabinet this morning that the draconian month-long restrictions in England were essential to avoid ‘fatalities running in the thousands’. He said the … Read more
Teaching unions are ramping up strike threats over their demands for the Government to close schools during the second national coronavirus lockdown. Boris Johnson has insisted schools will remain open during the shutdown, which will start on Thursday, but union bosses are adamant they should close, labelling them an ‘engine for virus transmission’. They claim … Read more
Second lockdown WILL end next month, Boris Johnson insists as he faces a major Tory rebellion over new restrictions Boris Johnson insisted last night that second lockdown will end next month Prime Minister made comments during a two-hour grilling in the Commons Warned course of action is only way to head off ‘medical and moral … Read more