The United Kingdom officially announced a more loosened restriction for Britain beginning July 4 as the government prepares to revive the ailing economy. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday that safe distancing measures have been reduced to “over one metre” from two metres previously. This means that areas where staying two metres away […]
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sacked his shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing an article containing “an antisemitic conspiracy theory”. Starmer’s intervention follows a call from the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) who condemned Long-Bailey’s action and told her to apologise for the tweet and delete it. Long-Bailey’s tweet called actor […]
The government’s former chief scientist has warned that the loosening of lockdown rules – for England – announced today by the prime minister is “far too premature” and risks undoing “all the hard work” and sacrifice made since March. “The government’s own science advisers are saying exactly the same thing,” said Sir David King, who […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce on Tuesday his new plans for the coronavirus lockdown, among which are the reopening of the hospitality sector and the reduction of two-metre social distancing rule. ITV.com reported on Monday that Johnson will sit with chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer for England […]
The president of the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) has warned the UK is facing a “summer of discontent” after months of lockdown combine with a severe economic downturn, anti-racism protests, counter demonstrations by the far-right, and Brexit. “There are so many issues where so many have opposing views that there’s a risk of a sustained […]
Although the government’s initial response to Marcus Rashford’s open letter to MPs was a polite yet patronising rebuttal, Boris Johnson made a spectacular U-turn just days later. The Manchester United player who grew up in poverty and knows what it is like to depend on the vouchers made a case for solidarity, calling on MPs […]
The number of British people receiving work-related benefits soared by 126% between March and May as the number of people employed over the same period plunged by 600,000. Office of National Statistics figures released today show the early impact of the lockdown on the UK’s economy but experts have warned its full effect will not […]
The prime minister has been accused of “stoking fear and division” ahead of a weekend of anti-racist demonstrations and far-right counter-protests across a country still reeling from last weekend’s iconoclastic events in Bristol. That Boris Johnson’s highly contentious tweets – in which he called it “absurd” and “shameful” that the national monument to Winston Churchill […]
The discussions to define the future relationship between the UK and the EU haven’t been going well. But despite a growing number of voices calling to extend the Brexit transition period, the UK government plans to tell the EU this Friday, that it won’t be seeking an extension. MP Penny Mordaunt told the House of […]
Tens of thousands of anti-racism protestors across the UK have defied the government and police chiefs to join demonstrations against racism. “No justice, no peace” echoed around the country with protesters chanting the name of George Floyd, whose death by police in the US has sparked demonstrations under the Black Lives Matter banner around the […]