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‘Deeply disturbing’ – Met police criticised for clashes at Sarah Everard vigil

13 March 202119 January 2024Joe Cahal

The Metropolitan Police has been criticised for “grabbing and manhandling” women at a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard following clashes with mourners and protestors at London’s Clapham Common. Scuffles broke out when officers tried to remove speakers from a bandstand covered with floral tributes for the 33-year-old at what had been a peaceful vigil, […]

Whitty warns ‘a lot more people will die’ if lockdown is lifted too early

9 March 202119 January 2024Joe Cahal

The chief medical officer for England has warned “a lot more people will die” if the government lifts lockdown restrictions too soon. Chris Whitty told MPs on Tuesday (March 9) that despite the vaccine roll-out he expected a “significant” and “substantial” surge in Covid infections given there is “nothing to suggest the virus is going […]

Budget 2021 – £65n boost for business but focus is biggest tax hikes for 50 years

3 March 202119 January 2024Joe Cahal

Rishi Sunak delivered his second Budget as chancellor with a further £65 billion boost for businesses and workers hit by the pandemic, but the focus has been on the biggest tax rises for half a century. The Financial Times labels the budget a “spend now, tax later Budget” while the Conservative supporting Telegraph headlines their […]

‘Seriously encouraging’ – Hancock hails vaccine results

1 March 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Health secretary Mat Hancock has hailed the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines which reduces the risk of illness and hospitalisation in older adults by up to 80%. Data released by the government has shown that a single dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine significantly cuts the likelihood of people aged over 70 becoming seriously ill. […]

Fury as US private insurance firm takes over the NHS surgeries of 500,000 patients

27 February 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Furious campaigners have launched a petition to try and stop a US private health insurance company taking over 49 NHS GP surgeries in London. The government is being accused of “privatisation by stealth” of the NHS and is facing calls for an investigation after it emerged one of the UK’s biggest GP practice operators is […]

Sturgeon faces off SNP rebels as PM acts to thwart threat to union

25 February 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Nicola Sturgeon is facing off a growing rebellion in the ranks of the SNP and has been accused of using “weasel words” to question the innocence of Alex Salmond, who was cleared of committing sexual offences in March last year. Former deputy leader of the SNP, Jim Sillars has lodged a formal complaint that Sturgeon […]

Johnson declares ‘the end is in sight’ while Sage says at least 32,000 more could die with Covid

22 February 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Boris Johnson has laid out England’s exit from lockdown, declaring “the end is in sight” on the day the UK passed 129,498 deaths of people with Covid-19. The prime minister’s “cautious but also irreversible” road map out of lockdown is, he hopes, a “one way road to freedom” where even nightclubs could be open on […]

High Court rules Hancock acted unlawfully over multibillion-pound Covid contracts

19 February 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Health secretary Matt Hancock acted unlawfully by failing to publish details of multibillion-pound coronavirus contracts awarded by the government, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Chamberlain said Hancock had “breached his legal obligation” by failing to publish details of the contracts within 30 days, adding the public has a right to know where […]

Starmer’s ‘moral crusade’ will be funded by the £250 billion saved by Brits in lockdown

18 February 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Sir Keir Starmer has laid out his vision for the Labour party and the UK – one he hopes will be funded by the £250 billion saved by Britons during the pandemic. The Labour leader has called for a ‘moral crusade’ to create a fairer, more prosperous society, saying the pandemic has demonstrated “a deadly […]

NHS reform will give ministers more power; China bans BBC ‘fake news’

11 February 202119 January 2024Political Fiber

Matt Hancock’s blueprint to reform the NHS, better integrate social care and “do away with irksome bureaucracy” will also hand greater power over the NHS to ministers. Conservatives have broadly welcomed Hancock’s shakeup to the health service, laid out today, while Labour has been questioning the health secretary’s priorities and timing given the UK is […]

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