There is no evidence having schools open drives the spread of coronavirus in the wider community in the UK, SAGE advisers said last week. In a study of pupil and teacher absences caused by positive Covid tests, researchers said confirmed infections in schools did not lead to bigger outbreaks. Instead, they said there were small signs … Read more
Research on how well various types of masks and face coverings protect against coronavirus has varied but experts and politicians have generally leaned towards the idea that the chance of some protection is better than none. In the UK, face coverings were first made mandatory in for public transport in June and later for shops … Read more
Boris Johnson makes his top Brexit adviser Lord Frost a Cabinet minister just weeks after dropping plans to make him National Security Adviser Lord Frost is to become a minister in the Cabinet Office, Downing St said Comes weeks after PM axed plans to make him the National Security Adviser Frost is ex-ambassador to Denmark … Read more
Boris Johnson makes his top Brexit adviser Lord Frost a Cabinet minister just weeks after dropping plans to make him National Security Adviser Lord Frost is to become a minister in the Cabinet Office, Downing St said Comes weeks after PM axed plans to make him the National Security Adviser Frost is ex-ambassador to Denmark … Read more
Britons may NEVER go to work with a cough again because Covid has made it ‘socially unacceptable’, top scientific adviser predicts Professor Dame Angela McLean told Science and Technology Select Committee She said it would be ‘powerful’ if going in sick became ‘socially unacceptable’ Boris Johnson is not expected to give a firm date for … Read more
Number 10’s race adviser tries to quit over ‘unbearable tension’ within government as he slams Tory politics ‘steeped in division’ – before withdrawing his resignation after talks with vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi Number 10’s adviser on ethnic minorities Samuel Kasumu retracted resignation Mr Kasumu reportedly said tensions in Government were at times ‘unbearable’ But retracted letter … Read more
As thousands of Britons raced home to beat the travel deadline from the United Arab Emirates yesterday, one man defiantly declared that he was staying put. Awkwardly for the Government, that man was one of its own advisers, the multi-millionaire financier Ben Goldsmith. The Daily Mail can disclose that Mr Goldsmith, who is on the board … Read more
Boris Johnson DITCHES plan to make chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost the UK’s new National Security Adviser after backlash from critics PM said in June 2020 that David Frost would be new National Security Adviser Appointment of UK’s chief Brexit negotiator to role prompted a wave of criticism Theresa May said Lord Frost was ‘a … Read more
Good financial advice can be life changing. Help from an expert at key life moments can steer you towards a richer retirement, a more luxurious lifestyle, and greater wealth to share with loved ones. But just eight per cent of adults received regulated financial advice in the last year, new figures from the financial watchdog … Read more
Joe Biden’s pick for key economic adviser is ‘phenomenally incompetent’ and had ‘frequent episodes of yelling and swearing,’ former staff claim Biden has selected Heather Boushey to be top economic advisor She is chief executive and co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth Former coworker accused her of damaging careers of people who ‘stand up … Read more