Ministers promise a better deal for Afghan interpreters

Ministers promise a better deal for Afghan interpreters who helped British forces but were denied sanctuary Afghan translators who worked with British troops will be rewarded   Just 2 interpreters have been allowed into the UK under a 2-year-old scheme  Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson promised at the time that 50 interpreters would be given the … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Kainos shares soar on dividend promise

MARKET REPORT: Kainos shares soar 25% after dividend promise, as investors cheer sign that payout downswing could be turning a corner By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 Investors cheered a promising sign that this year’s dividend downswing could be about to … Read more

AstraZeneca is only covid vaccine-maker to promise US its shot at cost

AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson promised to offer their coronavirus vaccines to the US at cost during testimony before a Congressional committee on Tuesday. UK-based Astrazeneca also said that it would ramp up production of its prospective vaccine – created with Oxford University – to ensure that 300 million doses are available to the US … Read more

Boris Johnson to promise huge £2bn cash injection boost to give all children ‘superb education’

Boris Johnson’s £2bn boost for schools: Prime Minister is to promise huge cash injection to give all children ‘superb education’ English schools are set to receive a £2.2billion boost in Government funding Boris Johnson has promised all English pupils they will get a ‘superb education’  Secondary schools will get at least £5,150 per child, primaries … Read more

Priti Patel’s deportation promise thrown into doubt by failures to secure the removal of offenders 

So much for your great deportation crackdown, Priti Patel! Home Secretary’s promise thrown into doubt by new failures to secure the removal of offenders Priti Patel promised to crack down of foreign criminals dodging deportation The Mail on Sunday can reveal cases that demonstrate the urgent need for the new fast-track deportation legislation promised the … Read more

Number 10 MISSED its promise to turn all coronavirus tests around within 24 hours by the end of June

The Government has failed to hit its target of sending everyone their coronavirus test results within 24 hours by the end of June. Just over half of all test results (55 per cent) are received within a day of the swab being done, NHS Test and Trace data showed today.   Nine out of 10 tests … Read more

Boris Johnson will promise that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy

Boris Johnson will promise that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy after coronavirus as he vows to usher in ‘decade of investment’ PM will unveil ‘decade of investment’ in an infrastructure spending spree Expected to stand in contract to 2008 bank bailouts which saw workers suffer Rishi Sunak will expect … Read more

Antibody drug shows promise for treating severe COVID-19 patients

Nearly 92 percent of patients severely ill and hospitalized with coronavirus were discharged after they were treated with an antibody drug, new data reveals.  The Mayo Clinic study was small, but the improvements were considerable, and rapid. Ten out of 12 patients went from needing some form of oxygen support to discharged from the hospital … Read more

Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking following the pandemic

Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking program when the pandemic is over and outline plan for stronger encryption of user data Apple and Google promise a program tracking COVID-19 will be terminated after the pandemic is declared over That process will reportedly be decided on a geographic basis  Google and Apple will also … Read more

Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons will be given free face masks

In the House of Commons today, Mr Hancock admitted he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons would receive a free face mask if they became mandatory Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons will receive a free face mask if they become mandatory. In the House of Commons, Mr Hancock warned it was vital … Read more