‘It would not get on the lowest rung of our food standards ladder’: Farmers’ union chief slams government plot to allow chlorinated chicken and other poor-quality US imports in to UK in post-Brexit Trump trade deal Scheme would allow heavy duties on low-quality imports like chlorine chicken But better quality imports would face lighter duties … Read more
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has tested negative for coronavirus, it was confirmed tonight, saving Boris Johnson and other senior ministers from a potential fortnight in quarantine. The Cabinet minister spent today in self-isolation and working from home after becoming visible ill in the Commons yesterday. If he had come down with the virus, Mr Johnson and … Read more
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has been placed in isolation having felt ill earlier today in the House of Commons chamber. He has been tested for Covid-19, a spokesperson confirmed. According to a statement from his department: ‘Secretary of State Alok Sharma began feeling unwell when in the chamber delivering the second reading of the Corporate … Read more
Boris Johnson says ‘black lives matter’ as he condemns ‘inexcusable’ death of George Floyd and says people have a ‘right’ to protest lawfully – but refuses to criticise Donald Trump’s response Boris Johnson has spoken out over the ‘appalling’ death of George Floyd in US Protests around the world after footage of police officer standing … Read more
More than half a mile the line snaked back through the Parliamentary Estate. From the Commons chamber it began, out through the cavernous environs of Westminster Hall before spilling out into New Palace Yard. For three months, the whole of this area had been totally deserted bar the odd armed policeman. Now, at 4pm on … Read more
Britain’s two-metre social distancing rule is remaining in place, Number 10 said today – despite growing pressure on ministers to reduce it. MPs have called for the distance to be loosened in line with other countries such as Germany, to save jobs and allow more businesses to reopen. If pubs, theatres and other hospitality venues … Read more
‘Scaremongering’ Charlotte Church is blasted over ‘hatred-inciting’ call for England’s parents to keep children off school in foul-mouthed Twitter rant… despite living in Wales where pupils are NOT returning Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils have all been permitted to return to classrooms from today as part of an easing of Britain’s lockdown But … Read more
Theresa May wades into Dominic Cummings row as former PM says he ‘did not follow the spirit’ of lockdown rules with 260 mile drive Theresa May has written to her constituents criticising Dominic Cummings Former PM said her successor’s senior aide has broke ‘spirit’ of lockdown rules Almost 100 Tory MPs who have either called … Read more
Rishi Sunak is racing to build a £100bn job creation scheme amid fears two million Britons will lose their jobs when the furlough scheme ends. During the Downing St press conference the Chancellor promised to address the looming employment crisis with a scheme to create additional jobs. Mr Sunak announced that the furlough scheme, which … Read more
With great fanfare, Boris Johnson last week announced a ‘world beating’ army of contact tracers whose job is to stop coronavirus in its tracks. No fewer than 25,000 have been hired. Their mission – to combat coronavirus by sleuthing down every person in danger of contracting Covid from each new case that emerges. On Thursday … Read more