The Government has revealed its No Deal contingency plans, including more than 3,000 lorries a week to bring in essential drugs and 1,100 extra customs and immigration officers. Preparations for Britain crashing out without a free trade agreement have so far seen Royal Navy vessels deployed to ‘threats of illegal fishing’ in UK waters, Number … Read more
There’s a technical possibility we could extend talks for a day or two,’ the Downing Street official explained last week. ‘But the destination will finally be set this Sunday. One way or another we’ll know by then.’ Today is the day. Again. First, the deadline for the end of the Brexit trade negotiations was October 15. … Read more
Christmas shoppers were warned by Downing Street on Friday to be careful as London teetered on the brink of being moved into Tier 3 amid a surge in coronavirus cases. The case rate per 100,000 people in the capital stood at 191.8 on December 6, up from 158.1 the previous week. It means London is … Read more
The risk of dying from Covid-19 in British hospitals has halved since the peak of the crisis in spring, according to research submitted to Number 10‘s scientists. SAGE – the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies – heard how the mortality rate fell from 35 per cent in early April to 15 per cent by … Read more
What are the EU’s No Deal contingency plans? Air travel and safety Air traffic will be ‘interrupted’ if there are no contingency measures in place on air transport at the end of the transition period, the commission says. It has proposed a measure to allow the provision of certain air services between the UK and … Read more
What are the sticking points in Brexit talks? FISHING The UK has insisted that it will take back control of its coastal waters from the end of the transition period. But the EU was demanding its fleets maintain previous levels of access – with Emmanuel Macron under particular pressure from the French fishing industry. … Read more
Civil servants SUE Boris Johnson for NOT sacking Home Secretary Priti Patel and overruling an independent report that said her shouting and swearing at mandarins amounted to bullying Lawyers for civil service mandarins said PM’s failure to sack gave ‘carte blanche’ Independent report found Ms Patel’s behaviour to civil servants was bullying Sir Alex Allan … Read more
Boris Johnson has arrived in Brussels to hold make or break Brexit trade talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen this evening. The Prime Minister was spotted leaving 10 Downing Street late this afternoon before then flying to the Belgian capital where he was pictured arriving at the UK ambassador’s residence just after 6pm. He … Read more
Gwyneth at the 1999 Oscars. Gazza at Italia 90. To that list of lip- wobbling blubberers, we can now add the name of Matthew Hancock. With the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, the Health Secretary was on Good Morning Britain yesterday to witness the first inoculations take place live on air. Of course he was! … Read more
Britain yesterday began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more