Starmer worse than Rashford at holding Government to account over Covid, poll finds

EXCLUSIVE: Labour leader Keir Starmer is less effective than Marcus Rashford at holding Government to account over Covid, poll finds Only 29 per cent claimed the Labour leader was doing a good job at scrutinising A majority thought Manchester United star’s campaigns kept ministers in check An Ipsos Mori survey shared exclusively polled 1,083 adults … Read more

Labour demands protection for millions of homeowners from cost of replacing faulty cladding

Labour demands protection for millions of homeowners from ‘intolerable’ cost of replacing cladding found to be faulty after deadly Grenfell Tower fire amid fears a sixth of ALL homes could be affected Sir Keir Starmer said the current situation was ‘intolerable’ for homeowners  Cladding criticised after 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster that left 72 people dead  … Read more

Keir Starmer goes into Covid self-isolation until next Monday

Keir Starmer goes into Covid self-isolation until next Monday after coming into contact with an infected individual – but says he has ‘no symptoms’ By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:10 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 10:22 GMT, 25 January 2021 Keir Starmer has gone into isolation after coming into contact with … Read more

Labour proposal would leave UK struggling to develop its own Covid vaccines, warn science experts

Thank your lucky stars Labour’s not in charge! Party’s proposal to shake up the pharmaceutical industry would leave Britain struggling to develop its own Covid vaccines, science experts warn The plan is revealed in a 50-page policy dossier titled ‘Medicines For The Many’  It was unveiled at 2019 Labour Party Conference, before first Covid case … Read more

DAN HODGES: The second wave of Covid swamped Captain Hindsight – and the jab could wash him away… 

At Wednesday’s PMQs, an unusual thing happened. Boris Johnson flattened Sir Keir Starmer.  ‘Would the Prime Minister be happy with his kids living on that?’ the Labour leader chided, as he attempted to get some leverage in the row over free school meal parcels. ‘They are an insult to the families who have received them,’ … Read more

BOTH Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, expert warns

Both Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, a Sage expert has warned after Boris Johnson declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday. Two variants of interest have been identified in South America; the first has a small number of mutations and eight … Read more

Boris suspends ALL travel corridors from 4am Monday

Boris Johnson today declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a Downing Street briefing, the PM warned it was ‘not the time to relax’ as he escalated controls at the country’s borders again. Amid … Read more

Boris reveals ALL travel corridors will be suspended from 4am Monday

Boris Johnson today declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a Downing Street briefing, the PM warned it was ‘not the time to relax’ as he escalated controls at the country’s borders again. Amid … Read more

Boris is urged to seize on UK curbing Covid surge by DOUBLING jabs target

Boris Johnson was urged to double his target for 14million vaccinations by mid-February today amid signs brutal lockdowns have finally started to curb the coronavirus outbreak. The PM is facing demands to take advantage of the space created by the brutal restrictions as figures showed the number of jabs being administered rocketing to over 290,000 … Read more