Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of a coronavirus cover-up by ditching international death comparisons as UK becomes worst hit country in Europe with 32,692 dead Downing Street regularly published global death comparison slide for 7 weeks But Number 10 now appears to have stopped publishing the comparison data Sir Keir Starmer claimed Boris Johnson … Read more
Rishi Sunak concedes recession is already happening in grim warning of hard times to come as he extends the furlough scheme again Sunak said it was clear June deadline for furlough would have to be extended Told MPs scheme would continue ‘completely unchanged’ until the end of July Furlough been accessed by 935,000 businesses since … Read more
Around 560,000 people could die from coronavirus if half of Britain gets infected, a leading scientist has warned after results from the government antibody surveillance scheme suggested the virus kills 1.7 per cent of all cases. Sir Patrick Vallance, Number 10’s chief scientific adviser, revealed last night in the Downing Street press conference that around … Read more
Matt Hancock has been involved in a series of ill-tempered live TV and radio interviews today where he appeared frustrated when repeatedly asked for ‘clarity’ on how Britain would be eased out of the coronavirus lockdown. The Health Secretary was grilled on whether the Government‘s ‘road map’ was confusing and even appeared to roll his eyes … Read more
Matt Hancock has said summer holidays abroad will ‘not be possible this year’ after the government announced a 14-day quarantine for all international arrivals into Britain. Speaking to Philip Schofield on This Morning, the Health Secretary poured cold water over some Britons’ plans to fly abroad this summer, as holiday companies revealed a spike in … Read more
People’s lives will be affected for the ‘foreseeable future’ by coronavirus, Boris ohnson warned today as he admitted that a vaccine against the deadly pathogen may never be found. In his 50-page roadmap for the nation to ease its way out of lockdown he said the only long-term hope to get the country back to … Read more
The woman having an affair with Professor Neil Ferguson had said the lockdown was putting a ‘strain’ on her open marriage as Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted the shamed scientist’s trysts had left him ‘speechless’. Professor Ferguson was branded an ‘arrogant hypocrite’ by critics today for catastrophically ‘undermining’ the government’s position and there was pressure … Read more
Doctors have called for an inquiry into how the British Government has handled the coronavirus crisis as its death toll surges higher than any country in Europe. Detailed statistics yesterday confirmed that more than 30,000 Britons had died of COVID-19 by April 24, almost two weeks ago, and the number of victims continues to rise. … Read more
The woman having an affair with Professor Neil Ferguson said the lockdown was putting a ‘strain’ on her marriage as Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted the shamed scientist’s potentially illegal trysts had left him ‘speechless’. Professor Ferguson, 51, asked his mistress Antonia Staats, 38, to travel across London from her £1.9million home at least twice … Read more
A huge swathe of coronavirus documents used by the Government to battle to pandemic have yet to be published to avoid ‘unnecessary confusion’ of the public, the Government claimed today. Some 16 documents from Special Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) meetings since February were released this morning, taking the total to 28. But according to … Read more