Rules on getting Covid tests in the workplace changed in February. Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced that workplaces with more than 50 employees can now apply for Covid-19 tests – a change to the rules which had applied to businesses with more than 250 employees. At a press conference …
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A top aide to Boris Johnson is today caught up in a conflict of interest row over claims he helped broker a deal for China’s new embassy on behalf of the Government while being paid by two of the companies involved. Lord Udny-Lister helped the Foreign Office lead talks with …
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Number 10 apparently considered sending Prince Edward to live in Edinburgh in a bid to save the UK amid growing support for indyref2. With growing calls for a second referendum and surging support for Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, aides at Number 10 reportedly considered relocating the Queen’s youngest son to live …
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Jacob Rees-Mogg urges the Royal Mint to produce a special coin in honour of ‘remarkable national treasure’ Captain Sir Tom Moore NHS fundraiser and WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore died on Tuesday Last night Boris Johnson led a clap for the 100-year-old and healthcare workers Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged …
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Concerns about the impact on services of a coronavirus outbreak at Caernarfon’s sorting office have been raised with the Prime Minister. A number of workers at the Cibyn Industrial Estate depot are self-isolating after nine positive Covid-19 cases were reported. It has led to substantial disruptions to mail services in …
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This week the UK reached an unimaginable milestone, with 100,000 deaths related to coronavirus being registered. Across Bath and North East Somerset, 127 people have died within 28 days of a positive test since the start of the pandemic, with 7,199 cases being confirmed. Every resident in the district has …
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Whitehall sources last night vowed that all over-50s could be vaccinated by the end of March as figures show that more than three million people have already received the Covid jab. The Government is preparing to more than double the pace of the vaccine roll-out next week, with vaccines for …
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T he Prime Minister has faced calls from scientists to introduce a new three-metre social distancing rule in a bid to prevent rising coronavirus cases, it has been reported. Scientists from the Sage scientific advisory panel want the Government guidance to change from “one metre plus” to “two metres plus”, …
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Rishi Sunak hails chance of ‘Big Bang 2.0’ for City of London after Brexit as he hints red tape will be slashed to help forge ‘exciting’ future Rishi Sunak has hailed the prospects for a ‘Big Bang 2.0’ in the wake of Brexit The Chancellor hinted that red tape could …
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Experts are calling for an even tougher lockdown after Boris Johnson last night begged families to stay at home, with the Government launching a new campaign blitz to scare people into obeying the rules. Scientists warn the current measures are too ‘lax’ and can’t contain the new coronavirus variant, so …
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