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Oh Rarely, Prime Minister!
Strip the Prime Minister’s utterances of the verbal formulations and tricks, the phoney politenesses - the honourable membering, the if I may say so-ing, the with all due respecting – and what have you got? Not that much when it’s all boiled down to actual meaningful content, even when he’s…
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When workmen come into the house they naturally bring with them their music. Or so it seems based on recent observation since moving to a house which needs a lot of attention. Not once has any of them asked if my wife or I mind them playing modern pop or…
12:16 PM 2nd March 2021
New Data Show Vaccines Reduce Severe Covid-19 In Older Adults
New data show both Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines significantly reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults. Public Health England (PHE) has submitted a pre-print of a real-world study that shows that both the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective in reducing COVID-19 infections among older people aged 70 years and over.…
9:37 AM 2nd March 2021
Health And Social Care Secretary's Statement On Coronavirus (Covid-19): 1 March 2021
Speech by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing. Good evening and welcome back to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing. I’m joined by Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and Dr Susan Hopkins, from Public Health England and NHS Test and…
10:41 PM 1st March 2021
Confirmed Cases Of Covid-19 Variants Identified In UK
Latest updates on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in UK. Cases of Variant of Concern first detected in Manaus identified in the UK Up to 6 cases of the Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil (P.1) have been detected in the UK. Public Health England (PHE) has identified 3 of these cases…
8:37 PM 28th February 2021
UK Charities Join Together To Boost Vaccine Drive
Sixteen frontline charities have formed a new partnership to encourage those with long-term health conditions and their carers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Sixteen charities will work together to help save lives through the vaccine roll out Those with underlying health conditions and adult carers in cohort 6…
5:10 PM 28th February 2021
Is Spring Just Around The Corner?
Spring is the time of year when the earth comes to life after the cold winter. The temperatures begin to rise, the days get slightly longer, the trees begin to bud and bulbs appear through the ground. But how you define the first day of spring depends on whether you are…
10:00 AM 28th February 2021
UK Statement On The Re-emergence Of Ebola In Guinea
The Minister for Africa stated he is deeply concerned about recent cases of Ebola reported in Guinea, and confirmed that the UK is already offering support. Following the re-emergence of Ebola in Guinea, FCDO Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP, said: "The United Kingdom is deeply concerned to…
4:22 PM 27th February 2021
Health And Social Care Secretary's Statement On Coronavirus (Covid-19): 26 February 2021
Speech by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing. Good afternoon and welcome to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing. I’m joined by Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor to Public Health England and…
11:27 PM 26th February 2021
PM Call With President Ghani: 26 February 2021
The Prime Minister spoke to the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, this afternoon. He reiterated the UK’s longstanding support for the Afghan government’s fight against the Taliban as part of the NATO coalition. They agreed on the importance of making progress in peace talks to secure a sovereign, democratic and united Afghanistan,…
5:30 PM 26th February 2021
NHS Test And Trace Passes 6 Million Contacts Reached
Since its launch last May, NHS Test and Trace has reached more than 6 million contacts, including 90.2% of close contacts for whom communication details were provided. 87.9% of cases, and 93.6% of their contacts, reached by NHS Test and Trace in latest reporting week. More than 90%…
5:28 PM 26th February 2021
Huge Progress Made As Rough Sleeping Figures At 6 Year Low
The annual rough sleeping snapshot shows that rough sleeping has fallen 43% since 2018. 43% drop in people sleeping rough since 2018, with 37,000 people supported through government’s Everyone In programme during the pandemic Housing Secretary pays tribute to combined efforts of government, councils…
9:30 AM 26th February 2021
PM Call With Dr Ngozi Okonjo-iweala: 24 February 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, this afternoon. He warmly congratulated Dr Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment, noting the importance of a strong WTO in today’s globalised economy. They discussed the international vaccine roll-out and the barriers to trade that risk impeding the global…
6:00 PM 24th February 2021
Fewer Than 1 In 5 University Students Had Covid-19 By End Of Autumn Term
A study conducted by Public Health England (PHE) estimates that 17.8% of university students in England had COVID-19 antibodies. The COVID-19 university seroprevalence study was carried out among the student population in England. It was conducted between 2 to 11 December 2020 at 5 universities across the country, which had reported…
7:45 PM 23rd February 2021
Have Your Say On A New Political Map For Lancaster City Council
Current wards in Lancaster City Council. Credit: contains Ordnance Survey data (c) Crown copyright and database rights 2020
A new pattern of wards is being developed for Lancaster City Council. The Local Government Boundary Commission has decided that the number of councillors in Lancaster should remain at 60 and The Local Government Boundary Commission wants to hear what residents and organisations think about their local area. A ten week…
6:00 AM 23rd February 2021
Prime Minister Sets Out Roadmap To Cautiously Ease Lockdown Restrictions
PM Boris Johnson has announced the government’s roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England. Government publishes four-step roadmap to ease restrictions across England and provide a route back to a more normal way of life Each step to be assessed against four tests before restrictions ease, starting with the…
5:56 PM 22nd February 2021
Mass Testing For Secondary Pupils As All Schools And Colleges Fully Reopen From 8 March
The government has today (Monday 22 February) set out its plan for the return of all pupils to schools and colleges as part of the roadmap for leaving lockdown, published this afternoon on gov.uk. The government has been clear that the return to face-to-face education is the national priority…
4:57 PM 22nd February 2021
File Self Assessment Tax Returns Now To Prevent Penalties
Self Assessment taxpayers have less than one week to submit their late tax returns to prevent a £100 penalty, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has urged. While 10.7 million taxpayers filed their return by 31 January 2021, more than 1.5 million taxpayers missed this deadline and are still to file their…
4:24 PM 22nd February 2021
UK Donates Equipment To Peru To Fight The Covid-19 Pandemic
The donation of 60 ventilators and 40 monitors by the UK government will strengthen the care of patients with COVID-19 in Peru. Today (19 February), the United Kingdom government donated 20 mechanical ventilators, 40 non-invasive ventilators and 40 monitors to the Ministry of Health of Peru to contribute to the response…
2:57 PM 20th February 2021
G7 Leaders' Statement: 19 February 2021
Statement by the leaders of the G7. We, the leaders of the Group of Seven, met today and resolved to work together to beat COVID-19 and build back better. Drawing on our strengths and values as democratic, open economies and societies, we will work together and with others to make 2021…
11:53 AM 20th February 2021
PM Announces 100 Day Target To Create New Vaccines
The Prime Minister will call on world leaders to back efforts to speed up the development of new vaccines, treatments and tests at a G7 meeting. Slashing the time to develop vaccines for new diseases to 100 days will save countless lives in future health crises …
11:58 AM 19th February 2021
Letter To The Editor From Scleroderma And Raynaud’s UK
Dear Editor 'Catch up with a coffee' with loved ones and raise money to tackle common condition With the promise of an end of lockdown looming, I urge your readers to continue to check in on loved ones. One in six people live with an incurable condition called Raynaud’s that causes painful…
12:54 PM 18th February 2021
Meet Manchester’s Sanitation Busters Who Keep Key Workers Across The North Safe Every Day
Nathan Boswell
Nathan Fletcher, Lee Webber and Nathan Boswell have all worked round the clock to ensure the safety of customers making essential travel in Manchester 20 teams of sanitation busters, located throughout the North, have been keeping customers safe from COVID-19 during lockdown The teams have…
11:32 AM 18th February 2021
World's First Coronavirus Human Challenge Study Receives Ethics Approval In The UK
The UK will be the first country in the world to run a Covid-19 human challenge study, following approval from the UK’s clinical trials ethics body First Covid-19 human challenge study will begin within a month, after receiving ethics approval in the same week the UK hits target of…
3:01 PM 17th February 2021
PM Call With United Nations Secretary-General: 16 February 2021
The Prime Minister spoke to the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, this evening. They agreed on the importance of scaling up the global manufacturing of coronavirus vaccines and increasing international support to the COVAX facility, to ensure vaccine access for developing countries. Looking ahead to the COP26 summit in November, the PM…
9:06 PM 16th February 2021
Confirmed Cases Of Covid-19 Variants Identified In UK
Latest updates on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in UK. Public Health England (PHE) has identified 38 cases of COVID-19 which genomic sequencing has shown to feature a specific set of mutations which are currently being referred to as lineage B.1.525. The set of mutations includes the E484K spike protein mutation, which is…
3:22 PM 16th February 2021
The Most Vulnerable And Health And Care Workers Offered Covid-19 Jab As Government Hits Target To Protect Those Most At Risk
Everyone most at risk from coronavirus has now been offered a vaccination, with more than 15 million jabs achieved in less than 10 weeks. The most vulnerable and those who care for them have been offered a COVID-19 vaccine as government target met on Sunday …
12:34 PM 16th February 2021
Prime Minister's Statement On Coronavirus (Covid-19): 15 February 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. Today the national vaccination programme continues to power past the target we set six weeks ago with more than 15 million people vaccinated across the UK. And once again I pay tribute to the astonishing efforts of everyone involved –…
10:19 PM 15th February 2021
UK’s Support To Global Vaccine Facility Covax Will Help Pakistan’s Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
So far, the UK has committed £548m to the global Covax initiative, making the UK the largest single donor. The Covax initiative is the key way that more than 180 countries will have fair, early access to COVID-19 vaccines. The UK has also encouraged other countries to contribute over $1bn…
5:21 PM 15th February 2021
Robust Border Regime Comes Into Force
Anyone who has visited a country on the UK’s travel ban list in the last 10 days will have to quarantine in hotels from today. From today (Monday 15 February), if you have been in a high risk destination on the UK’s ‘red list’ – comprised of 33 hotspots with COVID…
12:36 PM 15th February 2021
Groundbreaking Covid-19 Treatments To Be Fast-tracked Through Clinical Trials
The world’s most innovative treatments for COVID-19 will soon be fast-tracked through the UK’s clinical trial system, as the government announces funding for the most promising treatments. Government awards multi-million-pound funding to phase 1 clinical trial platform to fast-track innovative treatments NHS patients could receive cutting-edge COVID-19 treatments…
9:28 PM 13th February 2021
Give Your Loved One A Tax Break This Valentine’s Day
Married couples and people in civil partnerships could be eligible for Marriage Allowance and reduce their tax by up to £250 each year. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is encouraging married couples and people in civil partnerships to sign up for a tax break this year. Marriage Allowance offers individuals the chance…
3:59 PM 12th February 2021
PM Call With Prime Minister Of Libya: 12 February 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Abdulhamid Dabaiba, interim Prime Minister of Libya. The Prime Minister spoke to Abdulhamid Dabaiba, interim Prime Minister of Libya, this morning to congratulate him on his appointment and reaffirm the UK’s backing for the political process in Libya. He offered our full support to his administration…
3:50 PM 12th February 2021
HS2 Phase 2a Bill Given Royal Assent
The HS2 Phase 2a Bill has been given Royal Assent, cementing in law the Government’s commitment to bring the new high-speed railway to the North. The Act of Parliament has been passed exactly one year after Ministers gave the project the green light. It will allow HS2 Ltd to begin work…
10:04 AM 12th February 2021
China’s Decision To Ban BBC World: Foreign Secretary's Statement
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab comments on the Chinese decision to ban the broadcasting of BBC World News. Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab said: "China’s decision to ban BBC World News in mainland China is an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom. "China has some of the most…
8:26 PM 11th February 2021
Thousands More NHS Patients To Get Life-saving Covid-19 Treatment
Thousands more NHS patients who are hospitalised due to COVID-19 will be able to receive the life-saving treatment tocilizumab, the government has announced. COVID-19 patients are to receive second life-saving treatment for hospitalised patients outside of intensive care Thousands more lives could be saved…
4:41 PM 11th February 2021
Prime Minister's Statement On Coronavirus (Covid-19): 10 February 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. It is five weeks since we set ourselves the target of vaccinating almost 15 million of the most vulnerable people in the country, and the aim was – and is – clear to everyone. By offering the prospect of…
10:27 PM 10th February 2021
NHS Covid-19 App Alerts 1.7 Million Contacts To Stop Spread Of Covid-19
Over 1.7 million users have been asked to isolate as a result of a close contact since launch, helping to break chains of transmission. Analysis suggests approximately 600,000 cases have been prevented by the app since September The app notifies contacts as quickly as…
10:30 AM 9th February 2021
PM Call With Chancellor Merkel: 8 February 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to German Chancellor Merkel. The leaders discussed the difficult road ahead on the coronavirus pandemic and agreed that governments should continue to work together to roll out vaccines around the world. They discussed the importance of support for the COVAX vaccine distribution scheme to ensure equitable…
10:16 AM 9th February 2021
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