MPs urge government to donate half of incoming vaccines to Covax scheme June 1, 2021 MPs and peers have urged the UK to adopt a Covid-19 “vaccine matching” scheme in a letter today, which would see half of the doses the arrive in the UK be donated to the Covax scheme. The letter, coordinated by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), said that prime minister Boris Johnson has a “moral duty” [...]
Number 10 indicates England still on track for 21 June shedding of Covid restrictions June 1, 2021 Downing Street has today suggested England is still on track to shed its Covid-19 restrictions on 21 June, despite warnings from scientific advisers that rising case numbers should lead to a delay. A Number 10 spokesperson said that Boris Johnson’s comments last Thursday, that there is nothing “currently in the data” to suggest a delay to the [...]
Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and the Future of Investing June 1, 2021 | City Talk Witnessing the recent GameStop event, it was clear that for better or worse, the little guy, or many, many little guys, had briefly beaten Wall Street at its own game. While GameStop was fuelled primarily by the collective action of many, the voice of only one person, echoed by others, can have similar influence. For [...]
UK missed out on £110bn of services exports after Brexit referendum, say wonks June 1, 2021 The UK has lost out on more than £110bn of services exports as a result of the 2016 Brexit referendum, according to a new study from Birmingham’s Aston University. Academics said services exports were £113bn lower between 2016 and 2019 than they would have been if the UK had not voted to leave the EU. [...]
Boris Johnson urges Canada to buy more British cheese in new agreement May 31, 2021 Boris Johnson has called on Canada to strike a new commerce deal to import more British cheese in a bid to boost the UK’s dairy industry. The Prime Minister said yesterday that Justin Trudeau’s government has been unwilling to open the country up to more British dairy imports in a bid to protect its own [...]
UK may be edging into a third wave, according to scientist advisor May 31, 2021 The UK may be in the early stages of a third wave of Covid-19 infections, according to a scientist advising the government. Professor Ravi Gupta has said that although new cases were “relatively low”, the Indian variant had caused “exponential growth” in infections. The University of Cambridge professor added that lifting Covid restrictions in England [...]
Domestic UK Covid vaccine passports set to be scrapped May 31, 2021 The government is set to drop plans to introduce mandatory Covid vaccine passports for live events. People working on a Michael Gove-led review of mandatory vaccine certification for things like sporting events and festivals increasingly believe they will not happen, after serious backlash from Tory MPs. A source close to the vaccine passports review told [...]
Vietnam identifies new hybrid of Indian and Kent Covid-19 variant May 30, 2021 Authorities in Vietnam have discovered a new variant of Covid-19 that is a combination of the Indian and Kent variants and spreads quickly by air. “Vietnam has uncovered a new Covid-19 variant combining characteristics of the two existing variants first found in India and the UK,” health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said yesterday, describing it as [...]
Heathrow boss calls for government to reveal likely summer green list countries May 30, 2021 Heathrow’s chief executive has urged the government to reveal which countries are likely to be included on its travel green list in summer in order to give holidaymakers time to prepare. John Holland-Kaye said today that he thought Spain would eventually be “coming into the green zone” as it has low infection rates, but that families [...]
Fears grow that 21 June date to shed England restrictions will slip May 30, 2021 The government’s plan to lift England’s restrictions on 21 June may slip as Covid hospitalisations continue to rise across the country. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi warned today that “we have to be cautious” and that the government would continue to examine the data until 14 June when a decision will be made. Covid cases and [...]