‘All over by June’ under Boris Johnson’s roadmap for leaving lockdown February 22, 2021 All Covid restrictions will be lifted by late June under the Prime Minister’s roadmap for exiting lockdown, as the government grows increasingly confident in the UK’s vaccine rollout. Announcing the timeline in the Commons, Boris Johnson said that “all of the legal limits on social contact can be removed no earlier than 21 June” in [...]
Tory MPs push for Easter reopening of hospitality in lockdown roadmap February 22, 2021 The Tories’ group of lockdown sceptic MPs are pushing Boris Johnson to reopen hospitality by Easter in his roadmap out of the current Covid lockdown. The forty-strong Covid Recovery Group (CRG) of Conservative MPs want the Prime Minister to outline a full reopening for the sector by 4 April, with the UK’s pubs lobby backing [...]
What will Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ for exiting lockdown look like? February 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has vowed to set out a “roadmap” for lifting lockdown measures this afternoon, as the UK continues to make rapid progress with its vaccine rollout. While the shape of the timeline has yet to be revealed, the Prime Minister has said he will provide dates for lifting specific measures “if we possibly can”. [...]
Vaccination programme ‘beginning to bear fruit’, says minister February 22, 2021 The UK’s largest ever vaccination programme is “beginning to bear fruit”, the vaccines deployment minister has said, after early evidence showed it was beginning to bring down hospitalisations and deaths. Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News the “evidence looks good” on the Covid vaccination plan, which has seen almost one in three adults in the UK [...]
Boris Johnson unveils ‘four tests’ to lifting lockdown restrictions February 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has announced a four-step plan to reopen the country from months of lockdown, as he prepares to set out his “roadmap” later today. By the end of next month two households, or up to six people, will be able to meet outdoors for the first time in 2021 under the Prime Minister’s new [...]
New UK taxes have raised £48bn in last decade, says new study February 22, 2021 The UK taxman has collected £48bn in revenue through new taxes in the past decade, according to a British accountancy group. UHY Hacker Young said the figures showed that a series of taxes under successive Conservative chancellors have “not fit in with their aim to simplify the UK tax system”. The study showed that the [...]
Brexit: UK considers tit-for-tat retaliation against EU’s British shellfish ban February 21, 2021 The UK could restrict the import of mineral water and other products from EU countries in retaliation for Brussels’ Brexit ban on British shellfish exports. The EU confirmed three weeks ago that a temporary ban on a range of shellfish – including mussels, clams, scallops and cockles – would be made permanent as they are [...]
UK to unveil new visa scheme for fintech workers February 21, 2021 Rishi Sunak will reportedly unveil a new UK visa scheme to help London’s fintech firms attract more global talent in the wake of Brexit. The new visa fast track scheme will give priority access to professionals in the tech industry to live and work in the UK as a part of the country’s new post-Brexit [...]
All UK adults to be offered Covid vaccine by 31 July February 21, 2021 The UK is now aiming to have all its adults offered a first Covid vaccine by 31 July, after already administering 17m jabs. All over 50s, social and health care workers and all those who are clinically vulnerable to Covid will be offered a jab by 15 April. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he now [...]
Key Johnson aide and Dominic Cummings ally quits No 10 February 20, 2021 Oliver Lewis, the head of Boris Johnson’s ‘Union Unit’, has quit just two weeks into the job. Lewis resigned followed claims he had been accused by the Prime Minister and his fiancée of briefing against Michael Gove, the Times reported. The aide was only given his new role two weeks ago. The so-called ‘Union Unit’ [...]