More than 100 MPs call for extension to self-employed relief package May 29, 2020 A group of 113 MPs have signed a letter urging chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the £6.8bn coronavirus relief package for self-employed workers. The letter, written by Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, said people across the country would be “left without work and without support” if the scheme is not extended past its current June end [...]
Coronavirus: People in England can meet in groups of six outside from Monday May 28, 2020 People in England will be able to meet up to five friends or family members from outside their household from Monday. Boris Johnson announced today that meetings can happen either in public spaces or in backyards and other private outdoor spaces, but a two-metre distance must always be kept. “These changes mean that friends and [...]
UK, US, Australia and Canada hit out against new Hong Kong security legislation May 28, 2020 China’s new security legislation will “dramatically erode Hong Kong’s autonomy” and impinge on its citizens civil liberties, according to a joint statement from the UK, US, Australia and Canada. A letter signed by foreign ministers of the four nations said the new clampdown by China was a breach of “the legally-binding, UN-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration” [...]
Dominic Cummings ‘might’ have broken lockdown rules, say Durham Police May 28, 2020 Dominic Cummings “might have” broken lockdown rules when he made the 30-mile trip from Durham to Barnard Castle, according to the Durham Constabulary. In an official statement, the police force also said that Cummings’ initial trip from London to Durham was not in breach with the coronavirus lockdown laws. However, Durham police said the senior [...]
Shadow chancellor backs long-term UK coronavirus jobs programme May 28, 2020 Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds has pushed for the government to back a UK-wide post-coronavirus jobs programme to deal with expected high unemployment. In an interview with City A.M. Dodds said that the government needed to place a greater emphasis on “upskilling and redeployment” in its response to Covid-19 and should look to Gordon Brown’s Future [...]
‘I’ve never been in a faction’: Anneliese Dodds on her plan to unite Labour under a new economic platform May 28, 2020 Labour’s new shadow chancellor had been an MP for just two-and-a-half years, before being handed the second most important job in Her Majesty’s Opposition. Many would assume that an MP with that rapid a rise up the greasy pole of politics would have to be the consummate Westminster schemer – a modern day Harold Wilson [...]
Boris Johnson: Post-coronavirus jobs programme ‘very likely’ May 27, 2020 Boris Johnson has said it is “very likely” the UK will embark on a post-coronavirus jobs programme, similar to the Future Jobs Fund brought in after the 2008 financial crash. The Prime Minister said the scheme would likely be implemented in order to create “high class jobs, good jobs, for the country”. Unemployment is expected [...]
England coronavirus track and trace programme to launch tomorrow May 27, 2020 The NHS coronavirus track and trace programme will launch tomorrow across England. Health secretary Matt Hancock described it as an “historic milestone” and that it will play a “big part” in exiting the coronavirus lockdown. Anyone who has coronavirus symptoms will be able to get tested and will need to tell NHS contact tracers who [...]
Boris Johnson: I have seen evidence to show ‘a lot’ of Cummings allegations are false May 27, 2020 Boris Johnson has said he has seen evidence that proves that many allegations about Dominic Cummings’ lockdown travel row are false, however he will not release that information. Speaking to Westminster’s liaison committee today, Johnson said he had seen evidence to show Cummings had not travelled multiple times to Durham, but that he would not [...]
Brexit: EU must change ‘unreasonable’ political mandate for UK trade agreement May 27, 2020 European Union leaders will need to change their negotiating mandate in UK trade talks for a deal to be struck, according to Boris Johnson’s Brexit chief. Chief UK negotiator David Frost today said that the EU’s position would “need to evolve” on key areas such as fishing policy or else the UK will walk away [...]
