Nov 7, 2020
The letter’s signatories also include Anthony Fryer, professor of clinical biochemistry at Keele University, Richard Ennos, professor of biological sciences at Edinburgh University, and Mike Hulme, professor of human geography at Cambridge. They write: “The management of the crisis has become disproportionate and is now causing more harm than good. “We urge policy-makers to remember […]
Nov 5, 2020
The Prime Minister was asked whether he would be able to rely on his own MPs for subsequent measures or have to rely on Labour votes after a further 18 Tories, including former Prime Minister Theresa May, abstained in the Commons vote. “I’m very, very...
Oct 30, 2020
Hospitalisations have already breached “reasonable worst case” levels, the papers show, and minutes from Sage warned that the NHS is in danger of being overwhelmed without national interventions. Discussions are ongoing about whether the harsher...
Oct 30, 2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, along with the Archbishop of York and other Christian leaders, has written to Mr Johnson to call for the establishment of a cross-party commission to tackle child poverty. The letter says: “In this second...
Oct 29, 2020
There are fears that, on current infection trends, the whole country will be at Tier 3 by Christmas, and unable to meet extended family members. One senior health official said measures were most likely to be successful if they were taken on a national basis rather...
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