Around 50 Conservative MPs have formed a backbench group to fight any further lockdowns, arguing they “risk being worse than the disease”. The Covid Recovery Group demands that Boris Johnson publish a cost-benefit analysis of the economic and wider health costs of restrictions continuing beyond the 2 December expiry
Deputy chief medical officer Professor Van-Tam dismissed the idea that England would be able to return to normality by spring following the announcement of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine’s success. During a briefing on Wednesday morning, Professor Van-Tam admitted that at this stage he and
GP services will be cut back well into 2021 so family doctors can immunise millions of people against coronavirus at new seven-day-a-week clinics, NHS England has said. Health leaders warned that surgeries will not be able to offer their full range of care for patients
Students in England will be given a six-day window next month in which to travel home before Christmas, with mass testing carried out on campus before they are allowed to leave. A mass exodus will take place on staggered departure dates set by
Michel Barnier has pushed back plans to have an agreement for the outline of any post-Brexit trade and security deal by the end of the week. He has told colleagues in Brussels to expect more negotiations in the Belgian capital before any
Cleaners and caterers at Manchester’s Premier League football clubs are “struggling to put food on the table”, the city’s food banks have warned. Manchester food banks have written to executives at City and United urging them to pay their staff the real living
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