Posted by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2021 | Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty, Coronavirus, England, The Guardian |
Scientists and health experts urge the government to scrap ‘dangerous experiment’ as UK daily cases breach 500,000Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson is set to lift Covid...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2021 | Boris Johnson, Older people, Politics, Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Social care, Society, The Guardian, UK news |
Prime minister, chancellor and health secretary discussing manifesto-breaking move, say Whitehall sourcesDowning Street is considering plans for a manifesto-breaking tax rise that would be earmarked to pay for fixing the social...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2021 | Conservatives, Coronavirus, England, Health, NHS, Politics, Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Society, The Guardian, Vaccines and immunisation |
Critics including health advisers and Tory backbenchers say government has lost control of the ‘pingdemic’Ministers have shelved proposals to urgently overhaul the Covid contact tracing app in England as cases surge,...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2021 | Coronavirus, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Latest updates: latest government figures show 51,870 news cases and 49 more deaths; ONS figures show 1 in 90 also had Covid in ScotlandOne in 95 people in England had Covid last week, report showsEngland’s Covid unlocking...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2021 | Angela Merkel, Belgium, Environment, Europe, Flooding, Germany, Natural disasters, The Guardian, World News |
Search for missing continues, with Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg also affectedThe death toll from catastrophic floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to more than 120, local authorities have said, as emergency...
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