MPs to be offered security guards for constituency surgeries following murder of Sir David Amess
MPs are to be offered security guards to protect their constituency surgeries after the death of Conservative MP Sir David Amess last week.
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October 21, 2021 Government accused of being ‘wilfully negligent’ after ruling out Covid Plan B
Doctors have accused ministers of being “wilfully negligent” after the Health Secretary ruled out immediately implementing the Government’s coronavirus “Plan B”.
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October 19, 2021 PM urged to enact ‘David’s law’ against social media abuse after Amess’s death
Boris Johnson is facing calls to enact “David’s law” to crack down on social media abuse of public figures and end online anonymity in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess.
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October 18, 2021 Matt Hancock named as a United Nations special envoy
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been named as a United Nations special envoy.
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October 16, 2021 UK ministers face questions over firm linked to suspected Covid test errors
Ministers are facing questions about the Covid testing company linked to suspected wrong PCR results, as it emerged its sister company in the UK is being investigated over travel testing failures and a related US firm sent out used DNA test kits filled with other customers’ saliva.
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October 10, 2021 Britain to stress need for ‘significant change’ in Northern Ireland protocol
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will tell the European Union again next week that “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol is vital for the restoration of genuinely good relations between London and Brussels.
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October 8, 2021 Ministers criticised for ‘haphazard’ Covid jab rollout for teenagers in England
Ministers have been accused of losing a grip on the Covid vaccination programme for teenagers with headteachers and parents describing a “haphazard” and “incredibly slow” rollout that is causing disruption in schools in England.
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October 7, 2021 PM’s economic approach under fire as speech echoes F-bomb to business
As political credos go it hardly fits former New York governor Mario Cuomo’s exhortation to “campaign in poetry”, but after this speech to the Conservative Party conference we can be sure Prime Minister Johnson will govern in the same salty prose.
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October 4, 2021 ‘British Renaissance has begun,’ declares Brexit minister as nation hit by petrol and food shortages
Brexit minister Lord Frost will declare that the “British Renaissance has begun” as the nation struggles with staffing issues linked to the departure from the European Union.
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September 30, 2021 Dominic Raab ‘open-minded’ about allowing asylum seekers to work in UK
Dominic Raab, the new justice secretary, has said he would be “open-minded” about allowing asylum seekers to work to help tackle the UK’s labour shortage.
