Labour claims UK ministers risking emergence of new Covid variants
Labour has claimed ministers are risking the emergence of other Covid variants like Omicron by thwarting a bid by poorer countries to manufacture their own vaccines.
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December 26, 2021 Rishi Sunak prepares to cut thousands of civil service jobs
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to impose sweeping cuts on the UK civil service, with tens of thousands of jobs expected to be lost across Whitehall over the next three years.
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December 24, 2021 PM and Starmer issue solemn Christmas messages in nod to COVID sorrow
Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer have each issued a solemn Christmas message to the nation expressing sorrow at the heartbreak of families who have lost a loved one to COVID this year.
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December 21, 2021 Liz Truss to hold Brexit talks with EU over NI protocol
The UK’s newly appointed chief post-Brexit negotiator, Liz Truss, said she would speak to her EU counterpart, Maroš Šefčovič, on Tuesday amid renewed calls to rip up the controversial Northern Ireland protocol.
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December 20, 2021 Call for ‘wartime leader’ in No 10 after Brexit minister’s resignation
Boris Johnson’s “boosterism” will not see him through the crisis currently engulfing No 10, a senior Tory has said, as the resignation of a key ally prompted more questions about the Prime Minister’s future.
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December 19, 2021 Boris Johnson faces depressingly familiar decision over COVID curbs, but seems willing to wait – for now
Does he act now and impose harsher restrictions for England, despite not having the full picture about the threat posed by this latest wave of COVID?
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December 18, 2021 Boris Johnson warned he has ‘one last chance’ as Tories threaten vote of no confidence
Boris Johnson has been warned he has “one last chance”, amid speculation that letters of no confidence in him will be submitted following the Tories’ thumping by-election defeat.
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December 17, 2021 Why Boris Johnson should be worried by disastrous by-election defeat
In the early stages of the North Shropshire by-election count, senior Liberal Democrats were worried that a better than expected showing by Labour would rob them of a famous victory.
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December 14, 2021 Raab to claim overhaul of human rights law will counter ‘political correctness’
Dominic Raab is to outline a sweeping overhaul of human rights law that he claims will counter “wokery and political correctness” and expedite the deportation of foreign criminals.
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December 12, 2021 Sleaze and scandal threaten Tories in one of their safest seats
The North Shropshire by-election on Thursday is shaping up to be the closest battle in the Tory stronghold in living memory, as weeks of scandal in Westminster show signs of angering the party faithful and eroding support for Boris Johnson.
