Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s borders policies have allowed at least 20,000 travellers from India to enter the country despite concerns over the novel variant of the coronavirus there.
Boris Johnson’s government is insisting that people harmed by vaccine side-effects must prove they are at least 60 per cent disabled in order to receive compensation, capped at £120,000, according to reports.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock owns a large number of shares in a company which has been awarded National Health Service contracts. But according to the Department of Health and Social Care (the ministry he heads), he has behaved “entirely properly”.
The British government has launched a consultation on whether to make vaccines mandatory for frontline workers at seniors’ care homes in England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed on Tuesday that Britain’s success in driving down coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations came as a result of the draconian lockdowns imposed on the country and not the massive vaccination push. Speaking to reporters at 10
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the British contract with AstraZeneca is stronger than the EU’s and “trumps” the bloc’s agreement. The minister made the remarks as Brussels threatens to block shipments of British-bought coronavirus vaccines.
Boris Johnson’s government is planning to force care home workers to take coronavirus vaccines, a leak from the COVID-19 Operations Cabinet sub-committee has revealed.
Happily, to judge by the responses to his tweet, I’m not the only one to have retained a sense of proportion.
A govt minister redecorating his study takes on special importance when you mix in a former pub landlord and £30 million of taxpayer’s money.
The UK is under one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, but this appears to have had a questionable impact on corona health outcomes.
The UK may follow the lead of Australia and Canada in forcing Facebook to pay news publishers for their content, officials have suggested.
A High Court judge has ruled that Health Secretary Matt Hancock acted unlawfully in failing to publish multi-billion-pound COVID-19 government contracts within the 30-day period required by law.
Vaccine passports for the Chinese coronavirus will “inevitably” be implemented for international travel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted in a press conference on Monday.
“There are loads of people who think it isn’t worth going on. And it’s about time some bloody Secretaries of State understood this!”
Just when you thought Coronafascism had reached peak insanity along comes another politician yelling ‘hold my beer!’.
Travellers arriving in the United Kingdom face up to ten years in prison if they were found to have lied about travel history and fines of up to £10,000 if they breach quarantine rules, Britain’s health secretary announced on Tuesday.
Conservative MPs have called upon Prime Minister Boris Johnson to look to end lockdown restrictions after a study claimed that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine cuts transmission of the Chinese coronavirus by over two-thirds.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Germany will consider using the vaccine developed by Russia, as the European Union continues to struggle to inoculate their populations against the Chinese coronavirus. On Tuesday, the medical journal The Lancet said that
People in areas of the UK with identified outbreaks of the South African strain of the coronavirus have been warned to “think again” before leaving their homes, a government minister said. Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said on Tuesday that while
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said it is still a “long, long, long” way off before the government can lift lockdown measures.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said there is “no timescale” for lifting coronavirus restrictions, as media reports that tougher measures could be added to lockdown by next week.
The former leader of the Labour Party and ex-prime minister, Tony Blair, has reportedly been advising UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock on the country’s vaccination response.
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted on Sunday that it is “highly likely” that coronavirus vaccines will need to be administered every year alongside normal flu shots. As the British government looks to introduce more draconian lockdown measures, the Health
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly considering enforcing even more stringent measures during England’s third lockdown, including banning Britons from leaving their homes more than once a week.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock took aim at the British public’s “behaviour” on Monday for the spread of the coronavirus, going on to demand that everyone should act as though they are already infected with the virus. Mr Hancock refused to
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has again expanded the most strict coronavirus measures across England, with three-quarters of the population to go under Tier 4.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the Tier 4 lockdown will be extended to other parts of the country the day after Christmas. He also revealed that scientists have discovered another new Chinese coronavirus mutation.
The British government has awarded contracts to two firms to develop coronavirus “freedom passports” to enter into workplaces, pubs, and schools despite previously proclaiming that there are no plans to implement such a system. The two contracts were awarded to
The National Police Chiefs’ Council has said that it will instruct forces to fine people trying to leave Tier 4 areas of England; however, the Police Federation has said officers have no power to stop travellers to check if they are making “unlawful” Christmas visits.
Downing Street is reportedly considering a third lockdown in England after Christmas, after more countries were added into Tier 3, putting two-thirds of the country under the harshest of coronavirus restrictions.
Just weeks after the UK govt suggested Coronavirus may “mutate” to survive the health secretary announced the discovery of a new strain.
London will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital.
The UK started administering coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, days after the nation became the first in the world to approve the jab.
Over one-third of the British public say they are unlikely to take the Chinese coronavirus vaccine, a poll from Opinium has found.
A scientific group advising the British government has said that Chinese coronavirus immunity passports could be issued to those who have been vaccinated or have recovered from the virus.
Britain became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s jab.
A government minister you’ve never ever heard of has resigned in protest because the UK has reduced its foreign aid budget by £5 billion.
Bunking off work because you are ‘ill’ is no longer feckless or irresponsible. In fact it’s your sacred duty.
British businesses are facing a “hammer blow” from the government’s decision to extend lockdown restrictions, warned the former leader of the Conservative Party, Iain Duncan Smith.
The British government will reportedly introduce “freedom passes” and specialised passport certificates to people who have tested negative for the Chinese coronavirus, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce further regional lockdown restrictions following the end of the national lockdown in December.
