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05.07.2021 - 01:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Boris Johnson will use a press conference on Monday to set out how he plans to “restore people’s freedoms” at the final stage of his road map out of lockdown.
Downing Street said the Prime Minister wanted to give the public and businesses more time to prepare for unlocking on July 19, so will give an update before his formal announcement is due next week.
The Government will also publish the results of its reviews
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Johnson is expected to announce measures to allow NHS staff in England who are double-jabbed to avoid isolation if they are alerted to a covid contact. But the focus is likely be on renewed questions over how the Prime Minister attempted to exempt himself from self-isolation after being identified as a close contact of UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid who has tested covid positive.
Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterBoris Johnson has quickly caved to public anger and agreed to self-isolate after having contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid who tested covid positive on the weekend.The Prime Minister faced growing public anger on Sunday morning after officials said Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak would avoid self-isolating like thousands of others because Downing Street is taking part in a pilot daily testing
Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace, rather than ‘pinged’ by the Covid-19 app, after the Health Secretary confirmed on Saturday that he contracted covid-19 despite being double-jabbed.
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international development at 0.5 per cent of national income, instead of the 0.7 per cent set down in law. Former Prime Minister Theresa May was among the 26 or so Tory backbenchers who voted against a three-line whip ordering MPs to back the government.
foreign aid spending. MPs will vote on the Government’s decision to cut funding for official development assistance (ODA) from 0.7 per cent of gross national income to 0.5 per cent.
Prime Minister confirmed on Monday that most mandatory restrictions will end next week. At a Downing Street news conference, Johnson acknowledged the pandemic “is not over” and appealed to people to proceed with caution.
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