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Boris Johnson has not ruled out the return of coronavirus restrictions, should he deem them necessary to protect the public.
The Prime Minister had previously described the lifting of lockdown restrictions on July 19 as 'cautious yet irreversible'.
Yet when asked during today's Downing Street press conference about his commitment to the irreversibility of lockdown easing, Mr Johnson did not rule out a return of
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Boris Johnson claimed he would "no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff" and was reluctant to reintroduce lockdown measures last Autumn because he said those dying from the virus were "essentially all over 80", former advisor Dominic Cummings has claimed in a shocking new interview. Speaking with the BBC, Cummings claimed Johnson wanted to let the virus “wash through the country” rather than disrupt the economy, Cummings told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
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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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We will bring you all the latest news by following our live blog below.Tougher sentences should be imposed on those who deliberately spit, cough or sneeze on police in a bid to infect them with Covid-19, the body which represents rank and file officers has insisted.The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) branded such incidents as being "disgusting and unpleasant" - and said that the coronavirus pandemic meant they brought a "new level of risk".However, Caroline Macnaughton, the SPF's north area
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