Nicola Sturgeon says she doesn't talk to Boris Johnson 'as often as we should' as she presses for more discussions

Boris Johnson ignored the advice of his own top scientists to impose a Nicola Sturgeon-style two week circuit breaker lockdown on parts of England where coronavirus is running out of control. Papers from the UK government’s SAGE advisory group show that scientific advisors officially recommended an urgent two-week ‘circuit break’ lockdown three weeks ago.

Scottish ministers'  handling of coronavirus as markedly better than their  UK counterparts. The Survation survey of more than 2,000 Scots - carried out for pro-independence group Progress Scotland - shows 67% believe the Scottish Government is competent, while 70% viewed  Boris Johnson's  Cabinet as not competent.

Boris Johnson has pledged to help more young people in the UK to get on the property ladder for the first time.At present, many youngsters struggle to buy their own home - as a result of high deposits and high interest rates on mortgages.But now the PM has said he wants to see an end to this, and has pledged to turn “generation rent into generation buy” with long-term, fixed-rate mortgages of up to 95% of the value of a home for first-time buyers.The Prime Minister said the policy could lead to

Eat Out to Help Out ’ scheme had not happened.

Nicola Sturgeon was accused of failure to plan for major outbreaks of Covid-19 across Scotland’s university campuses and into wider communities. The First Minister is under pressure just days after term started with more than 1000 students already self-isolating.

Nicola Sturgeon ’s nationwide house visiting ban.Alister Jack, who is Boris Johnson ’s Scottish Secretary, said he would have preferred England-style local lockdowns north of the border to a national approach.He said he felt sorry for the parts of Scotland that are witnessing low levels of covid-19 infections.Addressing MSPs yesterday, Sturgeon announced a national ban on visiting other people’s homes in a bid to stem the rise of coronavirus infections.She extended a restriction that has been in

Boris Johnson in a hilarious spoof of one of the Prime Minister's Downing Street coronairus daily brieifings. The Little Britain comedian nailed the Prime Minister's floppy blond hair and stuttering delivery in a special prelude to tonight's Great British Bake Off series opener - Lucas' first as presenter.

Boris Johnson urged the public to pull together and help each other through tough new push to beat lethal Covid-19.The First Minister and Prime Minister made separate televised address - with the same emotional appeal - as all four nations of the UK prepare new restrictions on ordinary life, expected to last six months.Sturgeon thanked Scots for months of effort to hammer down infections, but warned "the challenged is once again getting harder".In a short statement, she said: "I know that all of

coronavirus cases.Today Boris Johnson admitted that like other countries, the UK is now at a "perilous turning point" when it comes to a second wave of the virus.New cases have quadrupled in a month, with the possibility of tens of thousands of new cases each day in November.While he was keen to insist that the country will not face a total lockdown like the one that was imposed in March, he made it clear that intervention needs to be taken to suppress the disease.He has also warned that if

Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce new lockdown measures to tackle coronavirus following a recent spike in infections.The First Minister indicated that new restrictions would be announced today or tomorrow following 'urgent' discussions.She will address the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood later today following an emergency COBRA meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Leaders in Wales and Northern Ireland will also take part in the discussion in a bid to find a UK-wide approach following a

coronavirus cases.Today Boris Johnson admitted that like other countries, the UK is now at a "perilous turning point" when it comes to a second wave of the virus.New cases have quadrupled in a month, with the possibility of tens of thousands of new cases each day in November.While he was keen to insist that the country will not face a total lockdown like the one that was imposed in March, he made it clear that intervention needs to be taken to suppress the disease.He has also warned that if

coronavirus pandemic - he criticised the UK for having "one of the highest death rates in the world" from coronavirus. Sir Keir said a second national lockdown would be a “sign of government failure, not an act of God” that would take an “immense toll” on public health and the economy.Speaking from Doncaster, the Labour leader said: “The warnings yesterday from the government’s advisers were stark.

08.30am - Boris Johnson chairs UK cabinet to sign off new lockdown measures which could be a mild as making pubs close at 10pm in England from Thursday and limiting pubs to table service only.09.00am - Keir Starmer makes a speech in Doncaster to the online Labour conference, before rushing back to the Commons.

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Boris Johnson has said a second wave of coronavirus is coming to the UK.The Prime Minister said it was 'inevitable' that Covid-19 would hit the country again.He made the comments during an interview with reporters on Friday evening during a visit to the Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre construction site near Oxford.It comes as the country has seen a big increase in infections rates 'over the last few days'.He told broadcasters: “Obviously, we’re looking very carefully at the spread of