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17May

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Council delivers more than 150,000 PPE items to keep residents safe

Tower Hamlets Council has delivered more than 150,000 items of personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard residents, frontline staff such as care workers, and maintain essential services. Yesterday (Thursday 7 May) Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, visited the council's PPE distribution unit to help supply PPE to frontline council staff, external service providers and individuals with caring responsibilities. There has been an unprecedented level of demand and changes in PPE requirements as a result of coronavirus, and the council is working hard to ensure it can meet demand and see the borough through the pandemic. Mayor John Biggs said: "There is understandably concern about obtaining PPE following worrying reports in recent weeks about stock nationally running out. We'd like ...

16May

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Featured, United Kingdom

Government urges June school return

Gavin Williamson says plans to reopen schools as part of the easing of lockdown are based on the best scientific advice, after councils and teaching unions criticised the move. The education secretary told the daily Downing Street press conference on coronavirus children are at the heart of everything we do and said many would stand to lose out if schools remained closed for longer. He added: I know lots of you will be worried about sending your children to school. Every one of us wants the very best for our children and I know how stressful this time has been for families across the country. Williamson said the government’s plan to begin a phased return from June 1 for young primary school pupils, as well as secondary pupils in years 10 and 12, was in line with s...

How will UK pay for virus crisis measures

15May

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Featured, United Kingdom

How will UK pay for virus crisis measures

Of all the uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, one thing feels beyond doubt at some point, taxes are going to have to rise. Tackling the crisis has led to a massive surge in UK public spending. Combined with the impact the coming recession will have on tax receipts, the Financial Times estimates a budget deficit exceeding £337bn could be the result. The chancellor Rishi Sunak faces tough choices. Increasing government borrowing could cover much of the shortfall, but the prime minister has ruled out deep cuts to public spending seen after the 2008 financial crisis. While unpopular, increasing some taxes would send a signal that ministers are getting the deficit under control. This week, a leaked Treasury document presented a shopping list of potential tax...

14May

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Featured, United Kingdom

Pound set to continue deep slump

As the pound extends the deepest slump among developed-world currencies, a host of market indicators are converging to suggest the worst is yet to come. Sterling slid more than 3% in the past month, with losses accelerating this week as data showed the U.K. economy may be headed for the deepest recession in three centuries amid the coronavirus crisis. Technical charts and option pricing point to more pain for the currency as money-market bets rise that the Bank of England will cut interest rates below zero next year to revive growth. Governor Andrew Bailey said Wednesday it’s “pretty clear” investors expect more quantitative easing from the BOE, and that monetary loosening is helping the government fund the cost of economic aid amid the pandemic. Deputy Governor B...

12May

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Featured, United Kingdom

Households could mix from June

Households in England will only be allowed to mix from June onwards if social distancing measures are observed by the general public, a government spokesperson has said. Under prime minister Boris Johnson’s new coronavirus roadmap two separate households made up of close family members, or “bubbles”, could be allowed to socialise within weeks. Current restrictions prevent people from meeting up with more than one person outside their immediate household, and even then that encounter should remain socially distanced. However, the government is considering expanding the definition of "household" to allow people to reconnect with close family members by letting two groups mix. It is thought that allowing two households to meet one another would let families share chi...

UK coronavirus death toll surpasses 32,000

11May

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UK coronavirus death toll surpasses 32,000

The UK death toll for coronavirus has risen to 32,065 after an increase of 210, the government has announced. The total number of Covid-19 infections jumped to 223,060 on Monday morning, according to Department of Health figures. This is an increase of 3,877 compared to a day earlier. Announcing the new death toll, the government said 32,065 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community as of 5pm on Sunday after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK. A total of 100,490 tests for Covid-19 were carried out on Sunday, according to the health ministry, bringing the cumulative total overall to 1,921,770. Boris Johnson used an address to the nation on Sunday evening to outline steps to ease the lockdown that has been imposed since 23 March. The ...

8May

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Russia is Europe’s new virus hotspot

Another record rise in coronavirus infections has propelled Russia past Germany and France to the fifth highest tally in the world, as the French government confirmed the country would start gradually lifting its strict eight-week lockdown from Monday. With much of Europe now easing itself out of confinement, Russia has become the continent’s new Covid-19 hotspot. More than half of the country’s 177,160 cases are in Moscow and the capital’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said research suggested the actual number was nearer 300,000, more than triple the official figure. Sobyanin, a leading ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said the tally was rising so steeply because of increased testing. “The fact that we have identified so many sick people is a huge plus, not...

8May

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UK Lockdown review in every 2 weeks

Boris Johnson could lift parts of the lockdown every two weeks under plans being discussed by ministers, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. The Cabinet will meet on Sunday to agree a roadmap for lifting the lockdown which will be revealed by the Prime Minister in a televised address to the nation later that evening. He will also set out a rough timetable for when key measures will be lifted, such as schools and shops reopening, but will describe tough “milestones” that must be reached before he can give them the green light. It means it is likely to be several months before the lockdown is lifted in full, with bars, restaurants and indoor events among the last things on the list. He told Cabinet ministers on Thursday he wants to be able to show the nation “the light ...

PM says ‘arrangements’ were made in case he died

3May

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PM says ‘arrangements’ were made in case he died

Boris Johnson says his health deteriorated so badly after contracting coronavirus that a strategy was drawn up in case he died. In an interview with The Sun On Sunday, the prime minister revealed he was given "litres and litres of oxygen" after going into intensive care with COVID-19 on 7 April. Mr Johnson said: "It was a tough old moment, I won't deny it. They had a strategy to deal with a 'death of Stalin'-type scenario. "I was not in particularly brilliant shape and I was aware there were contingency plans in place. "The doctors had all sorts of arrangements for what to do if things went badly wrong. "They gave me a face mask so I got litres and litres of oxygen and for a long time I had that and the little nose jobbie." The interview comes after his partner ...

2May

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British PM baby boy name reveal

Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson have named their baby son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. Announcing the name on Instagram, Ms Symonds said the baby was named after the prime minister's grandfather, Wilfred, and her grandfather, Lawrie. She added that Nicholas was chosen in honour of the two doctors who saved Mr Johnson's life while he was ill with coronavirus last month, Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart. Ms Symonds praised the maternity team at University College Hospital in London, adding: Thank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH that looked after us so well. I couldn't be happier. My heart is full. The baby was born on 29 April at UCLH at 9am. The birth came just weeks after Mr Johnson was discharged from intensive care where he had be...

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