Tag: Coronavirus

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its latest figures for the number of deaths involving coronavirus in England ...

IT experts unconvinced on effectiveness of Covid-19 contact tracing app

The app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight, ahead of a roll-out across England within the ‘coming ...

Rees-Mogg says resisting return of MPs to Commons is an attempt to ‘stymie’ government

Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said the measures allowing MPs to work remotely during the coronavirus crisis were not a ‘proper ...

Trump talks from the top of his head, says ex-UK scientific adviser

Donald Trump’s widely-criticised admission that he is taking a malaria drug to try to protect against coronavirus “should be ignored”, ...

Careless theories risk making bats a scapegoat for coronavirus, expert says

The Bat Conservation Trust said people should be thrilled with the prospect of seeing them in the wild, and not ...

Hiscox faces legal action from companies pursuing coronavirus payouts

Mishcon de Reya, the city law firm leading the case, says that over 400 policyholders have signed up with almost ...

EU calls for independent probe of the WHO’s pandemic response

The resolution has the support of more than half of the World Health Organisation’s member countries.

Loss of smell or taste added to NHS Covid-19 symptoms list

A loss or changed sense of taste or smell are to be added to the NHS coronavirus symptoms list, weeks ...

Labour brands new immigration legislation a ‘threat to national interest’

Ministers have been accused of “rank hypocrisy” over their attitude to key workers as Labour claimed new immigration legislation would ...

Coronavirus and Boris Johnson to represent long Covid

BMJ damns UK government for mishandling coronavirus outbreak and ignoring science

by Tom Coburg

An editorial in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) condemns the Johnson-led government for the way it has handled the ...

The sinister trolling of journalists by the Tory government has reached fever pitch

by Steve Topple

One of the more sinister developments during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has been the way official government accounts deal with ...

Packing food boxes at BASE&Roses in Bristol

As the state fails communities, mutual aid projects are working to meet people’s needs across the UK

by Tom Anderson

Since the beginning of the UK coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, tens of thousands of people have lost their lives. But the ...

A hospital pharmacist says lockdown has been eased too soon

As a pharmacist working in a busy London hospital, Arvinder Sarai is concerned that the public needs to be “vigilant” ...

Johnson’s ratings plummet and he’s warned early lockdown will ‘fracture’ UK

It comes as a new survey suggests public approval for the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis has fallen.

Another Tory coronavirus U-turn that’s utterly despicable

by Steve Topple

16 May 2020

The Conservative government has backtracked on a major pledge to alleviate the worst effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic for ...

It’s time for a basic, guaranteed income for all

by Stewart Lansley

The pandemic crisis has laid bare the multiple flaws in the British system of social support. With the economy shrinking ...

Senior police officer accused of ‘one rule for him, and one rule for the rest of us’ after travelling to family home