// Outsourcing firms miss 46% of Covid contacts in England's worst-hit areas In Bradford, 42% of exposed people were reached, with 3,691 of those potentially infected not traced. The two private firms...
More than 100% of GDP. When Labour left office in 2010 the National Debt was less than £1 Trillion, so the Tories have managed to double it. Will the electorate ever forgive the Conservatives again...
The UKs Track and Trace has been an unmitigated failure. Our world beating App didn’t work, not enough people signed up for it, a proven off-the-peg framework from Apple/Google was initially ignored,...
Half of people wouldn’t. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/09/only-half-of-britons-would-definitely-have-covid-19-vaccination Supplementary - Do you have an annual flu jab? - Are you over 50?...
Riots could sweep the UK if authorities do not reduce tensions over local coronavirus lockdowns, policing tactics, Black Lives Matter and political polarisation, scientific advisers have warned. “A...
People arriving from selected destinations will be able to enter England without needing to self-isolate the Government have announced. Mr Shapps said: “Whether you are a holidaymaker ready to travel...
Does anyone have a link to the .gov.uk page with the rules for pubs when they open. I can find lots of press reports, but they contradict each other. I want to know if there is a limit of 30 customers...
The Government were repeatedly warned again and again about reopening schools and easing lockdown too early. The R number had reduced to under 1 in London, but was still too high in the rest of the...
Obviously that is never going to happen. There are no apps currently available. Landlords do not know how to implement them. Are the Governments advisors not living in the real world? Do the not...
The Government Corona app which has been an expensive waste of money, and more crucially time. Switching to a new app based on the Apple/Google model. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53095336...
Richard Desmond, former owner of the Daily Express wanted to build on a former print works on the Isle of Dogs. But the local council and independent planning inspectorate rejected the plan. So...
At the beginning of the pandemic at least 1,356 different corona origin infections came into the UK, mainly from Spain and France. On each of those occasions somebody brought the infection into the UK...
I was recently given a bird feeder, and enjoy watching them come and feed from it. They are eating a lot, and I have started to wonder if I shouldn’t be feeding them now. I can see the sense in...
Yesterday the Government introduced strict new travel rules: A quarantine law was introduced by the Government. Almost all arrivals at UK airports, ferry ports and international rail terminals are...
The plan for all primary school years in England to go back to school before the end of term is to be dropped by the government. A victory for common sense? https://www.bbc.com/news/education-52969679...
