Cutting isolation would help and ‘we can show the world how to transition from pandemic to endemic’ – minister A cabinet minister has said he is in favour of reducing the…
Nearly half of party members think Sunak would make better Tory leader than Johnson – poll Almost half of all Tory members now believe that Rishi Sunak would…
PM warned it would be ‘wrongheaded’ to remove free lateral flow tests as parents urged to book jabs for children The prime minister has been warned it would be “utterly wrongheaded” to…
More than one million sign petition calling for Sir Tony Blair to have knighthood removed More than one million people have signed a petition calling for Sir…
Unvaccinated ICU doctor working with COVID patients challenges Javid over mandatory jabs Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been directly challenged by an unvaccinated hospital…
‘Rocky few weeks ahead’ for NHS, says Javid, as two major incidents declared The NHS is facing a “rocky few weeks ahead” as it contends…
Troops deployed to London hospitals as Johnson warned he can no longer be ‘dismissive’ about NHS staffing levels Some 200 Armed Forces personnel are being deployed to support the NHS…
PM attacks anti-vax ‘mumbo jumbo’ as minister says Omicron peak will be over ‘relatively soon’ Boris Johnson has hit out at anti-vaxxers, declaring they are “completely wrong”…
5.8 million now waiting for NHS treatment – as MPs warn ‘entirely predictable’ staffing crisis is looming Plans to tackle the record waiting list for NHS treatment could be…
Asymptomatic people who test positive on lateral flow tests won’t need follow-up PCR “Around a million people” are currently isolating as a result of coronavirus,…
PM faces Commons showdown after rejecting calls to abandon Plan B MPs are returning to Westminster after their Christmas break and plunging straight…
100,000 critical workers to take daily COVID tests in bid to ease Omicron shortages Key workers across several industries that keep the country running will be…
Multiple hospitals declare critical incidents as nurses call for more COVID restrictions ‘without delay’ Multiple hospitals have declared critical incidents amid warnings the NHS is “in…
PM warns ‘absolute folly’ to say pandemic is ending – but Omicron is ‘plainly milder’ Boris Johnson has warned it would be “absolute folly” to say the…
Masks to return in England’s secondary school classrooms to help curb COVID spread – as infections surge Secondary school students in England are again being asked to wear masks…
Data does not support more restrictions in England this week thanks to plan B, cabinet minister says Further COVID restrictions in England are not expected this week thanks to…
Contingency plans drawn up over fears a quarter of public sector workers could be absent due to Omicron Contingency plans are being drawn up over fears a quarter of public…
Any further COVID restrictions ‘must be last resort’, Javid says Further restrictions triggered by COVID must be an “absolute last resort” and…
New post-Brexit customs rules come into effect – with warning they could disrupt food supplies New post-Brexit customs rules for goods arriving in Britain from the European…
Scotland’s new COVID restrictions expected to last for three weeks, Sturgeon says Nicola Sturgeon has said it is her “expectation” that new COVID restrictions…
PM: UK in ‘incomparably better’ position heading into 2022 thanks to vaccine programme Boris Johnson has used his New Year’s message to claim that the…
Newly-released files reveal Diana funeral negotiations, Bush’s worries, and ‘hemisphere’ Commons plan Newly-released files from the National Archives have revealed George W Bush’s worries…
UK marks one-year anniversary of approving Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine Boris Johnson has praised the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for saving “many millions of…
PM says ‘up to 90%’ in intensive care have not had booster and urges people to get jabbed Boris Johnson has said “up to 90%” of people currently in intensive…
