Politics
Devolved leaders reject Johnson’s ‘stay alert’ advice in favour of ‘stay at home’
Leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all roundly reject the government's new advice.
Sturgeon rejects Johnson’s ‘stay alert’ message in Scotland
The First Minister said she will continue to use the ‘stay at home’ message to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, ‘given the critical point we are at’.
Mixed reactions to Government’s new Covid-19 slogan
Britons are now set to be asked to ‘Stay alert, control the virus, save lives’.
Public believes only the US has handled crisis worse than UK Government
The net approval in the UK government is now at the lowest level since Opinium began its tracking.
Brexit trade talks timeline ‘virtually impossible’, says Deputy Irish Premier
Tanaiste Simon Coveney has urged the UK to seek an extension to its transition period
Public Health England take charge of testing in “tactic admission” that centralised approach has failed
Helen Whately acknowledged that testing of care home residents and staff needs to be “more joined up”.
UK not showing it has a plan to succeed in Brexit talks, says key EU official
Phil Hogan believes the UK wants to blame Covid-19 for the Brexit fallout.
Keir Starmer blames leadership for catastrophic December election loss
The comments come as Starmer looks to outline Labour's road back into power.
Tory MP deletes tweet claiming coronavirus strategy “is working”
The tweet serves as a reminder of how lethal British exceptionalism is, one person said.