Nearly 200 people test positive at Kent barracks, where up to 28 asylum seekers shared a dormitory. Source link
Politics
Lib Dem Ed Davey wants UK to boycott China Olympics
Sir Ed Davey has called for Team GB to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. The Lib Dem leader said it was a “genocide happening in front of our eyes”. Boris Johnson said it was a “longstanding position” of the UK government to “not […]
PMQs: Blackford and Johnson on UK and US Covid packages
Ian Blackford has said “millions of families are in poverty” with unemployment in Britain “soaring” as he called for a boost to the UK economy. The SNP Westminster leader called on the prime minister to follow President Biden, rather than see “yet another decade of Tory austerity”. Boris Johnson said the UK was investing £640bn […]
Covid: Figures show pre-pandemic fly-tipping rise across England
Local authorities say bids to tackle illegal waste dumping have been “limited” by the pandemic. Source link
Beijing 2022: Boris Johnson rejects boycott call over Uighur 'genocide'
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey tells Boris Johnson he must act over “genocide” of the Uighur people. Source link
PMQs: Watling and Johnson and pub and supermarket alcohol prices
Pubs have been closing partly because they have been undercut by supermarkets on alcohol prices, with the problem exacerbated by the pandemic, a Tory MP has said. Giles Watling suggested that as the UK was now out of the EU it could “do as we please” over beer duties, and that this could help save […]
PMQs: Starmer and Johnson on low-paid workers in Covid isolation
Sir Keir Starmer has raised the chair of NHS test and trace saying people were “scared” to get a Covid test as they could not afford to self-isolate. The Labour leader said that meant some lower-income areas were seeing “stubbornly high” infection rates. Boris Johnson said there had been a £280bn package of support for […]
Windrush generation offered £12m in compensation
Priti Patel praises the progress, but admits there is “more work to do” to build bridges with the community. Source link
Alex Salmond saga 'a crisis of credibility' for Holyrood
Opposition leaders demand the Lord Advocate explain why evidence from Alex Salmond was redacted. Source link
Budget 2021: Chancellor must 'make finance green', say campaigners
Campaigners call for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to make system changes including a carbon emissions tax. Source link