Moreover, some were coerced to work while showing symptoms of the COVID-19 as we know, they don’t get sick pay. Sign up for The Pavlovic Today Newsletter featuring news, scoops, exclusive interviews and expert analysis, It has been recently widely reported that thousands of civil servants have been sent at considerable cost to the taxpayer on courses to address “unconscious bias”, but what should be even more concerning than the subtle…, Nancy Pelosi needs to butt out of threats of interference in the EU- UK trade talks. Leicester Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said the Government gave confusing messages on lockdown, Leicester lockdown: Andrew Bridgen calls on Peter Soulsby to step down. I am lobbying Central Government to do just this. "If someone worked in non-essential retail and they have been able to go back to work and that non-essential retail now has to close again they will still be eligible to benefit from the furlough scheme. He added: “The Secretary of State announced that he believed there was an outbreak in Leicester the best part of two weeks ago. Express. Sir Peter said an analysis of 800 local hospital admissions has shown which demographics have been most affected by the virus in Leicester. Boris Johnson to accelerate public-spending plans in so-called ‘New Deal’ as coronavirus recession looms, Leicester lockdown: Schools and all non-essential shops to close in the city, Regional R rates are likely to be very different, hard to measure – and harder to control, What happens to furlough in July after the deadline for new applications closes, failed to recognise the danger of the outbreak, What time Boris Johnson's announcement is today, and how to watch the press conference, The Tories are spoiling for a culture war to stand up for 'British values', The parts of Wales under local lockdowns, and the restrictions explained, This shocking photo shows why you should always sleep with your bedroom door closed, What time to watch Boris Johnson's speech today as he makes Covid-19 curfew announcement.

"And now we've got a situation where there's a huge spike in infections. Incredibly enough, a flair for high preaching often comes from those who often have the least credibility to lecture on the topic since they failed in their own…, The widespread media reporting of illegal migrants packed like sardines into dangerously overloaded dinghies making the dash across the English Channel from France appears to be a regular a part of our British Summer. The City of Leicester had already gained media attention because it had the highest infection rates of the Coronavirus in the UK. Given all the above, if we want to avoid further extensions to the local lockdown in Leicester, I feel that the Government has no choice but to take direct control of the city of Leicester and its affairs in the short term.

© 2020 JPIMedia Publications Ltd. Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for the Government to resume the daily press conferences in response to the outbreak. But Government insiders accuse Leicester’s politicians of playing down the extent of the outbreak and failing to engage with the department. It should be noted that her predecessor was the "Rt Hon" Keith Vaz, who held the seat for 33 years from June 1987. Some still have no more than a handful of confirmed cases but others are more at risk: in Doncaster 32 infections have been found in a week, up nearly 200 per cent, while cases in Medway have risen by 70 per cent to 17. And whatever happens, there'll be no hard border on the UK…, As children and elected members of Parliament (some readers will appreciate what I did there) prepare to return from their Summer break, this week marks the end of what is traditionally described as the silly season for the media,…, Set against the backdrop of the Constitution, President Barack Obama opened his remarks at the Democratic National Convention by laying out the stakes of the election 2020. The fact was that Leicester had 10% of all newly detected cases of infection in the UK within its mere 300 000 population the week before the Government announced the UK's first local lockdown to try to suppress the virus and prevent the second round of infection spreading across the whole country. His claim was immediately rebuked by Tory MP Andrew Bridgen who urged the Labour mayor to immediately stand down from his post after accusing him of having broken lockdown …