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Boris Johnson Partygate Report: What are the possible consequences for Johnson?
As I type this, the debate is ongoing over Boris Johnson, deciding whether or not to accept the Partygate report's findings.
The report suggests a 90-day suspension, possibly triggering a by-election, ...
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What efforts have been made to convince UK nurses etc to get vaccinated?
The Guardian reports that "nursing and midwifery leaders" have called to delay the Covid vaccination for everyone working in a health setting in the UK to avoid people being dismissed from ...
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Where are the public PPE contracts between Hinpack and the UK government?
Matt Hancock insists no contract between the government and his ex-pub-landlord's company Hinpack exists as part of the Covid PPE procurement rounds.
The Guardian states that
However, the contract ...
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Questionable COVID-19 procurement outside the UK
There is an ongoing situation in the UK regarding the propriety of the procurement of some goods and services during the response to COVID-19.
Conservative PPE contracts
Michael Gove and VIP lane
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UK Health Secretary on Today: I will sometimes use a mask when not required by law. Is he the first minister to announce this choice?
The requirement to wear face coverings in law will be lifted.
However, the Government expects and recommends that people wear face coverings in crowded areas such as public transport.
[...] As COVID-...
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How can the UK government have spent £37 billion (US $51 billion) on the "Test & Trace System"? [closed]
Whether £37 billion be the amount that has been spent, or simply the Test & Trace budget for the first two years as this site suggests, I find it inconceivable that such amounts are remotely ...
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Why is there a delay between the UK government announcing a change to quarantine rules, and said change taking effect?
On Thursday evening (13 August), the UK government announced that six countries would no longer be exempt from the country's quarantine rules, and that arrivals from those six countries would have to ...
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What led the UK Government to switch to a decentralised COVID-19 contact-tracing app?
It was reported in late March that the NHS had been developing a contact-tracing app with an Oxford-based team since mid-January, encouraged by the success of a similar app in China.
The app, ...
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Did the EU PPE Scheme deliver anything?
Towards the end of April 2020, there was significant criticism of the UK government for not joining an EU wide procurement scheme for PPE equipment.
Guardian 22nd April
Statements from around the same ...
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How has the Scottish Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic differed from that of the UK Government?
As healthcare is a devolved matter in the UK, the Scottish government is broadly responsible for the Scottish response to the pandemic, while the UK government is chiefly responsible for the response ...
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What is the rationale behind waiting until after the first peak of COVID-19 infections to impose quarantine measures on incoming travellers?
From June 8th 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travellers to the UK, including UK residents, must self-isolate for 14 days by law.
If you arrive in the UK on or after 8 June 2020, you will not ...
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Are there full details on why the UK Government has stopped reporting how many people have been tested for COVID-19?
As far as I can tell, the last daily update from the Department of Health and Social Care on the pandemic which included figures on how many people have been tested for COVID-19 took place on May 22nd....
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Do MPs participating in the House of Commons virtually benefit from Parliamentary Privilege?
Parliamentary privilege refers to the lack of restrictions on what MPs and Lords can say in their respective Houses in Parliament; it grants them immunity from prosecution relating to statements made ...
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Is it normal for the Prime Minister to be absent from Cobra meetings?
On April 19th, the Sunday Times accused Boris Johnson of missing five meetings of Cobra, the national crisis committee:
Unusually, Boris Johnson had been absent from Cobra. The committee —
which ...
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How common is it for the UK Government to publish official rebuttals of media claims?
Today, the Cabinet Office published a press release entitled Response to FT article and Twitter thread by Peter Foster. It begins:
An article in FT Weekend on 18 April 2020, ‘Muddled thinking ...
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