Johnson and Sturgeon governments clash over air bridges
Westminster and Holyrood are fighting a blame game over the failure to so far confirm which countries will be exempt from quarantine restrictions.
Westminster and Holyrood are fighting a blame game over the failure to so far confirm which countries will be exempt from quarantine restrictions.
Austerity deaths and COVID policies have sent tens of thousands to an early grave.
With the arts sector closed for the foreseeable, all eyes were turned to Parliament; the Theatre of the Absurd.
Amendments to the Immigration Bill to protect lone children and call for a time limit to immigration detention were defeated by the government.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said people in Leicester were “crying out” for answers and suggested the Government should have moved quicker.
His comments come as it emerged the number of reported cases of coronavirus in Leicester are much higher than data published by the Government show.
Despite the extension of lockdown, Downing Street has said there are no plans for a briefing on Tuesday.
Under the new lockdown measures, non-essential shops will close in Leicester while schools will close to most pupils from Thursday.
On all three measures of the G7 nations - recorded Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people, excess deaths per 100,000 people, and excess deaths as a proportion of the usual level of deaths - the UK has been the hardest hit.
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