Lag in UK reporting means death figures around 48 hours out of date The UK’s official coronavirus toll has leaped by 260 in the last 24 hours, as the death […]
Gove’s face spoke volumes – but Simon Stevens’ answer not only failed to answer question but highlighted even more of the Tories’ damage to the NHS A journalist’s simple question […]
Tories wasting what tests are available by ignoring calls from front-line staff to test even asymptomatic staff and that this is more important than testing critically-ill patients The government is […]
Patrick Vallance had said he would follow “social distancing and hand washing” – but told off and rebuked he should be going further One of the two Chief Officers advising […]
The experts leading the government’s coronavirus strategy have not been tested for the virus, the SKWAWKBOX can reveal. In spite of their regular – and public – close proximity to […]
At least two locations appropriated for storage of coronavirus victims before news broke of Spanish government’s arrangements. News of similar arrangements in UK should spur public to greater discipline in […]
PM underscored crucial safety rules for workers who cannot stay home – at odds with images from Matalan distribution centre At his press conference this evening, Boris Johnson again told […]
24 hours after ‘lock-down’, Heathrow has no measures in place – and arriving travellers are free, unchecked, to travel around capital and country A day after Boris Johnson’s announcement of […]
All citizens have equal access to healthcare regardless of insurance The Irish government has nationalised all the country’s health facilities in a move to combat the coronavirus pandemic, giving everyone […]
Johnson’s dithering will have lethal effects Boris Johnson dithered for 11 days over the issue of mass gatherings. On 12 March, he was still dismissing their effect on the spread […]