Our campaign for Government assessments of lockdown effects on lives and livelihoods begins to pay off
If this morning’s reports are correct, Sunak should be congratulated for starting to take action.
Drakeford’s assault on the Welsh economy – underwritten by the Treasury
The First Minister’s absurd decree banning the sale of ‘non-essential’ goods spotlights the tension between devolved lockdowns and reserved finances.
Our lives are still on hold
It was good to see Mel Stride pushing yesterday for a Treasury assessment of the economic effects of Government restrictions and the virus itself.
Why Ministers shouldn’t pin their hopes on a Coronavirus vaccine
From medical issues to the political warfare it could spark, immunising the nation is more complicated than it seems.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson may have no right to feel confident, but for some reason he does
In this battle between optimism and pessimism, hope and fear, faith and scepticism, Starmer found it hard to sow seeds of negativity.
King of the North?
Rob Stark meets a bloody end in Game of Thrones. But he won every battle he fought first – and the Greater Manchester Mayor is following his example.
Pressure rises on Ministers to publish assessments of the impact of lockdowns, restrictions – and Covid itself
We urged the Government last week to do so. Others are also on the case – and the Daily Mail this morning publishes its own findings.
The new testing plan that Johnson believes will help him control the virus – and win back the support of Conservative MPs
Downing Street itself has been driving the moonshot, working with scientists, laboratories, companies and deliverers: a new operational system, in short.
The EU trade talks. Whether there’s a deal or not, we will be out of transition soon. Ministers should be ready to make the most of it.
The Government should be mulling some quick Brexit wins come the New Year – ways of using freedoms that we don’t have during implementation.
The Peter Pan-demic
Economic crises have infantilised multiple generations. Our leaders need to give them hope.
‘We need to talk about the Union’: An inside look at the new group of Conservative MPs fighting for Britain
The 70-strong Conservative Union Research Group wants to support the Government’s mission to strengthen the United Kingdom.
Germany enters a critical stage – as Europe increasingly converges in its Covid-19 response
From curfews to alcohol bans, leaders across the continent are increasingly unified in their choice of measures.
Three actions that Ministers must take if we’re to live without fear. Or else they and we will be lost.
If the public conversation about lives and livelihoods doesn’t change, we risk being trapped in semi-lockdown semi-permanently.
Sweden. Once the outlier. But a new localised approach brings it closer to other countries.
The country has been used to debate the merits of a more hawkish approach. But it has become cautious in recent times.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Starmer’s pessimism enables Johnson to harness the power of wishful thinking
The PM sounded liberated as he defied the grim official wisdom for which the Leader of the Opposition has become chief spokesman.