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There will be real anger about the prospect of a digital winter break – unless there’s a very serious surge in deaths.
Publishing this information may lead to a more realistic understanding from the public of the real costs of the current strategy.
It is a bad sign both for the Government and devolution that the Greater Manchester Mayor has been able to run rings round Ministers.
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.
Burnham wants £65 million extra, the Government is offering £60 million – and says that it shouldn’t give the city more help than others elsewhere.
Gove says ministers will have to “look at the position” to bring the virus under control if agreement can’t be reached.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester warns that ‘trapping’ the city in Tier Three restrictions will do more harm than good.
The duplicity from the Mayor of Greater Manchester amounts to a dire failure of leadership.
It needs a clear prevention strategy in place by year-end, to provide a clear framework for local councils, and to roll out the Housing First Programme.
Most Tory MPs will be seeing large increases in the housing targets for their seats, while many Labour MPs see their local targets reduced.
Johnson warned that if there was a significant rise in the infection rate, he would not hesitate to “put on the brakes”.
Labour has increased the Council Tax, doubled the number of senior officials, and seen Children’s Services go from “outstanding“ to being placed in special measures.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester is responding to the Prime Minister’s new commission, which aims to independently re-assess the value of the project.
We need to separate the Nightingales from other hospitals, build more of them – and use them as a means of isolating the infected.