As Wales and Scotland prepare to potentially delay them again, no such provisions are being made for England.
McDonnell wanted a state-run pharmaceutical industry. So now we will never know how it would got on with producing Covid vaccines.
At Conservative Progress, we’re determined to stop the separatists having the run of the debate and emphasise what binds Britain together.
The Scottish leader has always tried to temper expectations about the country’s fight with Covid. This could pay off in an independence referendum.
These are my starters for ten – so it’s over to you. What are the biggest choices? What are the problems that we have to get ahead of to keep afloat?
The first of a ConHome series this week on Boris Johnson’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
Already bottom of the league of home nations in the PISA tables, this means we will fall further behind.
The different administrations are all in different places with increasing bad blood between them. Also, devosceptics look set to win seats in Wales.
Duncan Smith names “five giants”: family breakdown, worklessness, serious personal debt, addiction and educational underachievement.
Funding that was wasted by the EU should not be handed over to be wasted by the Welsh Government.
Also: another miserable week in Government for the SNP; the deep damage of the Irish Protocol grow clearer by the day; and more.
Publishing the figures will underline that Ministers are striving to be balanced. Never mind how it looks, though: better statistics will lead to better decisions.
There will be real anger about the prospect of a digital winter break – unless there’s a very serious surge in deaths.
The Department of Education confirmed GCSEs and A Levels will go ahead in England for 2021, albeit with measures to help students affected by Covid.