The PM is due to unveil the latest Covid plans on Monday, including mass testing for all tier three areas.
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The chancellor says he will uphold pre-Covid funding pledges on police, nurses and schools.
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Two crewmen have not been seen since their vessel sank off the Sussex coast on Saturday.
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Borrowing – which hit a record £22.3bn in October – cannot go on indefinitely, chancellor says.
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Ministers outline plans for “some limited additional household bubbling for a small number of days”.
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It vanished from its post outside a beauty parlour in Nottingham over the weekend.
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Firms including Kellogg’s and Britvic say the plan to tackle childhood obesity is “disproportionate”.
Read More »Spending Review: Chancellor to announce £500m for mental health
The government hopes the funding will address the extra demand for services amid the Covid pandemic.
Read More »Covid-19: Strengthened tier system for England after lockdown
More areas will be in higher tiers, and the tiers will have tougher rules, Downing Street says.
Read More »Boris Johnson ‘asked for Patel report to be palatable’, source claims
But Downing Street insists the conclusions of Sir Alex Allan’s investigation were “entirely his own”.
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