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Tory MP brands lockdown cycle is ‘deeply depressing’
Conservative MP Sir Graham Brady has said that the “repetitive cycle” of lockdowns is “immensely damaging to people’s livelihoods, is deeply depressing and is causing great cost in terms of people’s mental health and family relationships.” .
The chairman of the 1922 Committee told BBC Radio 4’s The Westminster Hour that he is likely to vote against the new restrictions due to take effect in England on Thursday, as he warned of a “slow mission” of more restrictions.
He said that he was concerned about the interference in people’s rights: “Freedom of association, the right to family life.
“We even have the government telling people who they can sleep with or not, depending on whether they are considered to have an established relationship or not.
“If these types of measures were being taken in any totalitarian country in the world, we would be denouncing it as a form of evil and here the suppression of people’s fundamental freedoms is being done almost without comment and I think it is very important that we focus on those basic human rights and finding ways, of course, to deal with the serious threat of Covid 19, but do so by working with people rather than doing things to people. “
YOU CAN move house under lockdown rules 2 – minister
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that people can continue to move home despite the new coronavirus lockdown in England.
Writing on Twitter, he said: “Housing market update ahead of Thursday’s measures: Tenants and landlords will be able to move in; Moving companies and real estate agents can operate; Construction sites can and should continue; Merchants will be able to enter the houses.
“But everyone must follow Covid’s safety guidance.”
“If you think the next few days are an excuse to break the rules, think again”
Parents are pleased that the rules on outside meetings are clarified
The government has clarified its rules on how many people can gather outside after growing confusion from concerned parents.
With a national shutdown looming, parents, unable to attend baby classes during the Covid-19 restrictions, feared that government rules could have made it even more difficult to care for them and their children this winter.
Conservative MP Alicia Kearns also joined the parents’ plight and said she remembered the “loneliness” of being a new mother.
He called on the government to exempt children under one year of age from restrictions on how many people can gather outdoors.
She tweeted: “As we prepare for a second lockdown, it is important that we support new moms.
“I remember loneliness.
“That is why I ask that minors be exempted from the two-person outdoor gathering rule, so that two new moms can meet together in the confinement.”
Health Minister Nadine Dorries has said that children under school age who are with their parents will not count towards the limit of two people who meet outdoors.
Here’s a breakdown of the latest figures from the UK.
The government said 162 more people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday. This brings the UK total to 46,717.
Separate figures released by UK statistical agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, along with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show that there have now been 62,000 Covid-19 related deaths in the UK.
The government said that, as of 9am on Sunday, there had been another 23,254 laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK. It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,034,914.
Now that the latest UK figures have dropped, here’s a look at the big picture:
The latest figures are in …
‘Honestly closing and restricting restaurants and gyms too much is absurd’
The hotel industry in London has called the closure of its businesses “absurd” and has warned that it could lead to massive losses of jobs.
Northern voters ‘worth less’ to prime minister than southern voters, mayors claim
The prime minister has shown that he believes voters in the north are worth less than those in the south, regional mayors have said.
Yesterday, the government announced national coronavirus restrictions and an 80 percent extension of leave payments, even though workers in the north of England were only offered 67 percent of salary when companies saw each other. forced to close as part of Level 3 restrictions.
At an online press conference today, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said: “This morning, millions of people woke up knowing that the Prime Minister of this country believes that the North is worth less than the south”.
He said voters across the “red wall” areas would not be “fooled” into electing the Conservatives again.
The Labor politician said: “Apparently all votes count equally, but all voters demonstrably do not count for this Government and the support you get from the Minister of Finance depends on a horizontal line drawn across the country and on which side you sit. . “
He told the press conference that during discussions that the Liverpool City Region would become the first area in the country to enter Level 3 restrictions, the Government was “unequivocal” that it would not consider changes in the licensing scheme.
He added: “I can assure the government that the people of the North will not easily forget that they were judged to be worth less than their southern counterparts.”
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said people in the region “had just completed three months of morale-sapping restrictions and are now waking up to the prospect of a month of even tougher restrictions.”
He added: “Honestly, I don’t think that is understood in Westminster, that people have already been crushed by the restrictions they have been living under and they need to understand that before moving forward.”
He called for work to be done on a “substantial localization” of the test and trace system, for the self-employed to receive financial support and for schools to close for two weeks for a “true break in the loop.”
He said: “We need to see the end of the evening newspaper briefings that have major consequences for people’s lives, causing all kinds of worry and distress, we need to see the end of the continued failure of testing and tracking, We need to see the end of differential treatment of low-wage people, people of the North versus people of the South, we need to see an end to the exclusion of some people who now desperately need some public support.
“If we do those things, we can use November as a proper restart of this country’s response to this pandemic.”
