End self-isolation for double-jabbed sooner, says Sir Keir Starmer
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media captionDouble-vaccinated people should be freed from isolation rules more quickly in England says Sir Keir Starmer.
Labour is calling on the government to bring forward the date on which double jabbed people will no longer be told to self-isolate in England.
Sir Keir Starmer wants to bring England in to line with Wales, which confirmed on Thursday that rules would be eased on 7 August.
He says it has been a summer of chaos for families and businesses.
Downing Street says keeping quarantine requirements until 16 August gives more time for vaccinations.
SEVERAL Green Party councillors want West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin to pause road building schemes following a government Uturn on the matter nationally. Leading these calls is Tong Councillor Matt Edwards. His ward has two of the largest schemes being funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) – Tong Valley Road and the widening of A650 at Tong Street. Earlier this month, Green Party councillors from Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees sent a letter to the mayor asking her to announce a review of the road building schemes being funded by WYCA. Last Wednesday, the government’s transport decarbonisation plan was published and contained a pledge to review Britain’s national £27bn road building strategy following legal action by Transport Action Network.
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