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During the Downing Street press conference Boris Johnson said he takes “full responsibility” for everything the government has done.

15 mistakes made in handling coronavirus pandemic as UK death toll reaches 100,000 The Prime Minister says the Government has done everything they could have done to tackle the crisis as the UKs death toll passed 100,000 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join the Secret Elves to get first access to our exclusive reviews of the must-have products this year.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you p...

Treasury has no plans to extend VAT cut but Sunak insists more support is coming The Treasury says it has no plans to extend the VAT cut for the hospitality sector, despite the Chancellor warning that the economy will get worse before it gets better. Speaking during Treasury Questions in the Commons yesterday (26 January), Rishi Sunak told Tory MPs that the cost of the new Coronavirus bailouts they are demanding could reach £30bn, and urged patience among backbenche...

Further economic support will be unveiled at the next Budget in March, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has said. Trade body UKHospitality (UKH) wrote to the Chancellor​ ahead of the deadline for Budget submissions earlier this month (January), urging the Government to extend the VAT cut for another year and continue the business rates holiday for the sector throughout this year. It also called for the Government to reveal additional support measures such as...

Boris Johnson announced that March 8 is the earliest date that ministers hope to start reopening schools  He made clear wider lockdown wont be eased until then, when vulnerable groups should have vaccine cover Prime Minister admitted to MPs that closures would have a huge impact on education of millions of pupils He pledged £300million - on top of previous £1billion package - to help fund tutoring and summer schools   The PM said there were no easy answers as Keir Starmer highlighted the U...

During the Downing Street press conference Boris Johnson said he takes “full responsibility” for everything the government has done.

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Published on April will see the furlough scheme come to an end and allow customer-facing outlets such as cafés, restaurants, and pubs to reopen. While this may seem like a saving grace for the UK restaurant sector, which has plummeted from *1£32.2bn in 2019 to £21.8bn in 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s warning of a ‘double-dip’ recession indicates it will not be the economic relief many hope for and expect. With the UK’s unemployment rate forecast to stand at *25.5% in 2021, independ...

Some of the many victims of Covid-19. Words by ITV News Digital Multimedia Producer Jocelyn Evans Since the first confirmed death of a Covid-19 patient in the UK in March, the country has passed many other "grim milestones". Now that figure has reached 100,000 deaths among patients who died within 28 days of the first positive coronavirus test. Heres how we got here. March 5 - Business as usual as first reported Covid death confirmed On March 5, the UK reported its first confirmed Covid death a...

BBC News By Nick Triggle, Christine Jeavans & Robert Cuffe BBC News image copyrightGetty Images More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls? There is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is over. But there are plenty of clues that, when pieced together, help build a picture of...