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we shouldnt cut taxes. its been that we could only cut taxes once we have controlled inflation and debt. first cut inflation, then cut taxes. and thats why i made a promise to have inflation and the official statistics show that promise has now been met. so now that inflation has halved, and our growth is stronger, meaning revenues are higher, we can begin the next phase and turn our attention to cutting tax. we will do this in a serious, responsible way, based on fiscal rules to deliv...

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Data weve been talking about, we could see a rise in hospitalisations and we may need to act. mps had a briefing on data last night from the chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance and the chief medical officer for england chris whitty, and mps who were on that briefing call who saw the slide pack said there was no new significant information and certainly no information in the area that everyone wants, which is, how often do people who contract omicron end up in hospital? how ill do they ...

Restrictions in england. she was asked what people should do over new year. weve always said act cautiously, since this new variant came amongst us, and it is highly infectious, many people will know somebody who is caught this over the christmas period. so do be cautious, take a lateral flow test before you go out. go to well ventilated areas, ive been to a couple of outdoor parties, actually, people have moved things to outside. sojust be cautious, but you know, do try to enjoy yourself as wel...

Mrjohnson is expected to get details on how fast the omicron variant is spreading and whether the nhs is coming under unsustainable pressure, even though omicron is now thought to be milder than previous variants. professor markjit is an epidemiologist at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. hes also part of spi—m, a committee that provides disease modelling advice to the government. he told me what the situation is like in london. london is ahead of the rest of the country, bec...

Will see this increased tidal wave of cases of omicron translating into more people ending up in hospital. if these people are vulnerable and older, and more people are likely to mix over christmas, then this could put a huge strain on the nhs, and thatis put a huge strain on the nhs, and that is one huge thing politicians, clinicians and everyone will be watching and hoping that the booster programme will help prevent some of that. ,, ., ., ~ , ., , . that. smitha, thank you very much. lookin: ...

Encouraged to work from home. back to the quarantine period if people have a negative lateral flow test on days six and seven. lets speak to rowland kao, professor of epidemiology and data science at the university of edinburgh. hes also part of �*spi—m, a committee that provides disease modelling advice to the government. he is speaking to us today in a personal capacity. what is the scientific thinking behind cutting quarantine from ten days to a week? t behind cutting quarantine from ten ...

Expect. is that effecting the progress of the virus? in terms of the politics, we know that the cabinet is divided on this, with the majority of them saying there is not enough data to justify any new restrictions. and speaking to an mp last night from the tory backbenches who is quite sceptical about the need for further restrictions, he is cautious... his caution was confirmed by the lack of hard data on the severity of omicron from the scientist last night. we on the severity of omicron from ...

The the old saying is it is darkest before the dawn and i know it has been a really difficult time for absolutely all others, that we are vaccinating the world, even the resource poor countries that we were struggling to vaccinate we are now getting volumes and getting the vaccines into the arms, so even though it seems very difficult now, have a careful christmas, look forward to 2022 so we can all truly celebrate together. dr forward to 2022 so we can all truly celebrate together.— celebrate...