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Updated 05/03/2021 07:46 GMT The Budget Is Barely Cold, But Has Rishi Sunak’s Mask Slipped Already? "Pitiful" NHS pay offer could chill the national mood after the chancellor’s warm words. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. If anyone needed further proof that Rishi Sunak is a different kind of Tory chancellor, the morning after the Budget before gave us yet more evidence. On the back of his tax-rai...

Chancellor may not want his signature, or fingerprints, on some consequences of his decisions.

Can Keir Starmer Persuade The Public There’s A ‘Right Time’ To Increase Taxes? Labour leader under pressure, but can his "partnership with business" avoid the tax/spend conundrum? PA Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds during a visit to the Portsmouth Gin Distillery in Southsea, Portsmouth. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. It’s February 2021 and Jeremy Corbyn is prime minister, leadi...

Updated 26/02/2021 21:14 GMT Will JVT’s ‘Don’t Wreck It’ Message Be Heard By The Chancellor Too? Variegated map of UK suggests behaviour change needed from politicians not just the public. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Jonathan Van-Tam has become one of the break-out stars of the pandemic thanks to his direct, no-nonsense style. When the nation was coming out of lockdown last summer, the...

Updated 25/02/2021 07:27 GMT Why Teachers Won’t Get Fast-Tracked In Boris Johnson’s Covid Vaccine Rollout Key workers not high risk enough to defy scientists’ age-before-occupation priority list. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. The question of whether key workers should be fast-tracked for Covid vaccinations has been a simmering topic for several weeks. But after evidence to the Commons scienc...

PM strategy admits uncertain levels of vaccine protection and impact on transmission.

Updated 03/12/2020 22:09 GMT Is Boris Johnson Overselling The Moonshot Merits Of Rapid Covid Tests? Worries over reliability have prompted questions about using them in care homes, and elsewhere. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. From PMQs to the No.10 press briefings, Boris Johnson has had plenty of tricky questions lobbied his way over the past few months. But the one that really made him squirm mos...