An insider said the Prime Minister wanted Covid to be fresh in people s minds when they are interviewed for the inquiry. Another warned it will be a lawyer-fest .
Universal Credit £20 booster payments set to end before winter
The boost, worth £1040 a year, was extended by six months during the 2021 Budget and will run until September, but is unlikely to continue into the winter
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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Therese Coffey (Image: Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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Ministers showcase the UK’s green future ahead of COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow
COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma marked less than six months to go until the climate change summit this November, as Government Ministers travelled across the country to see how the UK is greening all parts of society.
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COP26 President Alok Sharma spoke at Whitelee Windfarm outside of Glasgow on the urgent need for action on climate change
UK Ministers visited sites across the country to showcase UK climate action and leadership towards a green economy
Mr Sharma repeated work towards hosting the UN climate conference in person
THIRD of Britain has seen ZERO Covid deaths this month: 22million people are living in areas yet to suffer a fatality in April compared to 30,000 in January, new data shows
Around 22 million people are living in areas across the UK which had no reported Covid-19 deaths in April
Less than 600 deaths within 28 days of a positive test in April, compared with more than 30,000 in January
PHE s weekly Covid report found just 6 per 100,000 people in most vulnerable age group now catching virus
For over-60s more generally in England, the rate in the most recent week was 9.1 thanks to huge vaccine drive
Just one in 1,000 people in England now have Covid as official data shows cases have plunged by 40% in a week - while SAGE says the R rate has crept up slightly but is STILL below one
Experts said this week s report is the first evidence lockdown loosening in April had not increased spread
Weekly testing survey estimates number of people with virus last week was down from 90,000 a week earlier
There is now overwhelming evidence that Covid cases and deaths have been all but stamped out in the UK
Next lockdown easing is expected in three weeks time and it could end for good in less than 2 months