A financial exceptional support scheme has been designed for councils left with unmanageable pressures , one of the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government s most senior officials has revealed.
Ministry director of local government finance Alex Skinner also indicated that his department would not allow overstretched councils flexibilities over accounting rules as a way for them to legally set a balanced budget.
He told the Local Government Association finance conference this morning that a small number of local authorities” have been in conversation with his department about exceptional support and the result of these discussions would be announced “very transparently in the coming weeks .
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Approved For Use In UK
The Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has just been approved for use in the UK, as authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (
MHRA).
In other words, this Oxford vaccine is safe and effective to be rolled out to the public. The UK has ordered 100 million doses, which is enough to vaccinate 50 million inhabitants.
The Department of Health & Social Care shared,
‘The Government has today accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorise Oxford University/AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for use.’
It is truly fantastic news – and a triumph for British science – that the @UniofOxford /@AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] Paul McManus About MyHealthChecked PLC ( www.myhealthcheckedplc.com ) MyHealthChecked PLC, based in Cardiff, is an AIM-quoted pioneering UK healthcare company with two diverse, customer-facing at-home testing brands in its portfolio: MyHealthChecked is the umbrella brand of a range of at-home DNA and RNA tests, now in development following the recent acquisition of The Genome Store. The tests will be made available on line, and would be viable for over the counter purchase. The MyHealthChecked portfolio has been identified as part of a change in mindset as customers become more familiar with the concept of accessible healthcare in the growing at home testing kit market with a focus on accessibility at the right price, led by UK-based experts.
New York Hospitalizations Rise, New Travel Rules: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/25/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Hospitalizations in New York City continued to rise and the rate of positive tests showed no sign of slowing. Pope Francis used his Christmas Day message to appeal for world leaders to share vaccines.
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Travelers from the U.K. face more restrictions due to a new variant of the virus spreading, with the U.S. insisting arriving Britons have a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departing the country. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the order later Friday, and the measure will come into effect Dec. 28.
New York Hospitalizations Rise, New Travel Rules: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/25/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Hospitalizations in New York City continued to rise and the rate of positive tests showed no sign of slowing. Pope Francis used his Christmas Day message to appeal for world leaders to share vaccines.
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Travelers from the U.K. face more restrictions due to a new variant of the virus spreading, with the U.S. insisting arriving Britons have a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departing the country. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the order later Friday, and the measure will come into effect Dec. 28.