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“We still have a week to go before the month closes. May 2021 will end with a double-digit unemployment rate, falling employment rate and substantial loss of employment,” CMIE said in its weekly analysis.
A Cabinet minister has apologised to people whose plans were disrupted by controversial guidance issued for eight Indian Covid-19 variant hotspots in England including the the London borough of Hounslow. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps admitted shortcomings in the communications of the new advice which was last night watered down. Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about a group which had cancelled a sailing event in Bolton in the light of guidance on avoiding travel in and out of the eight areas, Mr Shapps said: “I’m really sorry that it has disrupted people’...
Ministers have been forced into retreat over “local lockdowns” after councils threatened to defy the rules. The Government on Tuesday night changed its advice to tackle outbreaks of the Indian variant of Covid within less than 24 hours of a row erupting over the policy, which critics said had descended into “farce”. The original guidance urged 1.7 million people in eight parts of England to restrict their travel in and out of their area and to socialise outdoors instead of indoors where possible. Ministers failed to pass on the new advice to local health and council...
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Patrick Daly 25 May 2021, 2:46 pm Ministers have been accused of bringing in “local lockdowns by stealth” after quietly slipping out guidance urging people in Indian variant hotspot areas to restrict their socialising and travel. Labour shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth called on the Government to withdraw the new advice for eight areas in England, where it is being recommended that people do not meet indoors and that travelling in and out of the localities should be avoided. (PA Graphics) Health chiefs in the areas have said they were not consulted or informed about the changes, ...
Local lockdowns are reportedly being considered by ministers in response to the Indian variant.