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and we will find you. a think tank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. the pm s former chief adviser dominic cummings has described mr sunak s criticism of the government s handling of the pandemic, as dangerous rubbish. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked afterfailing to send officers in, to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teachers. good afternoon. students in england, wales and northern ireland have been getting their gcse results after the first exams in three years. grades are lower than during the pandemic when they were based on teacher assessments, but higher than pre covid. the government says that s part of the plan in the transition back to exams. there are strong regional variations in today s results with a north south divide in england. vocational and technical awards are also out, with some delays for btecs. he ....
Correct way to go. he says there was not enough talk about trade offs, for example, what would locking down society mean for the economy. and he talks about, he makes quite the accusation, actually, that the minutes from sage were edited to remove dissenting opinions. he has since been speaking to the bbc this afternoon on the radio, and he has clarified there that what he meant was that he was only provided with the consensus opinion from sage, so perhaps dissenting voices were not made available. he is also quite critical of what he calls a fear narrative that he believes the government employed at points, such as for example using pictures of people on ventilators when encouraging the public to follow the rules. he is not saying that there shouldn t have been lockdowns but he is saying that more discussion and willingness to engage with the trade offs means there could have been perhaps different or shorter lockdowns. there has been quite a bit of a reaction to rishi sunak s comment ....