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As Boris Johnson Recovers In Hospital, His Government Faces Mounting Problems On Political, Health And Economic Fronts
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As Boris Johnson Recovers In Hospital, His Government Faces Mounting Problems On Political, Health And Economic Fronts
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Senior ministers say Boris Johnson must not rush back to daily running of govt
— lockdown likely to last to early-mid May anyway
— should act at most as “chairman of the board” for several weeks
— let Raab operate as "CEO"
— PM can make "phased" return https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
— lockdown likely to last to early-mid May anyway
— should act at most as “chairman of the board” for several weeks
— let Raab operate as "CEO"
— PM can make "phased" return https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Trust between No10 and civil service at an “all time low
— Sedwill has tried to “restructure” govt& #39;s response by putting a team of senior officials in charge of day-to-day management of the crisis
— accusations of a "power grab" and aides "frozen out" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
— Sedwill has tried to “restructure” govt& #39;s response by putting a team of senior officials in charge of day-to-day management of the crisis
— accusations of a "power grab" and aides "frozen out" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
A minister’s view of things inside government. There is widespread criticism of Public Health England, which many think post-coronavirus cannot continue in its current form https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Some Tory MPs worry the crisis will change UK politics for years
"The post-election policy agenda on which we won such a huge mandate could now be ruined. What can be saved is an unresolved question" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
"The post-election policy agenda on which we won such a huge mandate could now be ruined. What can be saved is an unresolved question" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
“Number 10 advisers think the civil service are a bunch of wets who failed to prepare and got us into the worst crisis since World War 2. The civil service thinks Number 10 advisers are a load of idiots and lunatics who shouldn’t be anywhere near power.” https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Source referenced this meme of two Spidermen pointing fingers at each other, predicting this would resemble Cummings and Sedwill blaming each other at a future public inquiry
No10 say it is “categorically untrue” that aides and officials are at odds
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No10 say it is “categorically untrue” that aides and officials are at odds
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— “There is no exit strategy yet” other than ongoing social distancing https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
These concerns became SAGE& #39;s main priority this week
— Study in China suggests people who have had coronavirus only had very low levels of antibodies following recovery
— Korea finding it is “reactivating” in people who had previously been cured https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
— Study in China suggests people who have had coronavirus only had very low levels of antibodies following recovery
— Korea finding it is “reactivating” in people who had previously been cured https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Ministers have expressed unbridled fury to the Home Office at heavy-handed policing by some forces
They say it risks “civil disobedience on a mass scale putting thousands of lives at risk”
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They say it risks “civil disobedience on a mass scale putting thousands of lives at risk”
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Concerns that the chancellor& #39;s economic package has FTSE 100 firms "walking around in I 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">Rishi t-shirts", but millions have fallen through the cracks and thousands of SMEs could go bust
Estimates that UK GDP could shrink by 25% in Q2 are “not crazy” https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Estimates that UK GDP could shrink by 25% in Q2 are “not crazy” https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Main area of criticism of economic response is CBILS
HMT tell BuzzFeed News they& #39;ve made £453 million worth of loans for 2,500 firms
But comparable scheme in Switzerland has loaned £10 billion to 76,034 businesses https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
HMT tell BuzzFeed News they& #39;ve made £453 million worth of loans for 2,500 firms
But comparable scheme in Switzerland has loaned £10 billion to 76,034 businesses https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Tory MPs want Sunak to extend wages scheme
— Fears 1000s of new starters missed the cut off point
— uncertainty over how long scheme will last means firms laying off staff
— But HMT worried it simply doesn& #39;t have the money for an endless bailout https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
— Fears 1000s of new starters missed the cut off point
— uncertainty over how long scheme will last means firms laying off staff
— But HMT worried it simply doesn& #39;t have the money for an endless bailout https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Also fears that millions of self-employed workers will be unable to pay their bills
Many self-employed people have revenues of tens of thousands of pounds per year but profits of just a few thousand, leaving them with a paltry sum from the govt https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
Many self-employed people have revenues of tens of thousands of pounds per year but profits of just a few thousand, leaving them with a paltry sum from the govt https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings">https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickh...
