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Jul 3, 2020 3 tweets 3 min read Read on X
As the country prepares for the lockdown easing, a @SkyNews @YouGov poll finds 83% of us are willing to go back into lockdown, should coronavirus cases spike again. Watch here with @SamCoatesSky
People are also seemingly nervous about some of the relaxation measures; 70% uncomfortable going to a pub, 60% say the same about eating out at a restaurant, and 73% nervous about going on a foreign holiday. Much more here news.sky.com/story/coronavi… @SamCoatesSky
And even more at 4pm with @JayneSeckerSky on @SkyNews - as we hear from a panel who will be answering questions on the new rules, progress in tackling the virus and the treatments now available. Have a question? Send it to news@sky.com or on here using #AskSkyNews

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Aug 16, 2022
🧵Almost 3 yrs into 40 new hospitals programme, investigation via me @AgnesChambre & @BethRigby 👇
- 80% don’t have a completion date or unlikely to be finished by next GE
- Only 20% completed/begun construction
- Just 32.5% are whole new hospitals 1/4
news.sky.com/story/majority…
We spoke exclusively to Julian Hartley, Chief Exec at one of the 40 hospitals, in Leeds. “We don’t have an actual start date yet because we are waiting for the green light from govt… we are very keen to move.” 2/4
Labours @wesstreeting expresses concern the new PM might quietly drop this pledge come September 3/4
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Oct 1, 2020
🚨🎥Watch!🎥🚨@theresecoffey speaking to @BethRigby on the governments new Kickstart scheme which launched this month, with 65,000 applications already.

But... A thread..
The DWP are “ready to help” up to 4 million people that they are anticipating could be unemployed as result of COVID crisis in worse case scenario.
What’s an ‘unviable’ job? “There are sectors” (nightclubs, theatres) “where regulations may not allow them to flow in quite the same way”
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Sep 4, 2020
Conversations about the Union often boil down to a ‘pantomime’ between BJ and NS. But Coronavirus has been handled differently across the four nations of the UK - throwing up fresh questions. @SamCoatesSky spoke to each leader and their citizens. Watch..
Arlene Foster on the damage done by the Brexit deal and how her job is now to “mitigate” against damage to the Union + NI/Republic cooperation through COVID
Mark Drakeford the “practical” unionist suggests Westminster shouldn’t block an Indy ref in Scotland or Wales. And if Scotland and NI went independent Wales could look again.
Read 6 tweets
Jul 23, 2020
Some interesting points in this - raising questios for intergovernmental relations in the future... 1/6
“At every stage,England has moved at a faster pace than the rest of the UK in terms of its messaging” 2/6
From the moment of ‘Stay Alert’ messaging onwards the approach to managing the pandemic “differed” between the four nations 3/6
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May 11, 2020
Asked whether our lives could change beyond 2020 the PM tells @BethRigby “if you ask me am I absolutely certain that we won’t be living with this for a long time to come - I can’t say that...”
...”It might be that we have to become ever more flexible, ever more agile, ever smarter in the way we tackle not just this infection but potentially future infections as well”
And Sir Patrick tells @BethRigby “you can never guarantee a vaccine” but “great progress” has been made. “The chances are higher than they were.” And he would be “surprised if we didn’t end up with something” - a therapeutic or a vaccine.
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Mar 12, 2020
Prime Minister officially announcing move from contain to delay to tackle coronavirus “This is the worst public health crisis for a generation.” He said “many, many more families are going to lose loved ones.”
PM said they are considering the question of banning major public events such as sporting fixtures. But not closing schools for now - “should only close if they are specifically advised to do so.”
“We’re on a trajectory which is about 4 weeks behind Italy” and other European countries - Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Adviser
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