NEW: Campaigners have written to the government warning updated guidance on care home visits “remains unlawful” and they intend to pursue a judicial review.

Leigh Day Solicitors, acting on behalf of John’s Campaign, say blanket bans on visits continue to violate human rights.
Guidance was updated last week to advise that a care home resident’s individual needs should be taken into account when deciding whether to allow a visit. But that applies only in medium-risk areas, not high or very high-risk areas. Campaigners say that still violates rights.
Understand proceedings will be issued by the end of the week unless the guidance is changed. The government has been given until tomorrow to respond to the letter.
Our report on the heartbreak of families who can’t see their loved ones is here.

- Jacqui said happy 90th to her mum over FaceTime. She fears it’ll be her last.

- Debbie’s husband walks straight into the glass that separates them, unable to understand.

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20 Oct
NEW: Understand No 10 may now withdraw the offer of £60m for Greater Manchester, after @AndyBurnhamGM is reported to have rejected it.

No 10 source tells me, "That will have to be determined. £60m was part of a negotiation, he has walked away from that."
Surely the optics of this would be toxic. Conservative MPs in Greater Manchester would be in uproar. A less inflammatory approach would be for No 10 to offer the £60m on the basis of proportionality with Liverpool and Lancashire and try to move on.
At the end of the day, this isn't really about Boris Johnson or Andy Burnham. It's about the people who will lose their jobs under Tier 3 and need financial support. Leaving the vulnerable without vital funds because politicians can't agree would be the worst of all outcomes.
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20 Oct
BREAKING: Government says NO agreement has been reached with Greater Manchester.

Measures govt wants to take include:

- all pubs/bars to close, unless they are serving substantial meals
- Betting shops, casinos, bingo halls, adult gaming centres, and soft play areas also close
Full statement from Communities Secretary @RobertJenrick
Assumption is that these measures will now be imposed regardless, with PM due to hold a press conference at 5pm to formally announce them. Restrictions will last 28 days.
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19 Oct
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿BREAKING: Wales to impose 'fire break' lockdown of 2 weeks starting at 6pm Friday.

▪️ PEOPLE MUST STAY AT HOME
▪️ ALL HOSPITALITY CLOSED
▪️ SECONDARY SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR YEAR 9 AND ABOVE beyond half term

"Our critical care units are already full", warns the First Minister.
First Minister promises £300m resilience fund. Automatic payments of:

- £1,000 for every business.
- Up to £5,000 for hospitality businesses.
Primary and special schools will reopen after the usual half term break and Years 7 and 8 can return to secondary schools. Other year groups in secondary school remain home for the extra week.
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7 Oct
BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon announces circuit breaker lockdown in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for 16 days:

▪️Pubs/restaurants/cafes can only open 6am-6pm indoors
▪️They can only serve alcohol outdoors
▪️Weddings, funerals, and 'life events' exempt

In Central Belt, restrictions even stricter.
This is a significant tightening of restrictions and sounds similar to measures the UK government is considering for northern England, according to @Peston. Where Scotland goes on Covid-19, England often follows...
Nicola Sturgeon says these are "short sharp" measures and intended to be temporary. But without them, she predicts the virus will spiral "out of control" by the end of this month.
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7 Oct
NEW: Analysis by Labour finds that 19 out of 20 areas with local lockdown restrictions in England have actually seen cases rise since those restrictions were imposed.

Comes as Keir Starmer questions why the measures don’t appear to be working at #PMQs.
Some stark examples:

- Bolton has seen cases increase almost 13 times from 20 to 255 per 100k.

- Burnley has seen cases increase over 20 times from 21 to 434 per 100k.

- Bury has seen its cases increase over 13 times from 20 to 266 per 100k.

Is local lockdown working?
What’s even more fascinating is that the Welsh Government just released this slide showing cases in areas of local lockdown in Wales are FALLING.

Why the difference in England?
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🔥BREAKING: Tory MP @CrispinBlunt has called for Equalities Minister @trussliz to be sacked.

"It is clear that the Equalities Minister does not have the time or necessary empathy to continue in this role".

Extraordinary for a Tory MP to call for the sacking of a Tory minister.
It all follows a bitter exchange in the Commons earlier, following the government's response to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act. This week the govt decided not to make it easier for someone to legally change their gender, much to the anger of some liberal Tory MPs.
🔥Crispin Blunt continues blisteringly, "Her characterisation of this as a clash of competing rights betrays a fatal misunderstanding... On equalities, her approach has been didactic and suggestive of someone who has a set view."
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