-Brazilian variant: 'We have one of tough border regimes' in world.
-'No reason not to think vaccines effective'.
-PHE don't think there is threat to the wider public.
-'I don't think' too slow on hotel quarantine. Did it 'as fast as we could'.
More from PM pool:
-Testing is key for schools getting back. 50m testing kits available.
-Getting all schools open is priority and 'confident' we will be ready for March 8th.
PM pool:
-Will crack down 'ruthlessly' on people smuggling.
-On possible @rishisunak tax rises: We we look after business hit by pandemic and Budget will pave way for recovery.
As PM @BorisJohnson learns about counting with primary school kids in Stoke, he jokes it could be a ‘Dan Quayle’ moment.
The former US VP famously corrected a school child’s spelling of ‘potato’ to ‘potatoe’.
During an impromptu Harry Potter quiz with school children in Stoke, @BorisJohnson jokes: ‘We know some people who come from Slytherin’.
Who does he mean?
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-Checks will be strengthened at border and in isolation.
-Suspension of travel corridors is 'precautionary measure'.
-Avoids Q on whether hotels will be used for people isolating on arrival.
Raab on quarantine hotels: we've 'considered all the possibilities'.
'People shouldn't be going on holiday. That is not appropriate.'
-Parents should ‘absolutely’ send kids to primary schools tomorrow, in the areas that they are open.
-‘Schools are safe’. The risk to kids and staff is ‘small’.
BREAK: Serious warning from scientists in new dump of SAGE docs.
From 14 Oct:
-In England, infection & hospital admission levels breaching Reasonable Worst Case planning scenario.
-Daily deaths now at Reasonable Worst Case levels & 'highly likely' to exceed them within 2 weeks
More from SAGE:
-Evidence that individuals haven't changed behaviour and are meeting same number of contacts as in past 2 months.
-US studies suggest restaurants and bars are particularly risky environments.
-Current outlook is 'concerning', if no 'decisive interventions'.
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Significant warning from govt scientific advisers on household mixing:
-'The frequency of interhousehold contacts needs to be reduced to curtail transmission, whereas limiting group size alone has only a marginal effect'.
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-Decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn was ‘wrong’ and ‘unjust’.
-‘We’ve been knocked off the rails’ by his suspension.
-Hope we can resolve this and move on.
-Message to members: ‘stay in the party’.
NEW: 'It seems we are drifting towards a hell of a row'.
“In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation. He has also had the whip removed from the Parliamentary Labour Party.”
NEW: I understand @JeremyCorbyn’s reaction to being suspended from Labour was complete shock: ‘What?!’
NEW: I have just interviewed @jeremycorbyn (again). This time in response to his suspension from Labour.
Full broadcast pool interview on BBC/ITV soon. And on @skynews here: