At least one Conservative association has already paused campaigning for the local elections, following the death of Prince Phillip. Suspect more and from other parties will follow.
Lib Dems confirm they've suspended campaigning nationally in light of Prince Philip's death.
Labour also suspending political campaigning across the country - sounds like cross-party talks taking place to come to an agreement on how long for.
Conservative spokesperson confirms: “In light of the sad news from Buckingham Palace, all campaigning will be paused until further notice.”
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Exclusive: Ministers will tomorrow discuss a proposal drawn up by the Cabinet Office to introduce vaccine and testing certification, for when international travel is allowed again.
If approved at the COVID-O meeting, responsibilities will be divvied up between government departments:
DFT to set up certification infrastructure, Cabinet Office to to lead on formal engagement with other countries and international organisations.
NHS will also be told to make sure people can access their vaccine status for outbound travel.
BREAKING: Residents in two parts of Woking, Surrey to be offered COVID tests after two people with no travel links tested positive for the variant discovered in South Africa.
Ruth Hutchinson, Director of Public Health for Surrey, said: “This is a precautionary measure - the more cases of the variant we find, the better chance we have at stopping it from spreading further."
A total of 105 cases have now been discovered of the South Africa variant in the UK, says Surrey Local Resilience Forum.
Closer to home, I also uncovered that useless coronavirus tests were being sent out, with recipients told to bin the kits because they weren't able to be returned and processed.
They were still included in the government's testing total.