tonight @RachelReevesMP has written to cabinet secretary Simon Case about Lister’s double-hatting
out of several glaring potential conflicts of interest this is the most eye-catching, original scoop by @Gabriel_Pogrund
- gov spokesperson insisted Lister’s departure had not been substantially brought forward. The 71-year-old had been due to leave at the end of April, they insisted.
- another person close to the situation said: “You’d have to be quite naive to believe that explanation”.
an Alice in Wonderland justification for Acoba not looking at the Crothers move to Greensill - ie that he was already working there part-time when he was a civil servant 🤯
Shadow Cabinet Office minister @RachelReevesMP described the disclosure that Crothers was working for Greensill while still a civil servant as “extraordinary and shocking” and called on government to strengthen relevant rules.
can’t believe this is happening: crass, insensitive, disproportionate, outrageous
Sadiq Khan has issued statement:
“The scenes from the vigil at Clapham Common tonight are unacceptable.
“The police have a responsibility to enforce Covid laws but from the images I have seen it is clear the response was at times neither appropriate nor proportionate.”
Ed Davey, leader of the Lib Dems, has called for Cressida Dick’s resignation
the moment that Boris Johnson cancelled his 5-day Christmas relaxation of the restrictions:
- now most people are limited to a single Christmas Day with wider family
- 18m people in new toughest Tier 4 (including London) can’t have an Xmas bubble at all and must stay at home
people in “Tier 4” will be ordered to "stay at home" for a fortnight and will be restricted from socialising with more than one person even outdoors, while shops, leisure facilities, gyms and hairdressers will be closed.
Tier 4:
- London
- Kent
- Buckinghamshire
- Berkshire
- Surrey (ex Waverley)
- Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth
- Rother and Hastings
- East of England
- Bedford, Central Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough
- Hertfordshire
- Essex (ex Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring)