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6 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
NEW: Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirms there is "now community transmission across multiple regions" of England with many omicron cases not linked to travel.

There are now 261 cases in England, 71 in Scotland and 4 in Wales, he tells MPs.
Sajid Javid: "We can't say for certain at this point whether omicron has the potential to knock us off our road to recovery. We are leaving nothing to chance. Our strategy is to buy ourselves time."
New shadow health sec Wes Streeting says that "public compliance depends on public confidence" in the rules - as he asks ministers to "come clean" on No 10 party.

Javid replies: "Of course they should apply to everyone, regardless of who they are".
Ministers and health chiefs fully expect this to go much, much higher now it's in the community. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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7 Dec
EXCLUSIVE: Former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson broke Covid rules by holding a festive party at work in the run up to last Christmas. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
On December 10 last year up to two dozen of Gavin Williamson’s staff gathered for "drinks and canapes" in the Department for Education cafe.

One source told me: "They were mingling and drinking wine. It was just so reckless”.
Official DfE figures published that same day show that state school attendance was just 85%, meaning that 1.2 million children in England were out of school while the Education Secretary and his top team partied.
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30 Nov
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson and his Downing Street staff have been accused of breaking Covid rules by attending parties at Number 10 in the run-up to last Christmas.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
The PM gave a speech at a packed leaving do for a top aide last November when the country was in the grip of its second lockdown.
Then just days before Christmas, with London in tier 3 restrictions, members of PM’s top team held their own festive bash in Downing Street.
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29 Nov
NEW: All the names on this thread have now been confirmed. It's the wide-ranging reshuffle that Keir Starmer wanted to conduct earlier this year, but he didn't have the political capital (or some would say, balls). Labour leader now has a spring in his step.
Labour big hitters Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves stay in place, along with party chair Anneliese Dodds.

Shadow defence sec John Healey, shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire & chief whip Alan Campbell are the other survivors in Commons.
The day got off to a messy start with news of the reshuffle leaking during Angela Rayner's big sleaze speech. While deputy leader did know it was taking place, she wasn't consulted and didn't know any of the details. Still some bridge-building to do there.
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29 Nov
🌹Labour shadow cabinet round-up. This is what we think we know so far...
Yvette Cooper to home
David Lammy to foreign
Lisa Nandy to levelling up
Steve Reed to justice
Lucy Powell to DCMS
Nick Thomas-Symonds to trade
Jo Stevens to Wales
I'm also hearing Lou Haigh to transport
And that Jim McMahon is moving to the Defra brief

(Fwiw I think we'll have worked out the entire shadow cabinet before they actually announce it! ⏰)
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29 Nov
Prof Jonathan Van Tam: "I do not want people to panic at this stage."

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Three key Covid vaccines announcements:

💉boosters expanded to include all over-18s

💉third doses fast tracked with the gap between the 2nd and 3rd doses halved from 6 to 3 months

💉Children aged 12 to 15 will now be offered second doses
Dr June Raine adds: "We do not have evidence that vaccines do not work against omicron strain".

Scientists still investigating - and will tweak vaccines accordingly if needed.
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22 Nov
Tuesday’s @DailyMirror front page: THAT’S RICH mirror.co.uk/news/politics/… Image
Details of Tory winter ball prizes leaking out via @MrHarryCole:

🏏 An hour of cricket with Rishi Sunak auctioned off for £35k

💃🏻Karaoke with Liz Truss goes for £22k

🇬🇧 ‘Get Brexit Done’ sign from PM’s 2019 election campaign goes for £30k...
Boris Johnson suffers a rebellion of 18 Tory MPs over his social care cap plans - including somewhat symbolically the MP for Workington, at heart of ‘red wall’. ImageImageImageImage
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