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January The United Kingdom found itself in possession of a trade agreement with the EU. Coronavirus restrictions were tightened. The…
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Home Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said that the Omicron variant of coronavirus was spreading by community transmission in ‘multiple…
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Home In a nervous response to the entry into Britain of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 — B.1.1.529 — the…
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Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, praised Peppa Pig in a speech to the Confederation of British Industry: ‘Who would’ve…
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Home The UK terror threat level was raised to severe after a taxi exploded and burst into flames just before…
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Home NHS staff in England will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid by the spring. Britain had ordered 250,000…
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Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, told delegates to the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework…
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Home The Queen will not attend the COP26 meeting in Glasgow next week; she had resumed light duties after having…
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Home Sir David Amess, aged 69, the Conservative MP for Southend West, was stabbed to death while taking a constituency…
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Home In an extraordinary wrangle between government departments, the Treasury accused Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, of ‘making things up’…
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Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said he did not think Britain was in a crisis; he wanted it to…
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Home The crisis of the week was a shortage of fuel at garages. ‘There is no need for people to…
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Home To prevent a shortage of meat, which relies on carbon dioxide in its packaging, the government gave millions of…
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Home The government decided to offer booster vaccinations to those over 50. Children aged 12 to 15 would be offered…
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Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced a new tax in the Commons branded a ‘health and social care levy’.…
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Home Britain brought its last troops home from Afghanistan, having flown out more than 15,000 people since 14 August; but…
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Home At the virtual G7 emergency summit that he was chairing, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, urged President Joe Biden…
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Home Parliament was recalled after the rapid fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, returned from…
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Home With less frightening domestic data on the coronavirus pandemic to ponder, subjects such as the rivalry between Boris Johnson,…
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Home After the number of people ‘pinged’ (alerted by an NHS Covid-19 app) neared 700,000, the app was adjusted so…
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Home The daily number of coronavirus cases detected by tests fell from 54,674 on 17 July to 23,511 by 27…
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Home On the eve of the day that most coronavirus restrictions were to be lifted, the Prime Minister and Chancellor…
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Home England expects everyone to wear masks in crowded places, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said in a televised address,…
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Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said that if a review of coronavirus restrictions on 12 July allowed, then on…
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Home A lively game of hunt the issue followed the resignation of Matt Hancock as Secretary of State for Health…
