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The UK government announced a £750 million package of support for charities across the UK. £370 million of the money was set aside to support small, local charities working with vulnerable people. £60 million of this was allocated to charities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: £30 million for Scotland; £20 million for Wales
The local regulations were all introduced by way of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, using emergency powers available to him under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, the stated legal basis being "the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory ...
The Local Government Act 1985 also abolished metropolitan county councils, [21] but there are still 36 metropolitan district councils as of May 2022. [7] There are also (as of April 2023) 62 unitary authorities. [7] These carry out the functions of both county and district councils and have replaced two-tier local government in some areas. [24]
Local government in the United Kingdom has origins which pre-date the United Kingdom itself, as each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its own separate system. For an overview, see Administrative geography of the United Kingdom .
Post-lockdown, the Government of India introduced a contact tracking app called Aarogya Setu to help authorities manage contact tracing and vaccine distribution. [291] India's vaccination program was considered to be the world's largest and most successful with over 90% of citizens getting the first dose and another 65% getting the second dose.
Britain needs a “peacetime vaccine task force” to prepare for the next pandemic, ministers have been warned amid concerns the government risks forgetting the lessons of Covid-19. The ...
These restrictions were established with the intention to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. [2] By April 2020, about half of the world's population was under some form of lockdown, with more than 3.9 billion people in more than 90 countries or territories having been asked or ordered to stay at home by their ...
A number of critics accused the government of "pork barrel politics". [16] Levelling Up Fund spending has been criticised for doubts that small local projects could transform the economy or create long-term jobs, and for not giving devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland a role in selecting projects. [23]