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The COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 23rd March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the widening outbreak of COVID-19. This involved closing many sectors and ordering the ...
The UK government loses a High Court bid to prevent the COVID-19 Inquiry from seeing Boris Johnson's diaries and WhatsApp messages in full. [135] Senior Welsh civil servant Reg Kilpatrick tells the COVID-19 Inquiry he raised concerns in 2018 that the Welsh Government was not doing enough to assist the UK government with pandemic planning. [136]
The UK government and each of the three devolved governments (in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) introduced public health and economic measures, including new laws, to mitigate its impact. A national lockdown was introduced on 23 March 2020 and lifted in May, replaced with specific regional restrictions. Further nationwide restrictions ...
The path ahead. Lawmakers in both chambers are set to return Monday. By that point, they’ll have less than two weeks before a first key deadline — the end of the government’s fiscal year on ...
In 2023, the White House and Congress have had a real “will they won’t they” dynamic when it comes to keeping the government open and running.Throughout several points of the year, rumors of ...
19 December –. Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the Scottish Government's budget for 2024–25. Measures announced include a new 45% tax rate for people earning between £75,000 and £125,140, and a rise in the top rate of tax, paid by those earning over £125,000, from 47% to 48%.
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The US government faces a shutdown unless Congress manages to overcome a budget impasse before the Sept. 30 funding deadline.
The UK government confirms the lifting of compulsory vaccines for care home workers in England from 15 March. [ 49 ] The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) serving Wiltshire, Swindon and Bath has expressed its concern at the low number of five to eleven-year-olds classed as clinically at risk taking up their offer of a COVID vaccine, with 4.7% ...