GlaxoSmithKline sacks US vaccine programme boss over sexual harassment allegations By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 A GlaxoSmithKline executive who was poached to run the US vaccines programme has been fired by the British company over sexual harassment allegations. Moncef Slaoui, … Read more
Boris Johnson’s former homelessness tsar Louise Casey warns Tories they risk becoming the ‘nasty party’ again if Rishi Sunak axes £20 increase in Universal Credit as Chancellor comes under pressure from Red Wall Conservatives to U-turn She said axing increase in March would be ‘too punitive’ for struggling families Told BBC it was not right, … Read more
The government’s vaccines tsar today admitted that the NHS will need to be giving around three million vaccine doses a week by February to meet the PM’s target. Nadhim Zahawi said goal of covering more than 13million of the most vulnerable within seven weeks was ‘very stretching’ – but can be delivered. Boris Johnson … Read more
Kate Bingham, head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce, said it was her ‘gut feeling’ that summer holidays will be back on the cards next year and social distancing could be scrapped Summer holidays could be back on the cards next year and social distancing may be scrapped, Britain’s vaccine tsar suggested this morning. Asked when … Read more
Boris Johnson went ‘ballistic’ over the axing of a controversial cycling lane – and his cycling tsar pledged to send the Prime Minister riding down it if council leaders agreed not to remove it, it has been claimed. The cycle lane in Kensington High Street has become the unlikely battleground in the row between cycling zealots … Read more
Fears of chaos on Britain’s rail network during the festive period has prompted the government to appoint a travel tsar to help 2.2million people get home for Christmas. Ministers are preparing urgent plans to prevent Christmas getaway chaos amid fears huge numbers of people will be unable to join their families during the five-day relaxation … Read more
‘Many hours of Zoom ahead’: Testing tsar Dido Harding reveals she is self-isolating after getting ‘pinged’ by her own contact tracing app Baroness Harding revealed on Twitter that she has been told to self-isolate The Test & Trace chief said she had ‘many hours of Zoom ahead’ but ‘feeling well’ By James Tapsfield, Political Editor … Read more
Former medical tsar Dame Sally Davies says Britain’s obesity crisis has led to 50,000 Covid death toll Prof Sally Davies said junk food adverts and increased portion sizes are to blame Former chief medical officer says more needs to be done to tackle obesity crisis It comes as Britain is first country in Europe to … Read more
Former medical tsar Dame Sally Davies admits Britain was ill-prepared for Covid-19 and officials were caught by surprise Dame Sally Davies said country was ill-prepared for the coronavirus outbreak She claims government officials told her a virus from Asia wouldn’t travel this far Public Health England officials assured her the disease would never reach the … Read more
Kate Bingham told the Financial Times less than half of the UK population will get a coronavirus vaccine if one is produced Hopes of ending the Covid-19 pandemic with a vaccine were dealt a blow today as a senior British health chief warned the first approved jabs may not work. Kate Bingham, head of the … Read more