1,820 UK Covid deaths recorded today
In the past 24 hours:
0 deaths in New Zealand - pop 5m
0 deaths in Taiwan - pop 24m
0 deaths in Australia - pop 25m
0 deaths in Vietnam - pop 96m
1 death in Thailand - pop 70m
2 deaths in China - pop 1,398m
They all have a Zero Covid plan.
1,820 covid deaths announced today. The highest since the pandemic began, breaking a record that was set only yesterday.
What makes this even more heartbreaking? It was totally avoidable.
The government is to blame for this catastrophe.
The government has told schools not to provide meals or vouchers during February half-term.
This comes after they were forced to u-turn twice on this issue last year.
It's scandalous how the Tories have to be brought kicking and screaming to do anything for working class kids.
At PMQs, Boris Johnson again tried to claim that the virus was under control before the new variant.
It's simply not true.
The UK had 17,556 Covid deaths in the 3 months to 1 December.
The Prime Minister is trying to con you.
As Covid deaths hit record levels, the Tories are running a cynical PR campaign blaming the public.
The public never privatised Test and Trace. The public didn't lockdown too late. The public didn't ignore the scientists.
The public isn't to blame. The Government is.
There have now been more than 100,000 covid deaths in the UK.
The highest death toll in Europe & one of the worst mortality rates in the world.
This isn't the fault of the public.
It's the fault of a government that ignored the science & let the virus run riot. Disgraceful.
The company at the heart of the school meal scandal was run by a millionaire Tory donor.
His firm was handed nearly £350 million in school meal contracts.
A glimpse into modern Britain: A rigged economy, run by a wealthy few. They get rich & leave the working class with scraps.
Why is it that “there is no money” when it comes to protecting working people but enough money to justify £16.5 billion extra in defence spending, £12bn to Serco for a failing Test & Trace system & millions in Covid contracts to individuals connected to the Conservative Party?
The problem isn't support bubbles or people going for exercise with a friend.
The problem is people being forced into workplaces.
Today I called on the Chancellor to provide additional financial support so people can afford to stay at home.
The deepest recession in 300 years. Nearly 1 million jobs lost in a year. Lockdown undermined by inadequate financial support.
But in a statement to Parliament, the Chancellor failed to announce *any* new policies.
The Tories are ignoring the hardship faced by working people.