Tag: lockdown
Fitch – Shanghai lockdown will exacerbate global supply-chain pressure, inflation concerns
An ICYMI from Fitch rating agency overnight, with comments that will take no one by surprise. In brief:
The lockdown in Shanghai will exacerbate g [...]
Labour: We can prove Starmer broke no Covid lockdown rules
The party says it can show the leader's team was working late when they ordered takeaway food.
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Labour: We can prove Starmer broke no Covid lockdown rules
The party says it can show the leader's team was working late when they ordered takeaway food.
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Keir Starmer discusses quitting if given Covid lockdown fine
Asked on Sky News whether Sir Keir should resign, Conservative MP and Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said: "This is a decision for him. He's g [...]
Keir Starmer not dodging lockdown event questions, says Wes Streeting
"The idea that Keir has been dodging questions... I mean he's been out all weekend, even after a local election campaign where we did very well, he's [...]
Keir Starmer: I’m confident no rules were broken at Durham lockdown event
Sir Keir Starmer has said the police "have got their job to do" but denies the event in the City of Durham broke any rules.The Labour leader said ther [...]
Keir Starmer: Emily Thornberry defends the Labour leader’s alleged lockdown breach
Emily Thornberry has defended Keir Starmer's alleged lockdown breach as having a different context to the Downing Street gatherings.The Shadow Attorne [...]

Sir Keir Starmer investigated over alleged lockdown breach
Police say they have new information about a visit during which the Labour leader drank beer in an MP's office.
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Hundreds of NFTs listed on OpenSea from Shanghai residents during COVID lockdown
The city of Shanghai has been in a month-long mandated quarantine, which confines its 25 million residents to their homes. Initially, the latest COVID [...]
Starmer accuses Conservatives of mud-slinging over lockdown event
The Labour leader dismisses claims of Covid rule-breaking as minister encourages police to investigate.
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MP Michael Fabricant sorry lockdown drinks comments
Michael Fabricant has apologised for suggesting teachers and nurses enjoyed lockdown drinks in staff-rooms.
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Starmer compares Durham and Downing Street lockdown events
There were no breach of the Covid lockdown rules at Labour's Durham event in April 2021, says Sir Keir Starmer, with no action taken after a police in [...]
Angela Rayner was at a lockdown event with Starmer, Labour admits
Labour says no Covid rules were broken at the event, where Sir Keir Starmer was filmed drinking a beer.
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Oil Break Below $100 Again, As Commodities Dive on Chinese Lockdown
It seemed like we left behind the coronavirus, after the omicron variant turned out to be quite mild and restrictions were eased in January. But, the [...]
Yuan getting fried. Lowest in a year as sentiment tanks on renewed Chinese lockdown fears
(Reuters) - China's yuan finished domestic trading on Monday at a one-year low against the dollar, extending losses after posting its worst week since [...]