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Support for an nationwide ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown spreads to Tory backbenches

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Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown after being warned that daily coronavirus cases could reach up to 690 in less than a fortnight. A pincer movement of regional mayors and senior scientists are calling on the Prime Minister to usher in a ‘circuit breaker’ of blanket restrictions to wrestle down … Read more

‘My voice will not be stilled’: Jeremy Corbyn vows to continue campaigning from the backbenches

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‘My voice will not be stilled’: Jeremy Corbyn vows to continue campaigning from the backbenches in warning to his replacement as the new Labour leader (and he still blames Brexit for his election defeat) Corbyn sent a valedictory message to thousands of followers on social media  70-year-old said he would continue to campaign from the … Read more