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Priti Patel has launched a major push for controversial new powers designed to tackle the Channel migrant crisis, the Daily Mail can reveal. The Home Secretary has told Border Force chiefs to examine whether they have the legal authority to turn migrant boats around in the Channel – and send them back to France. If … Read more
Police chiefs are calling for laws to ban Britons from driving long distances and going out for exercise more than once a day ahead of a hot Easter weekend. Officers in Windermere, Cumbria, are already sending people in camper vans, while locals in St Ives, Cornwall, have blocked some roads to protect vulnerable residents. Police … Read more
Emergency powers allowing police to hand out £1,000 fines to anyone refusing a coronavirus test and ministers to ban public mass gatherings have become law TODAY after being rushed through Parliament in just days Coronavirus Bill was passed by the House of Lords and got Royal Assent today It was fast-tracked through upper chamber in … Read more
Police officers across the UK have today started using draconian powers to disperse crowds of more than two to halt the spread of coronavirus. Fines of up to £1,000 are planned for those who flout rules announced by the Prime Minister last night putting strict limits on when people are able to leave the house, … Read more
Government has powers to shut down mass gatherings and will not support them with emergency workers as part of new measures to combat coronavirus In a press conference today the PM said people should avoid mass gatherings He said that people should avoid pubs, clubs, theatres and non-essential travel Mr Johnson said the government does … Read more
Dominic Cummings asked Boris Johnson to grant him special powers in Downing Street which have made him more powerful than the PM’s special advisers. The assistant to the Prime Minister is understood to have a document – signed by Mr Johnson – stating that he has control over certain government projects. The agreement has little … Read more
Trump’s administration is considering using special war powers to order American factories to churn out protective masks in efforts to ramp up the US response to the coronavirus outbreak. The president plans to invoke the law, called the Defense Production Act, so that domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing needed to help tackle the spread … Read more