The percentage testing positive in south-west England has also increased during the most recent week, while rates have continued to decrease in north-west England and Yorkshire & the Humber. This is followed by south-east England (1.4%) and eastern England (1.2 per cent).
London now has the highest rate of people testing positive, with an estimated 2.1 per cent of people in private households testing positive for Covid-19. It came as official figures showed a sharp increases in the percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 in London, eastern England and south-east England, the ONS said. That's one reason why we've had the worst downturn of any major economy.'
'Rishi Sunak was happy to put his name all over government policy when it suited him, but when the going gets tough he's totally absent. Mr Sunak, 40, lives with his family in a magnificent Georgian manor house in the small village of Kirby Sigston, just outside Northallerton in North Yorkshire.Ī Treasury source said no rules had been broken by the journey - first reported by the Sun - pointing out that Mr Sunak is a constituency MP as well as finance minister, and he left well in advance of the Tier 4 restrictions being announced.Ī Labour spokesman said: 'It's been days since the Prime Minister announced new restrictions and still no word from the Chancellor. He posed for a picture which he posted on his Facebook page, on the same day that Labour called on him to 'do the right thing' and make a public statement on economic support measures amid fears of a third UK-wide full lockdown. The Chancellor swapped Downing Street for his constituency of Richmond in north Yorkshire last Friday afternoon, the day before Boris Johnson announced sweeping new curbs on the city.Īnd he will have to spend all of Christmas away from Downing Street, due to the bar on travelling in and out of Tier 4 areas like London implemented by the Prime Minister.Īfter arriving in his constituency, which is in Tier 2, he visited a local hospital on Monday - the same day that the Tier 4 restrictions were extended to pother parts of England. Rishi Sunak was facing questions today after it emerged he quit London and drove 240 miles to spend Christmas in his his constituency home less more than 24 hours before a travel ban was imposed on the capital.
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