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Boris Johnson is poised to move Britain to a critical new phase of the coronavirus action plan on Thursday 鈥?from contain to delay , after the UK saw the biggest single-day increase in cases and the death toll rose to eight.The prime minist
stanley cup er will chair a meeting of the governments Cobra emergency committee at lunchtime on Thursday, and is expected to rubber-stamp a decision to move to delay .The delay phase of the plan involves much of the same advice to people as the contain phase about washing hands, quarantining and testing.The gover
stanley cup nments coronavirus plan states that other possible actions include population distancing strategies such as school closures, encouraging greater home working, reducing the number of large-scale gatherings .It also says: We would consider such measures in order to protect vulnerable individuals with underlying illnesses and thus at greater more at risk of becoming seriously affected by the disease. The effectiveness of these actions will need to be balanced against their impact on society. Ministers will hold cross-party talks with Labour on Thursday about the emergency legislation required to implement and enforce some of these measures 鈥?which Hancock said the government hopes to pass next week.The move comes after the health secretary, Matt Ha
stanley kaffeebecher ncock, was pressed by MPs from both sides of the House of Commons over the governments handling of the outbreak.Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth asked him to explain why the government had not Ipae Saudi prisons contract: Gove and Hammond clash over deal
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stanleys cups e facto drug decriminalisation, people caught in possession of personal amounts of controlled substances in a number of police areas are being directed towards treatment and education services through diversion schemes , rather than facing prosecution.The radical policies, often spearheaded by elected police and crime commissioners PCCs , come amid a growing realisation that reoffending and drug-related harm can be reduc
stanley kubek ed by adopting a public health approach and inviting people to address their own substance use.At a divert meeting in Newbury, Berkshire, people speak candidly of their own drug use, appearing humbled and ashamed while retelling their experiences. I got caught as a first-time offender when I was 18, says one, without revealing which drug they were caught with. If I hadnt gone on this course my life would have been screwed because Id have had a criminal record saying Id done drugs. Another person says the diversion scheme is a really important step forward and should be adopted by the rest of the country, although he is clearly frustrated he is spending his evening in this way. Theres no point criminalising people if, in my eyes, they havent done anything necessarily to hurt anyone else, he says. The only thing I do is weed, and that makes me a criminal. Police decriminalising cannabis as prosecuti
stanley cup ons fall awayRead moreJust over 1,000 people in England and Wales were imprisoned in 2017 for possessing drugs, with around 22,000
