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Need for Boris Johnson and Tory MPs to self-isolate prompts questions

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There are “serious doubts” about coronavirus safety in government, the biggest civil servants’ union has warned, after Boris Johnson and six Conservative MPs went into self-isolation after being photographed standing near each other at a Downing Street event.
The emergence of a new Covid cluster centred on No 10, with a total of ten Tory MPs now isolating, has derailed Johnson’s hope of using this week to mark a fresh start following the infighting which saw his main adviser and media chief leave last week. Continue reading...