the prime minister s former spokesperson, allegra stratton, resigned after appearing to joke about the party, and there are claims of more gatherings at number ten whilst the uk was in lockdown. iain watson reports. three, two, one. plan b, with its new restrictions in england, is on its way just before christmas. but questions are still persisting over what happened last christmas behind downing street s black door. at a mock press conference, the prime minister s then spokeswoman appeared to be making light of some of the restrictions on social gatherings. this fictional party was a business meeting and it wasn t socially distanced. but yesterday, the laughter had turned to tears, as she apologised and resigned. my remarks seemed to make light of the rules. rules that people were doing everything to obey. that was never my intention. i will regret those remarks for the rest of my days and i offer my profound apologies to all of you at home. will more staff follow suit?
would just apply to people who have had their full vaccination, you will also be able to get a covid certificate if you have had a negative test that day and it is a lateral flow test you can do at home. you will be able to get access to nightclubs or large indoor and outdoor events. although will that reassurance prevent quite a large group of conservative mps voting against these measures when they go to parliament, next week? i don t think they will. but the measures will get through, that is inevitable because labour are conservative mps voting against these measures when they go to parliament, next week? i don t think they will. but the measures will get through, that is inevitable because labour are supporting it, the opposition party. we mentioned nightclubs. it sounds like there was a nightclub atmosphere at number ten according to has the prime minister s language changed about whether this was he was working at and what he knew because he was working at number ten on that nig
out on the town the time of year for some festive fun. but hours earlier, the prime minister wasn t delivering much christmas cheer. while the picture may get better, and i sincerely hope that it will, we know that the remorseless logic of exponential growth could lead to a big rise in hospitalisations and, therefore, sadly, in deaths. and that s why it s now the proportionate and the responsible thing to move to plan b in england, while continuing to work closely with our colleagues in the devolved administrations, so we slow the spread of the virus. so, what does plan b mean? from friday, face coverings will be mandatory for most indoor public venues, including theatres and cinemas, but not pubs or restaurants. from monday, you should work from home, if you can. an nhs covid pass will be needed to get into nightclubs and large venues. a negative lateral flow test
eligible to join nato if it wants. that s essentially the same thing. i think giving putin that guarantee would reward would show that biden can crumble when he is faced with except for the fact he invaded georgia in 2008. he invaded ukraine in 2014. this isn t a problem specific to biden, regardless of what anti-biden dupes on twitter are saying. this is something george w. bush dealt with badly in 2008. something obama dealt with badly in 2014. something we re facing in 2021. this isn t an idle threat. if it is not an idle threat, we can start bitching and whining until the tanks are halfway to kiev, or we can find a way to settle it. the way is diplomacy. as david and helene set out, it s going to the minsk process. if he wants a guarantee that eastern ukraine will be protected with a ukrainian federation, in the context ukraine is not going to be
rest of the hiring process. it s really frustrating and challenging out there for some. part of the reason this isn t a problem in europe is day-cares are subsidized by the government and day-care workers are paid a living wage, enough to make it worth it. it s extremely hard work. advocates are certainly hopeful this will happen. data from the national social for the education of young children shows that in some states, nearly half of centers, katy, say they re turning away families, taking on fewer kids, because of low staffing. that just exacerbates the issue across the board with no workers out there, right? so these advocates are hopeful that president biden s build back better agenda does come to fruition in allocating billions of dollars for universal pre-k and wage hikes for workers you mentioned. there s also an ongoing teacher shortage, something we ve been covering in schools. in some cases these workers may