UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer Self-Isolates Again After CCP Virus Contact
The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said he is self-isolating for the third time after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for the CCP virus.
Keir Starmer said on Monday he had been notified that he had to self-isolate as a result of the contact.
This morning I was notified that I must self isolate after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
I have no symptoms and will be working from home until next Monday.
“I have no symptoms and will be working from home until next Monday,” he wrote on Twitter.
The death of a “selfless” Parliament security worker from Lewisham who contracted coronavirus has raised concerns over health and safety measures in Westminster. Tributes have poured in for father-of-two Godfrey Cameron, 55, who MPs said showed “selfless care for others” and was a “hard-working” member of parliamentary security staff. A colleague, who did not wish to be named, said Mr Cameron, an ardent trade unionist and Liverpool fan born in Lewisham, once talked a young lady down from Westminster bridge. The SNP’s Chris Stephens has now tabled a motion in the Commons asking the House authorities to work with trade union officials to carry out an “updated risk assessment” in relation to health and safety on the parliamentary estate.
By Jonathan Owen2021-01-19T06:01:00+00:00
Review into scheme due out this month
The true cost of the Palace of Westminster refurb programme is likely to be at least £12bn – three times higher than previously thought estimates of £4bn, according to sources close to the programme.
Building understands that senior officials from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority briefed Number 10 on the true cost of the programme last year.
More than 40,000 problems have been reported with the fabric and insides of the Palace of Westminster since 2017 alone
And Meg Hillier, chair of the public accounts committee, told Building the cost could be “at least” £12bn.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock is self-isolating after receiving an app alert that he may have had contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.