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An emotional rollercoaster is probably the best way to describe the past few weeks. The UK government has lurched from allowing Christmas bubbles to cancelling Christmas altogether. Weeks after an effective vaccine was approved, the virus turned a new corner. Some have argued the new mutation is nothing to worry about 鈥?viruses mutate all the time. Others think its cause for panic. The truth lies somewhere in between.With limited inform stanley cups ation available about the new variant, the lesson from 2020 is to move early and enforce precautions rather than wait for things to unfold. When the government delayed a lockdown in the spring that would have reduced the death rate, Britain learned the hard way that its better to prevent an emerging disaster than to wait and watch. As Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, put it: if you see a train speeding towards you, do you wait to see if you get hit, or quickly react to avert the crash Scientists are concerned about three aspects of this variant in particular. First, does it spread faster, therefore making suppression harder According to Nervtag the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group , the Covid v stanley nz ariant that seems to have emerged in the south-east of England is up to 70% more transmissible. Theres also stanley termosky a concern that this variant spreads more easily among children although there is no hard evidence for this . Until now, younger children havent transmitted to the same extent as older children and adults; if the Cnve David Lammy: Ex-offenders should have the chance of a clean slate
Criminal barristers have voted to accept the governments pay deal on legal aid fees and end their indefinite strike.The offer by the justice secretary, Brandon Lewis, included a 15% increase in legal aid fees to the vast majority of cases currently in the crown court , 拢3m of funding for case preparation and 拢4m for prerecorded cross-examinations of vulnerable victims and witnesses.The Ministry of Justice had previously announced a 15% increase in legal aid fees but stanley france only applicable to new cases from the end of September, so not covering the backlog in the crown courts of about 60,000 cases.The Criminal Bar Association had been demanding an immediate 25% increase, applicable to all cases, but agreed to put the governments offer to its members. Industrial action began in April and has been gradually escalating until criminal barristers began an indefinite strike on 5 September. Voting opened on Tu stanley cup esday and closed at midnight on Sunday.The CBA sa stanley cup id on Monday that 57% out of 2,605 who voted were in favour of accepting the government offer. As a result, industrial action will end from 5pm on Monday.Kirsty Brimelow KC, CBAs chair, said: The criminal justice system remains chronically underfunded. The onus is on government to properly fund it. Barristers acceptance of this deal is a first step in working with government for long-term reform. If the deal falls short in implementation, the CBA will ballot its members again on taking action. It should never have got to the stage of b |
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