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Nicholas Cecil
Nicholas Cecil is Deputy Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories.
We’re heading for a great British summer thanks to jabs, Hancock says
The Health Secretary is confidence people will be able to travel across the UK
London Covid rate down 27%... but signs disease may have plateaued
Swathes of central London now have a weekly rate of less than 40 confirmed new infections per 100,000 people
Vaccines tweaked for Covid variants to be fast-tracked for approval
The UK’s regulator said the jabs will not have to undergo lengthy clinical trials but its safety won’t be compromised
Sunak’s tax raid on families and big businesses amid £600bn borrowing
The Chancellor gave away another £65bn in lifelines including extending furlough and stamp duty holiday - but it will be funded with eye-watering borrowing
Give help to bars and restaurants – or they’ll shut, banks warned
Restaurants have suffered a slow bleed of cash covering utility bills, insurance, and other outgoings that have drained them of cash
2 million cheers for London: Delight at landmark vaccination figure
Chief nurse: this is key to unlocking city
Help London back on its feet, PM: Fears city left ‘hollowed out’
Struggling sectors said there was a risk great cities like London will be shattered by the crisis
London Covid cases tumble twice as fast as some other regions
Figures show 25 boroughs saw confirmed cases fall by at least 40% in a week
Government too slow to tighten tier restrictions, says top adviser
Ministers have insisted that they took the right decisions at the right time
New Covid testing surge will help us reopen, pledges Dominic Raab
Instant tests plan to crush outbreaks ‘like ton of bricks’ after lockdown
Going to work with a cough ‘could become socially unacceptable’
‘I suspect we just won’t go to work if you have a respiratory illness’
Super-fast Covid tests in bid to lift theatre curtains
Porton Down trials may pave way for venues to reopen
Don’t suggest ‘moral duty to go to pub’ after lockdown, PM warned
Last June, the Prime Minister backed a suggestion that people should ‘do their patriotic best for Britain’ and head to the pubs when they re-opened on July 4
Super fast Covid tests will pave return towards normality - expert
Individuals who do not have a vaccine certificate will not be able to travel as much, WHO expert warns
Hancock: Vaccine rollout is key to summer holidays going ahead
'Certainty is hard in a pandemic,' the Health Secretary said as he described vaccine rollout as 'essential' for holidays
UK can beat Covid and avoid lockdowns with vaccine rollout - expert
Sir Jeremy Farrar said an end is in sight if Covid jabs are offered to the whole population, including school children
Kent variant ‘will sweep world’ as Covid battle ‘will last ten years’
The virus may change to no longer be fatal or cause serious illness
Doubt over whether Brits can go on staycations this summer
The EU’s slow pace of vaccinations may impose limitations on some European destinations
Grant Shapps reveals father is battling Covid in hospital
The Transport Secretary praised the 'incredible' medics for the care they are giving his dad
‘Don’t make London wait for rest of UK before easing curbs’
“Once we are able to start moving out of lockdown, we should be prepared to look at it on a regional basis."