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.
The Health Secretary is confidence people will be able to travel across the UK
Swathes of central London now have a weekly rate of less than 40 confirmed new infections per 100,000 people
The UK’s regulator said the jabs will not have to undergo lengthy clinical trials but its safety won’t be compromised
The Chancellor gave away another £65bn in lifelines including extending furlough and stamp duty holiday - but it will be funded with eye-watering borrowing
Restaurants have suffered a slow bleed of cash covering utility bills, insurance, and other outgoings that have drained them of cash
Chief nurse: this is key to unlocking city
Struggling sectors said there was a risk great cities like London will be shattered by the crisis
Figures show 25 boroughs saw confirmed cases fall by at least 40% in a week
Ministers have insisted that they took the right decisions at the right time
Instant tests plan to crush outbreaks ‘like ton of bricks’ after lockdown
‘I suspect we just won’t go to work if you have a respiratory illness’
Porton Down trials may pave way for venues to reopen
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
Individuals who do not have a vaccine certificate will not be able to travel as much, WHO expert warns
'Certainty is hard in a pandemic,' the Health Secretary said as he described vaccine rollout as 'essential' for holidays
Sir Jeremy Farrar said an end is in sight if Covid jabs are offered to the whole population, including school children
The virus may change to no longer be fatal or cause serious illness
The EU’s slow pace of vaccinations may impose limitations on some European destinations
The Transport Secretary praised the 'incredible' medics for the care they are giving his dad
“Once we are able to start moving out of lockdown, we should be prepared to look at it on a regional basis."