Tory MPs hit out at the Prime Minister after a U-turn on face masks in schools. Former minister Steve Baker told the Daily Mail: “It is alarming to see yet another U-turn.
“I know from my own postbag that the credibility of the Government is being damaged.
“In a situation like this, we need a little ideological keel to hold on course.
“Instead of worrying about focus groups first and following Nicola Sturgeon, the Government should be focusing on doing the right thing. Then we can worry about how to present it.”
Speaking to Times Radio, Sir Charles Walker, vice-chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, added: “Things now just seem to change on a daily basis and there is growing concern that they tend to change three days after Nicola Sturgeon makes a decision.”
The criticism of Mr Johnson comes as the rolling seven-day average of coronavirus cases increased to 1,090 on Wednesday.
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9.20am update: Hancock defends self-isolation payments
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has defended the level of compensation payments for people who have to self-isolate.
He said the extra financial support for people on low incomes in lockdown areas required to self-isolate was "set at the level of statutory sick pay".
Asked on BBC Breakfast if payments of £13 a day were enough, Mr Hancock said they were "in addition" to other benefits that people on low incomes receive.
When it was put to him that people self-isolating would be losing income from their jobs, Mr Hancock said: "Only in some cases, but absolutely we acknowledge that.
"It's set at the level of statutory sick pay in order to make sure that people don't lose out from doing the right thing."
9.15am update: Indonesia records biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases
Indonesia has reported its biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 2,719 new infections, taking the total to 162,884.
A further 120 deaths were confirmed, bringing the toll to 7,064.
9am update: Health Secretary says people aged between 50 and 64 will get flu jab ‘if enough’
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Matt Hancock said: "The most important group to get the flu jab are those who are the most vulnerable if they get the flu.
"So we absolutely are targeting efforts at getting as many of the over-65s as possible, and those with underlying health conditions which mean that they really need the flu jab, in the first instance.
"We will then extend the pre-flu jab to the over-50s, so those between aged 50 and 64, if we have enough.”
8am update: Russia reports 4,711 new coronavirus cases
Russia has reported 4,711 new coronavirus cases, bringing its tally to 975,576.
The country’s death toll has risen by 121 to 16,804.
7.30am update: Hancock confirms payment scheme for self-isolation
People on low incomes who need to self-isolate in areas where there are high numbers of coronavirus cases will be able to claim a maximum of £182 from the Government, Matt Hancock has announced.
The Health Secretary has confirmed that as of September 1 people on Universal Credit or Working Tax Credit, who are required to self-isolate and are unable to work from home, in areas with high levels of coronavirus, will benefit from a new payment scheme.
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