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11.25am GMT
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, told the Commons transport committee that the disruption feared at the Dover-Calais border when the new post-Brexit customs arrangements came into force at the start of 2021 has not materialised. He said:
The latest information is nearly 6,000 trucks a day [moving in each direction between Dover and Calais], which is probably now about 1,000 under where you might expect it to be at this time of year.
It’s somewhat difficult to be definitive in terms of what we’d expect, simply for the fact that there was a lot of stockpiling going on because there was a lot of concern about disruption, which hasn’t materialised.
11.20am GMT
Londoners are more likely to have coronavirus antibodies than people in other parts of the UK, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics.
One in five people in the capital are estimated to have coronavirus antibodies in the four weeks up to 18 January, suggesting they have had the virus.
Continue reading…Latest updates: head of NHS test and trace says system is ‘not the single silver bullet’ for tackling virusExtend furlough or risk mass unemployment, Sunak warnedBritain’s Covid unemployed: ‘I’m going to the food bank for handouts’MPs condemn video seemingly showing Whitty being verbally abusedMPs call for ban on care home visits in England to be made illegalGlobal coronavirus updates – live 11.25am GMTGrant Shapps, the transport secretary, told the Commons transport committee that the disruption feared at the Dover-Calais border when the new post-Brexit customs arrangements came into force at the start of 2021 has not materialised. He said:The latest information is nearly 6,000 trucks a day [moving in each direction between Dover and Calais], which is probably now about 1,000 under where you might expect it to be at this time of year.It’s somewhat difficult to be definitive in terms of what we’d expect, simply for the fact that there was a lot of stockpiling going on because there was a lot of concern about disruption, which hasn’t materialised. 11.20am GMTLondoners are more likely to have coronavirus antibodies than people in other parts of the UK, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics.One in five people in the capital are estimated to have coronavirus antibodies in the four weeks up to 18 January, suggesting they have had the virus. Continue reading…