Boris Johnson is facing his biggest rebellion yet as 100 Tory MPs threaten to vote against his strict new tiers. And yesterday the PM promoted one of his tier critics as Covid jabs minister to shut him up.
Business minister Nadhim Zahawi will now be in charge of vaccine rollout under Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Last week, the Stratford-on-Avon Tory said he was “hugely disappointed” that his area was moving into Tier 3 and would push for Tier 2 status at the next review.
Mr Zahawi’s appointment followed calls from Labour for just such a minister. Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: “We now need a mass public health campaign urging uptake of the vaccine, and the resources to rapidly roll it out.” As more Tories joined the 70
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