PM suffers his worst Tory rebellion amid pub and hospital staff shortage warnings
Mr Johnson had already suggested people work from home from Monday — leaving train and Tube carriages deserted.came after a series of votes on Plan B’s other measures aimed at tackling the mutant strain of the virus.
At a testy private meeting of his MPs, the PM repeatedly insisted he did not want any further lockdown measures but warned they had to face up to the reality of a looming spike in Omicron cases.things became dramatically worseBut his pleas fell on deaf ears as almost half of his backbenchers voted against vaccine passports yesterday — the move only being passed thanks to Labour votes.
In a bleak update to the Cabinet on Tuesday morning, the PM and Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty warned the new variant could lead to serious staff shortages across Britain.Credit: PA They told the meeting, held virtually for the first time in months, that things were looking very bad.
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