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SNP MP Margaret Ferrier suspended for taking train after positive Covid test Ferrier travelled from London to Scotland knowing she had coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn SNP MP has been suspended from her party and faced multiple calls to resign after taking a train from London to Scotland knowing that she had tested positive for Covid-19.Margaret Ferrier, the SNP MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, apologised unreservedly for major breaches of Covid regulations. It emerged that it was nearly two days after receiving the positive result that she told her party whip. Continue reading... Go to Source

Government offshore asylum idea attacked as 'morally bankrupt' Rights groups and charities unite to oppose sending refugees to remote islands Humanitarian groups and charities have reacted with fury to revelations that No 10 officials explored sending asylum seekers to offshore detention centres in Moldova, Morocco and south Atlantic islands, branding the move “morally bankrupt”.A source close to the Home Office told the Guardian that the prime minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, had become “obsessed with the Channel crossings” in the weeks before documents on the implications of the idea were produced in mid-September. Continue reading... Go to Source