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Controversial plans by the Welsh government to introduce a compulsory Covid pass for nightclubs and big sporting events will go ahead after the Senedd backed the scheme by the narrowest of margins.The Labour-led government argued that the pass, due to come into force on Monday, was needed to drive down worrying rates of Covid-19 infection especially among young people in Wales.They claimed the scheme would ease pressure on the NHS and help keep premises such as clubs open this winter. They accused those who opposed it of gross irresponsibility .On Tuesday evening the Torie stanley cup s, Plaid Cymru, and the Liberal Democrats, all voted against the move but the plan squeezed through by 28 votes to 27.Announcing the pass last month, the first minister of Wales, stanley mug Mark Drakeford, said he was determined to take stronger, earlier, action than the UK government in England, claiming measures that were part of Boris Johnsons plan B , such as a Covid pass stanley thermos mug and working from home, were in his plan A .Drakeford rejected the idea that the scheme was a vaccination passport in all but name, pointing out that it would be possible to get the Welsh pass by taking a lateral flow test.A crowd of a few hundred people, some protesting against the scheme 鈥?and some anti-vaxxers 鈥?gathered outside the Senedd, on Cardiff Bay, ahead of the debate.The health minister, Eluned Morgan, said Covid cases were increasing across Wales, especially among young people, with rates for under 25s about 1,000 per 100,000 people Hbye The Tories claim the data protection bill will make us safer. That s not true
A criminal investigation into a disgraced lawyer who brought false claims against Iraq war veterans has a number of lines of inquiry , the National Crime Agency NCA has said.A file on Phil Shiner, who was struck off last month for dishonestly pursuing torture and murder claims against British troops, has been passed to the agency by the Solicitors Regulation Authority SRA .Iraq human rights lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankruptRead moreIt comes after 60-year-old Shiner, from Birmingham, was declared bankrupt on Tuesday, according to the Insolvency Service.The NCA, the UKs equivalent of the FBI, took the unusual step of confir stanley thermoskanne ming its investigation after the Daily Telegraph reported its director general, Lynne Owens, had written to a former Conservative minister to say there were a number of lines of inquiry .The paper said Owens had told Lord Blencathra, who had requested a criminal investigation, that the NCA was working stanley termos with the SRA and the Legal Aid Agency and was looking into whether there was sufficient evidence for a prosecution.She said: Whilst I cannot directly comment on the scope and direction of this investigation, I can reassure you that one of the NCAs priorities is to investigate those who are alleged to have used th stanley uk eir professional expertise to enable serious organised crime to take place. We will do all we can to bring these professional enablers to justice. Phil Shiner: Iraq human rights lawyer struck off over misconductRead moreAn agency spokesman said: |
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