Thank-you, vaccine team
| Published date | 26 December 2020 |
| Date | 26 December 2020 |
| Publication title | Evening Gazette |
Granted, the whole operation was running behind time but that was to be expected and I don't think there were too many complaints about that from the waiting crowd.
Good job, well done.
ALLAN J EYRE, Brookfield
It was Boris who picked up pieces WE'RE stuck in a pandemic. Who would have believed we'd be saying those words a year ago?
We've all been thrown together by a virus.
It doesn't discriminate. Old young rich or poor.
The normal day-to-day functions like going to work have all been affected.
So can I remind Stephen Dixon, who is entitled to his opinion, what difference would it have made if Labour had won the election a year ago?
We'd still be in a pandemic but with Jeremy Corbyn at the helm. His open border policy would in my opinion have made the situation even more desperate. Mr Dixon slates Boris Johnson for not getting on with Brexit (Feedback, 18.12.20).
I would imagine Boris would love to get on with the job but he wouldn't have envisaged COVID hindering progress.
Yes it's almost five years since the referendum but you can blame David Cameron for walking away when he lost the referendum. Then Theresa May stalling on Brexit because she was also a remainer.
Boris had to pick up the pieces of a country in a shambles. BRENDAN MCDERMOTT, Thornaby facebook.com/TeessideGazette
By MIKE BROWN mike.brown@reachplc.com @MIKEBROWNGAZ
CLEVELAND Police's annual budget is set to be boosted by £7.2m next year - but council tax bills might have to rise.
After a decade of deep financial cuts to the service, the Home Office has announced the boost - which will allow it to continue to recruit new police officers.
Its total annual budget will be £150.6m - up from £143.3m last year - with Home Secretary Priti Patel pledging "absolute commitment to giving the police the resources they need".
Conservative politicians on Teesside say the money will help achieve the Government's aim to get more bobbies back on the beat. An additional 146 officers were recruited in the past year - but the force has lost around 500 officers including 50 PCSOs since 2012.
Local Labour politicians say much of the budget boost will come from council tax payers through the police precept - and say the extra doesn't begin to cover the tens of millions of pounds cut through a decade of austerity.
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