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Boris Johnson says 1.3m people have been vaccinated across UK, 1.1m in England.
650,000 of them are over-80 which is 23% of that cohort.
Today @theipaper, @thetimes & @TheSun all call on the government to start publishing daily data on how many people in the UK have been vaccinated.
— Hugo Gye (@HugoGye) January 5, 2021
The figure of 'nearly/around a million' currently being bandied around relates to 9 days ago. We won't get an update till Thursday. pic.twitter.com/xNR5UVXrxO
Full story on vaccination rollout now @theipaper: https://t.co/Z5CP6oHQkd
Govt confident that Ox/AZ 'fill and finish' process in Wrexham is now going well. No shortages of inputs.
https://t.co/Z5CP6oHQkd
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I'm told that by the end of this week we should "should start to see that acceleration" needed to get the job done in good time.
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The Financial Governance Committee (#FGC) has issued a damning advisory note concerning the #FGS Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources' (MPMR's) oil & gas licensing efforts.
Current approach provides "poor value for money...that may last for 40 years or more."
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The FGC raises concerns over "incomplete compliance with the FGS legal framework, and inadequate protection of FGS’s financial interests." Current MPMR approach risks "future legal and/or compensation claims against FGS."
The FGS makes seven principal recommendations. #7: "PSA negotiations do not prioritise short-term revenue (i.e. signature bonuses) at the expense of longer-term value."
The note confirms that Coastline Exploration (https://t.co/YztVl7wCZi) -- a company formed in 2018 and based in the Cayman Islands -- is in fact a rebranding of the discredited Soma Oil & Gas.
"Minimum bidder qualifications are set at relatively low thresholds... By comparison, the 2019 tender protocol required that a bidder include at least one party who has drilled multiple offshore exploration wells."
Grandfathering in "Coastline"? 🤔
Current approach provides "poor value for money...that may last for 40 years or more."
(thread)
The FGC raises concerns over "incomplete compliance with the FGS legal framework, and inadequate protection of FGS’s financial interests." Current MPMR approach risks "future legal and/or compensation claims against FGS."
The FGS makes seven principal recommendations. #7: "PSA negotiations do not prioritise short-term revenue (i.e. signature bonuses) at the expense of longer-term value."
The note confirms that Coastline Exploration (https://t.co/YztVl7wCZi) -- a company formed in 2018 and based in the Cayman Islands -- is in fact a rebranding of the discredited Soma Oil & Gas.
"Minimum bidder qualifications are set at relatively low thresholds... By comparison, the 2019 tender protocol required that a bidder include at least one party who has drilled multiple offshore exploration wells."
Grandfathering in "Coastline"? 🤔