British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has abandoned plans for White House-style televised briefings, a source said.
The government was criticised for spending more than £2.6 million ($3.6m) on a revamp of No 9 Downing Street so that Mr Johnson’s spokeswoman, Allegra Stratton, could field questions on camera.
But Ms Stratton has now been appointed as his spokeswoman for the UN climate summit, known as Cop26, which is being held in Glasgow in November, the source said on Tuesday.
The about-face means the briefing room will instead be used by Mr Johnson, ministers and officials.
It is already in use for regular public coronavirus updates.
Fixtures:
Wed Aug 29 – Malaysia v Hong Kong, Nepal v Oman, UAE v Singapore
Thu Aug 30 - UAE v Nepal, Hong Kong v Singapore, Malaysia v Oman
Sat Sep 1 - UAE v Hong Kong, Oman v Singapore, Malaysia v Nepal
Sun Sep 2 – Hong Kong v Oman, Malaysia v UAE, Nepal v Singapore
Tue Sep 4 - Malaysia v Singapore, UAE v Oman, Nepal v Hong Kong
Thu Sep 6 – Final
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Manchester City 2 (Mahrez 04', Ake 84')
Leicester City 5 (Vardy 37' pen, 54', 58' pen, Maddison 77', Tielemans 88' pen)
Man of the match: Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
Monster
Directed by: Anthony Mandler
Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., John David Washington
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