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The independent forecasts used by Rishi Sunak for his Spending Review were drawn up before Oxford University’s game-changing vaccine was announced. Tory MPs were left furious as the Office for Budget Responsibility admitted the ‘central’ scenario for its gloomy projections did not account for the rollout of the immunity jab beginning before Christmas. The forecasts were based on Britain languishing under virus restrictions until next summer – despite the Prime Minister this week saying life would start getting back to normal by Easter. Under its main scenario, the OBR said it expected a ban on household mixing until the middle of 2021, with pubs and restaurants closed in many areas. NHS Test and Trace was also assumed to remain ‘partly effective’ – with the vaccine not widely available until the ‘latter half of the year’. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks on Spending Review 2020 and the Office for Budget Responsibility's latest economic and fiscal forecas

The makers of hit Hollywood movie Couples Retreat, starring Vince Vaughn and Kristin Davis, are being sued by a black actor over a race controversy which began more than a decade ago, according to court papers obtained by DailyMail.com.  Faizon Love is suing Universal Studios and its partners over claims he and co-star Kali Hawk, who is also black, were airbrushed out of the international promotional poster for the 2009 film. Love and Hawk, the only minority couple in the movie, according to the suit, had originally appeared on the poster which promoted the movie across the US. The US advert showed all eight principal actors – six of whom are white and two black. But, the suit claims, the poster promoting the film to international audiences scrubs actors Love and Hawk leaving only their white costars. 'When it came to publicizing the film to international audiences, Universal Studios chose to segregate the motion picture's White and Black actors,' the suit, filed in LA Supe

Deputies from the New York sheriff's department boarded buses as they arrived into the city on Wednesday to demand addresses and contact details from travelers.  The measure is part of extra contact tracing procedures being enforced over Thanksgiving, as the Big Apple sets up extra COVID-19 checkpoints at bridges and tunnels to warn travelers of the quarantine requirements. Other states are introducing curfews and issuing stay at home orders as officials hope to avoid a spike in coronavirus cases linked to Thanksgiving travel at the 11th hour. Yet millions have already traveled, packing airports and train stations across the country in defiance of the CDC's guidance.     The approach to the Thanksgiving weekend and the travel crackdown have varied dramatically in different states.  In Los Angeles, travelers into the city’s airports will be required to fill out a form acknowledging the recommendation to quarantine for 14 days after arrival.  In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf announ

As many as 20 Australians are applying for each available job as campaigners warn of a Christmas crisis with unemployment set to rise. The nation's unemployment rate ticked up to seven per cent in October and is expected to hit eight per cent by December as more people look for work after the Covid-19 recession.   The government has extended the JobSeeker boost until 28 March but reduced the total rate from $815 to $715 a fortnight from December 31. As many as 20 Australians are applying for each available job as campaigners warn of a Christmas crisis with unemployment set to rise. Pictured: A waitress at Sydney's Opera Bar Campaigners say the rate - which was doubled to $1,115 from March to September - needs to be raised to prevent a Christmas crisis among the poorest Australians.   Terese Edwards of the National Council of Single Mothers and their Children said: 'I'm deeply concerned about the increase of suicide, homelessness and domestic violence. 'Christmas is

The mayor of Denver has been branded a 'hypocrite' for jetting out of the city for Thanksgiving, just 30 minutes after he posted a message urging residents to stay home for the holiday.  A spokesperson for Democrat Mayor Michael Hancock admitted Wednesday that the politician was flying to Mississippi to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's house.  'As he has shared, the Mayor is not hosting his traditional large family dinner this year, but instead traveling alone to join his wife and daughter where the three of them will celebrate Thanksgiving at her residence instead of having them travel back to Denver,' Hancock's deputy communications director told ABC 7 in a statement. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has been branded a 'hypocrite' for jetting out of the city for Thanksgiving, just hours after he posted a message urging residents to avoid travelling for the holiday 'Upon return, he will follow all necessary health and safety guidance and quarant

Tax filings from the National Rifle Association have revealed that current and former top executives received at least $1.4 million in improper or excessive benefits in violation of non-profit rules, according to a new report.  Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's chief executive, repaid the NRA $300,000 related to travel expenses deemed to be an 'excess benefit,' according to the 2019 tax filing reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. It is the group's first public admission of financial lapses, and comes after New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, alleged that 'LaPierre and his lieutenants skirted the law and pocketed millions from NRA coffers to fund lavish lifestyles that included private jets, pricey vacations, expensive meals, and no-show contracts.' In a statement to DailyMail.com, Andrew Arulanandam, the NRA's managing director for public affairs, said: 'The vast majority of Mr. LaPierre's travel was undertaken in strict complia

A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote Utah desert has captured the attention of UFO spotters, conspiracy theorists and Stanley Kubrick fans around the world, as it's revealed the structure has been standing since at least 2015 or 2016.  The shiny, triangular pillar - which protrudes approximately 12 feet from the red rocks of southern Utah - was spotted last Wednesday by baffled local officials counting bighorn sheep from the air.  After landing their helicopter to investigate, Utah Department of Public Safety crew members found 'a metal monolith installed in the ground' but 'no obvious indication of who might have put the monolith there.'  'It is illegal to install structures or art without authorization on federally managed public lands, no matter what planet you're from,' warned the agency in a tongue-in-cheek press release Monday. News of the discovery quickly went viral online, with many noting the object's similarity to the strange al