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Covid contracts: why are courts needed for public to get answers?
Analysis: Cummings’ role in process of awarding Public First contract has only been revealed via legal challenge Cummings’ role in handing contract to firm run by ‘friends’ Coronavirus – latest…
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UK Covid live: Boris Johnson leads Downing Street Covid briefing
Latest updates: PM hosts government press conference after saying he hopes plan to ease lockdown will be ‘cautious but irreversible’ 32 cases of latest Covid variant of concern found in…
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British man admits he defied Singapore Covid rules to visit fiancee
Nigel Skea pleads guilty to breaking hotel quarantine to meet his now wife Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A British man has pleaded…
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Coronavirus live news: Rio de Janeiro to halt vaccinations due to lack of shots; UK variant hits New Zealand
‘The new doses did not arrive,’ says Rio’s mayor; Australia suspends quarantine-free travel with New Zealand Israel battles Covid misinformation as vaccination drive slows Risk of global food shortages due…
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Blackburn mayor steps down after Covid breach fine
Iftakhar Hussain apologises after being caught at house where police were called to reports of a ‘wedding’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The mayor of Blackburn…
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32 cases of latest Covid variant of concern found in UK
B1525 has been detected in 10 countries including Denmark, US and Australia Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Another coronavirus variant of concern has been detected in…
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Revealed: Cummings’ role in handing Covid contract to firm run by ‘friends’
Court documents raise questions about whether Cabinet Office may have misled public Dominic Cummings’ witness statement: key excerpts Coronavirus – latest updates Dominic Cummings was instrumental in the process of…
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‘Failing our older citizens’: most people willing to pay higher taxes to improve aged care
Royal commission’s finding comes as sector targets marginal electorates in campaign calling for government spending to be doubled Less than a quarter of Australians in residential aged care facilities feel…
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Seventy per cent of Australians think border should stay shut until global Covid crisis has passed – poll
Majority also say federal government should be responsible for quarantine of returning travellers A significant majority of Australians think the Morrison government should keep the border closed until after the…
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Johnson says end of lockdown must be ‘cautious but irreversible’ – video
The prime minister said the government would provide target dates for sectors to reopen ‘if we possibly can’ when he reveals his plan for easing lockdown next week. Speaking to…